Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 350
Casting Call for Kenya’s ‘Briefcase’ NGOs
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 26 (IPS) - Ben Okoth, 45, was born and raised in Kibera, the largest urban slum in Africa, situated just outside of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Over the years, he has encountered many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working to improve the plight of the poor who live here.
Smuggled Medicines Save Lives
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 26 (IPS) - They are contraband, yet a large number of Pakistanis have come to depend on drugs made in India and smuggled into Pakistan. Patients as well as doctors say these are cheap and effective, even as law enforcers look the other way.
Gbagbo’s Party Recovers Political Might Ahead of Ivorian Elections
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Feb 25 (IPS) - Armand Konan stood in front of the Palais des Sports, a stadium in Abidjan's popular neighbourhood, Treichville, selling videos and speeches of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo. "People need to remember what our president said...He is our president. And we want him back," Konan told IPS.
Uganda’s Human Rights Record Plunges With Signing of Anti-Gay Law
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 25 (IPS) - Uganda's gays are bracing themselves for a spate of arrests and harassment as the country's draconian anti-gay bill was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, Feb. 24.
Somalis Caught in Crossfire as Al-Shabaab ‘Plays to Survive’
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 24 (IPS) - As the Somali government plans to launch a new military campaign to wipe out the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab, from its strongholds in this Horn of Africa nation, experts say that its Somalia's innocent who live in areas controlled by the group who will suffer the most.
‘Humanitarian Crisis’ for Ogaden Living Near Ethiopia’s Oil Fields
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 23 (IPS) - New allegations of scorched earth evictions of the Ogaden people have raised concerns that a lack of benefit sharing could escalate instability in the region and reinforce separatist tensions as foreign energy companies prepare to extract oil and gas from troubled southeastern Ethiopia.
Poverty Rises Amidst Gold
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Feb 22 (IPS) - Natural reserves such as gold, copper, nickel, gas and timber are being extracted in the western Pacific island states of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to feed the soaring economies of East and South East Asia. But despite these Pacific nations recording economic growth rates of 6-11 percent over the past seven years, opportunities for human development have not been grasped.
South-South Cooperation Takes Off in Arab World
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 21 (IPS) - As the concept of South-South cooperation (SSC) continues to strengthen worldwide, some of the richest countries in the Arab world have been reaching out to the poor and the needy in the developing world.
Conflict on DRC, Zambia Border Threatens Regional Trade
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Feb 21 (IPS) - Truck driver Alfred Ndlovu transports cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) mineral rich Katanga Province to South Africa twice a month. He has been doing this for the last five years but now he is considering giving it up because he fears for his life every time he crosses the border.
Chagos Islanders ‘Will Not Give Up’ Fight to Return Home
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Feb 20 (IPS) - "The Marine Protected Area (MPA) created around the Chagos archipelago is a new obstacle that the British government has placed in our path to prevent us from going back to our homeland," claims Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugees Group (CRG).
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