Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 343
Sweet Dreams are Made of Rwandan Ice Cream
- Inter Press Service
BUTARE, Rwanda, Apr 17 (IPS) - From all across Rwanda, and even from parts of neighbouring Burundi, people flock to the southern town of Butare to a little shop called Inzozi Nziza or Sweet Dreams. They come here for a taste of something of the unknown, something most have never tasted in their lives — the sweet, cold, velvety embrace of ice cream.
U.N. Visa Denials Appendage of U.S. Foreign Policy
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15 (IPS) - The United States has rarely, if ever, denied a visa to a head of state seeking to visit the United Nations to address the 193-member General Assembly, the highest policy making body in the organisation.
Court Upholds Most of U.S. “Conflict Minerals” Law
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 15 (IPS) - The United States' second-highest court has upheld most of a landmark U.S. law requiring companies to ascertain and publicly disclose whether proceeds from minerals used to manufacture their products may be funding conflict in central Africa.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Tech Solutions to Local Problems
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Apr 15 (IPS) - When Ivorian Thierry N'Doufou saw local school kids suffering under the weight of their backpacks full of textbooks, it sparked an idea of how to close the digital gap where it is the largest — in local schoolrooms.
Is Puerto Rico Going the Way of Greece and Detroit?
- Inter Press Service
SAN JUAN, Apr 15 (IPS) - Puerto Rican society has been shaken to its foundations by the announcement in February by Standard & Poor's and Moody's credit rating agencies that they had downgraded the island's creditworthiness to junk status.
Q&A: Malawi’s President Banda Confident ‘I Will Win this Election’
- Inter Press Service
, Apr 14 (IPS) - Malawi's President Joyce Banda is campaigning ahead of next month's elections to extend her term of office. But many believe that the massive public service corruption scandal here has weakened her chances of winning.
World Cuts Back Military Spending, But Not Asia
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 14 (IPS) - For the second year in a row, the world is spending a little less on the military. Asia, however, has failed to get the memo. The region is spending more at a time when many others are spending less.
Trauma Still Fresh for Rwanda’s Survivors of Genocidal Rape
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 11 (IPS) - Claudine Umuhoza's son turned 19 this Apr. 1. And while he may be one of at least thousands of children who were conceived during the Rwandan genocide, he's not officially classified as a survivor of it. But his mother is.
Developing Nations Seek U.N. Retaliation on Bank Cancellations
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 10 (IPS) - The 132-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing nations, has urged Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to provide, "as soon as possible...alternative options for banking services" in New York City following the mass cancellation of bank accounts of U.N. missions and foreign diplomats.
Zimbabwe’s Urban Farmers Combat Food Insecurity — But it’s Illegal
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 10 (IPS) - It is harvest season in Zimbabwe and Janet Zondo is pressed to find space on the piece land she is farming to erect a makeshift granary. Zando says she could very well build a miniature silo, judging by the size of the maize crop that she is preparing to harvest.
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