Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 356
Chinese Dominance in Kenyan Digital Migration Raises Alarm
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 14 (IPS) - Controversy and confusion have marked Kenya’s transition from analogue to digital television in keeping with the 2015 International Telecommunication Union deadline when all analogue signal transmission will cease.Â
Development Follows Devastation from Brazilian Dam
- Inter Press Service
PETROLANDIA, Brazil, Jan 13 (IPS) - Valdenor de Melo has been waiting for 27 years for the land and cash compensation he is due because his old farm was left underwater when the Itaparica hydroelectric dam was built on the São Francisco river in Brazil’s semiarid Northeast.
Djotodia’s Resignation Sparks Hopes for Peace in CAR
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, Jan 13 (IPS) - “I can’t wait to return back home,†Celeste Edjangue, a refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) now in Cameroon’s East Region, told IPS.
U.N. Peacekeepers Overwhelmed in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - As the death toll rises from South Sudan's spiraling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.
Wildlife Poaching Thought to Bankroll International Terrorism
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (IPS) - Top diplomats and retired U.S. military officials are urging Western and African governments to step up the global fight against illegal wildlife poaching.
Natural Disasters Add to Myanmar’s Troubles
- Inter Press Service
YANGON, Jan 11 (IPS) - As Myanmar nurses a fragile democracy after long years of military rule, a new danger has reared its head. Climate change, say experts, has the potential to spur migration and exacerbate conflict in the country.
Blackouts in Argentina Highlight Failings of Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
BUENOS AIRES, Jan 10 (IPS) - Record temperatures at the start of the southern hemisphere summer in Argentina have been accompanied by highs on the thermometer of social discontent, as consumption peaks left thousands without electricity and threw into sharp focus the failings of the privatisation of the power industry in the 1990s.
Many Kenyan Children Miss Out on Life-Saving Drugs
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 10 (IPS) - Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, HIV-positive children can now live to adulthood. Yet a significant number of children living with HIV in Kenya will die due to delay in receiving anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), inconsistent use of ARVs or, simply, no ARVs.
The Virtual Doctor Will See You Now
- Inter Press Service
CHILANGA, Zambia, Jan 09 (IPS) - There are thousands of miles between Chanyanya Rural Health Clinic, a basic medical centre in Zambia's rural Kafue District with no resident doctors despite being the main centre for nearly 12,000 people, and the New York University (NYU) Teaching Hospital, one of the world's most prestigious medical schools.
Despite Legal Attacks, Conflict Minerals Ban Gets Stronger
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 08 (IPS) - Major manufacturing and business groups on Tuesday urged a court here to roll back a new U.S. regulation that would soon require major manufacturers to ensure that their global supply chains are free of minerals used to fund violence in the Great Lakes region of central Africa.
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