Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 339
No Silver Lining for Somalia’s Child Labourers
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI/MOGADISHU, May 17 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Halima Mohamed Ali wakes up every morning at five am, but unlike her peers she does not go to school. Instead, she begins her duties as a nanny for five children, the oldest of whom is just two years younger than she is.
When China Sneezes, Latin America Gets the Flu
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - China's massive urbanisation has been built, literally, by metal, supplied mostly by Latin American countries (LAC). Yet now China's slowing economic growth and falling commodity prices threaten Latin American commodity booms.
Why Nigeria Couldn’t Keep Schoolgirls Safe and Why Paris Summit May Offer Hope
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 16 (IPS) - Tomorrow Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will meet other heads of state at a security summit in Paris, France to focus on ways of combatting Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group which kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from Chibok in April.
OP-ED: Militarised Humanitarianism in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 16 (IPS) - As the world remains transfixed by the kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls, there have been increasing calls for international intervention in the effort to rescue them. But what many people don't know is that the U.S. military has been active in the region for years.
Militancy Pushes Northern Pakistan Close to Industrial Collapse
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 15 (IPS) - Already saddled with a veritable catalogue of crises, Pakistan's largest province, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) now finds itself on the verge of industrial collapse, as extortion and kidnappings drive away all prospects for production or employment.
Not Yet a Week and Another South Sudan Ceasefire Fails
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, May 15 (IPS) - It has not yet been a week, but South Sudan's most recent ceasefire appears set to collapse, along with hopes that – after five months of fighting – the country might finally be on the path to recovery.
Lagging Urban Transport Works Hinder World Cup Sustainability
- Inter Press Service
NATAL, Brazil, May 15 (IPS) - Brazil's efforts to promote the image of an environmentally sustainable World Cup have focused on the stadiums built for the tournament. But the 12 cities where the matches will be played are in a race against time to complete the urban transport projects.
Popular Rwandan Rights Group Helps Youth Create Jobs with Popcorn Venture
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, May 14 (IPS) - Twenty-year-old Fabrice Shyaka sells popcorn in brown paper bags five nights a week from his stand in a small alleyway, situated next to a DVD shop blaring loud music, and a supermarket. Here in Kanombe, a suburb in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, he is the only person selling popcorn in the area.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Begins to Destabilise Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, May 13 (IPS) - Senior defence officials say that Cameroon has been infiltrated by Nigeria's Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and there are fears that this central African nation, known for its stability, is drifting into chaos.
Trade Misinvoicing Costs African Countries Billions
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 12 (IPS) - Misinvoiced trade in five African countries cost their governments billions of dollars in tax revenue and facilitated at least 60.8 billion dollars in illicit financial flows from 2002 to 2011, says a new report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a research advocacy organisation here.
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