Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 349
Oscar Win To Boost Kenya's Fledgling Entertainment Industry
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 05 (IPS) - Lupita Nyong'o's Oscar victory for her supporting performance in the critically acclaimed film "12 Years a Slave" has raised hopes of a much-needed boost to Kenya's fledgling entertainment industry.
Defying Elders and Changing Zambian Tradition
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Mar 03 (IPS) - David Mubita has long been known in the family as a fool for starting trouble. The latest was getting circumcised secretly and nearly cast out by Grandfather Ndumwa. But Mubita may turn out to be the wisest in the family.
Political Wrangling Stymies CAR Peacekeeping Force
- Inter Press Service
, Mar 03 (IPS) - Budget constraints in Washington and obstinacy at the highest levels of the African Union (AU) have combined to dangerously delay a possible U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), according to sources close to negotiations currently underway in New York.
An Equal Share of Wealth Equals Lasting Peace in CAR
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 28 (IPS) - While wrangling over Central African Republic's (CAR) wealth in natural resources played a role in the country's crisis, its future peace and stability still partly depends on a solution that factors in how to equitably distribute its national wealth.
Ghana’s Small Women’s Savings Groups Have Big Impact
- Inter Press Service
DENUGU, Ghana, Feb 28 (IPS) - Dunwaa Soayare, 45, a smallholder farmer, widow and mother of five had the sort of economic profile that meant she was denied access to credit from Ghana's mainstream banking institutions.
Somalia’s Sacked Soldiers Threaten Mogadishu’s Security
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Feb 27 (IPS) - Residents of Mogadishu have raised concerns about their safety after the Somali army recently fired hundreds of disgruntled army soldiers, many of whom are believed to still be in possession of their arms.
Economic Reforms Needed for Peace in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Feb 27 (IPS) - Gatmai Deng lost three family members in the violence that erupted in South Sudan on Dec. 15 and lasted until the end of January. And he blames their deaths on the government's failure to use the country's vast oil revenues to create a better life for its almost 11 million people.
North Korea Doing Fine Without the South
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, Feb 27 (IPS) - If the North Korea of the 1990s was seen as a starving nation that produced an exodus of hungry people, then the picture should be even gloomier now – six years after it stopped receiving South Korea's generous aid. But it's not. The nation of 24 million people, widely said to be the most secretive in the world and a nuclear threat, appears to have weathered the years well.
Zanzibar’s Rising Violence Against Women
- Inter Press Service
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Feb 26 (IPS) - The story of Feiza*, an 18-year-old girl who was abducted and raped, is a bleak testament to the worsening plight of women in Tanzania's semi-autonomous archipelago, Zanzibar.
U.N. Report on South Sudan Paints Grim Picture
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - An interim human rights report released by the beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is being tentatively hailed by rights groups and observers who have pressured the mission to be more transparent with its findings.
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