Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 357
Breast Is Best, But Not in Swaziland
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Jan 07 (IPS) - Smiling as she breastfeeds her six-week-old baby boy, Lindiwe Dlamini, 38, is optimistic about his future.
Bike Paths, BRT Going Strong in Latin American Cities
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Jan 06 (IPS) - Sustainable transport grew in the Latin American cities of Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro in 2013.
Anti-Poaching Operation Spread Terror in Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Jan 06 (IPS) - Ali Nyenge, a resident of Iputi ward in Tanzania's northern Ulanga District, woke up as anti-poaching security officers surrounded his home. He says they accused him of illegal hunting and in front of his 11-year-old son, made him take his clothes off, poured salt water on his body and whipped him with a cane.
Saving Children From Loggers2
- Inter Press Service
The Scramble for Kenya's Kibera Slum
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jan 03 (IPS) - Controversy continues to brew here over ownership of the land under Kibera slum, one of Africa's largest.
Hospitality, Agriculture Firms Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan 03 (IPS) - Shareholders are calling on 15 U.S.-based multinational corporations to ensure that their global supply chains are not facilitating human rights abuses, particularly labour and sex trafficking.
Keeping the Grass Greener for African Plant Breeders
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Ghana, Jan 02 (IPS) - For the few plant breeders in Africa like Vivian Oduro, working for an international research institution is an obvious choice, with prestige and benefits any agricultural scientist would find hard to decline.
A Complicated Calculus in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 01 (IPS) - Hours after forces ostensibly under Riek Machar's command claimed victory in the strategic South Sudanese city of Bor, the former vice-president and once again rebel commander announced he would – after a week of postponement – send an envoy to upcoming peace dialogues in Addis Ababa with regional leaders and representatives of his one-time superior and comrade, President Salva Kiir.
Mexican Communities On Guard Against Thirst for Oil
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Dic 31 (IPS) - The Terra 123 oil and gas well in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco was in flames since late October, just 1.5 km from a community of 1,500 Oxiacaque indigenous villagers, who were never evacuated.
Kenya’s Excess of Policies Can’t Deal With Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Dic 31 (IPS) - Kenyais facing its greatest challenge as weather patterns are starting to significantly affect food production. And experts are blaming the low adaptive capacity of the farming sector on an excess of policy and institutional frameworks that are silent on both climate change and agriculture.
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