Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 358
Baka Pygmies Caught in the Maze of Modernism
- Inter Press Service
MINDOUROU, Cameroon, Dic 30 (IPS) - Essomba Dominique, a Baka man from Mindourou in Cameroon's East Region, sits dulled-eyed in front of his hut, known in the Baka language as the ‘mongoulou'.
OP-ED: NAFTA’s 20 Years of Unfulfilled Promises
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 29 (IPS) - Twenty years after it took effect, NAFTA has failed the vast majority of Mexicans.
Waiting for the Rains, Zambia Grapples With Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Dic 29 (IPS) - It is seven in the morning and Georgina Musende, 56, of Kamanga Township, which just lies east of the Zambian capital Lusaka, is already sweating as she digs into the dry earth. Every time the hoe hits the ground, the dust engulfs her.
Every Eucalyptus Felled Equals Gallons of Water
- Inter Press Service
NSO, Cameroon, Dic 28 (IPS) - Sabina Shey Nkabiy, a farmer in Cameroon's North West Region, moves around these days with a million-dollar smile on her face. The mother of six, who used to trek 10 kilometres a day to farm, now harvests food in her backyard.
Farmers in Mozambique Fear Brazilian-Style Agriculture
- Inter Press Service
NAMPULA, Mozambique, Dic 28 (IPS) - Rodolfo Razão, an elderly small farmer in Mozambique, obtained an official land usage certificate for his 10 hectares in 2010, but he has only been able to use seven. The rest was occupied by a South African company that grows soy, maize and beans on some 10,000 hectares in the northeast of the country.
Free Expression Still a Mirage for Zimbabwean Artists
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Dic 27 (IPS) - That citizens cannot enjoy democracy if they are ruled by an undemocratic party is the warning that got Cont Mhlanga's play "Members" banned from theatre stages in Zimbabwe in 1985.
GMO Test Trials Prove Divisive in Ghana
- Inter Press Service
SAVELUGU, Ghana, Dic 26 (IPS) - A battle over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is building in Ghana after the government recently completed regulations that could allow modified cowpeas and other selected crops to be grown following confined field trials (CFT).
Are Things Falling Apart for Zimbabwe’s MDC-T Party?
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Dic 23 (IPS) - Losing the Jul. 31 polls in Zimbabwe may have been a heartrending experience for the country's former prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, but a veiled succession struggle in his own party may prove the straw that breaks his political career.
Local Militias Hold Sway in Cote d'Ivoire's Lawless Duékoué
- Inter Press Service
DUÉKOUÉ, Dic 22 (IPS) - In Cote d'Ivoire, traditional hunters known as dozos are accused of human rights abuses and extortion. But in several areas, they also remain the sole guarantor of local safety.
Ethiopia Swamped by Tidal Wave of Returned Migrants
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Dic 21 (IPS) - The return of 120,000 young undocumented migrant workers from Saudi Arabia to Ethiopia has sparked fears that the influx will worsen the country's high youth unemployment and put pressure on access to increasingly scarce land.
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