Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 354
Impoverished Cambodians For Sale
- Inter Press Service
PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (IPS) - Many Cambodian women arrive in South Korea or China for marriage, only to find themselves being chosen as mistresses, say labour rights activists. While young Cambodian men, who travel to Thailand to work on fishing boats, often fall prey to drug abuse.
U.S. Agency Accused of Safeguards Failure in Liberia Investment
- Inter Press Service
, Jan 23 (IPS) - Hundreds of Liberians have filed a complaint accusing a U.S. government agency of failure to carry out due diligence or ensure that safeguards were followed for investments made to a failed biomass project in Liberia.
The Future According to Mr. Clean (Energy)
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jan 23 (IPS) - Jigar Shah likes math. It inspires him. After all, crunching numbers allowed him to convince wary investors of the money-making potential of solar energy, allowing him to ignite an industry that was crippled by roadblocks.
Saving Cameroonians from Ill Health
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jan 23 (IPS) - The Cameroonian government has begun a crackdown on illegal medical facilities and plans to shut down more than 524 medical training centres and 600 private clinics operating unlawfully in this Central African nation.
New Leader in CAR, Same Human Rights Crisis?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (IPS) - The appointment of a new transitional president, Catherine Samba-Panza, in the Central African Republic (CAR) is generating optimism in some quarters that the country's first female leader will manage to quell mounting ethnic strife.
The Missing Faces of Ethiopia’s Poor
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jan 22 (IPS) - It's hard to tell if Gelegay Tsegaye is smiling, since a flap of skin covers half his mouth, but his eyes crinkle when he talks and his muffled voice rings with an upbeat cadence. He's sitting in a special ward of the Korean Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's most modern healthcare facility.
Drugs Displace Maize on Mexico’s Small Farms
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan 22 (IPS) - As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) passes its 20-year milestone, Mexico is seeing the displacement of traditional crops like maize by marihuana and opium poppy as a result of falling prices for the country's most important agricultural product.
Elites Will ‘Consider Inequality’
- Inter Press Service
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 22 (IPS) - With no acute crisis on the radar, this year's Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will move away from the response mode of the past years and "look for solutions for the really fundamental issues," its founder Klaus Schwab said at the pre-meeting press conference.
Uganda’s Anti-Gay Bill, Unsigned but Still Effective
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jan 21 (IPS) - Last week, Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, refused to sign a controversial anti-gay bill that would mean life in prison for people convicted of homosexual acts.
Seasonal Migration Frustrates Ethiopia’s Family Planning
- Inter Press Service
DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, Jan 20 (IPS) - Yohamin Kesete, 32, and her six children live in Dollo Ado, a pastoralist community in Ethiopia's drought-stricken Somali Region. But this is not where you will always find them.
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