Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 361
Working To Honour Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG/PORT ELIZABETH, Dic 06 (IPS) - As the world mourns the passing of South Africa's first democratically elected president, Nelson Mandela, his close friend and political stalwart Tokoyo Sexwale says much needs to be done to honour his legacy.
U.N. Stays on Sidelines of Central African Chaos
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Dic 06 (IPS) - The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to authorise the deployment of thousands of French and African Union troops in the Central African Republic but stopped short of approving a full U.N. peacekeeping force in the country.
Bringing Cameroon’s Marginalised to the Poverty Debate
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Dic 05 (IPS) - Lydia Njang, a widow and mother of five from Cameroon's North West Region, has lost her farmland three times.
Where Is the Global Economy Heading?
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - In a passage in Charles Darwin's The Voyage of the Beagle, he condemns an egalitarian native people at the tip of South America to remain primitive.
Food Security, Trade Facilitation Clash in Bali
- Inter Press Service
BALI, Dic 04 (IPS) - The World Trade Organisation's ninth ministerial meeting at Bali, Indonesia has morphed into a fierce battle between the countries seeking social safety nets for hundreds of millions of poor people and those insisting on having advanced import-facilitation programmes in the developing countries on par with the industrialised nations.
The Asia-Africa Link Is IT
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Dic 04 (IPS) - Only 16 percent of Africa's population of over a billion is online. But as Internet and mobile phone connectivity grows rapidly, the continent wants to join forces with Asian powerhouses to change its digital landscape.
Accra’s High Rents Means Ghanaians Lose
- Inter Press Service
ACCRA, Dic 04 (IPS) - Across Accra, Ghana's capital city, adverts for letting property can be found all over. But for as many placards there are, you will get just as many verbal warnings from locals cautioning people to beware of swindling agents.
WTO Urged Not to Treat Water Like Widgets
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dic 04 (IPS) - As government representatives gather Tuesday in Indonesia for what could be final negotiations towards a global trade agreement under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), environmentalists and social justice campaigners are urging them to specify that water resources cannot be treated as commodities.
Uruguay’s Mega-Mining Law in Place – Before the Minerals
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Dic 03 (IPS) - The Uruguayan government, which recently passed a law on large-scale mining, does not actually have a clear idea of the country's mineral wealth and has only just now proposed a geological study to find out.
Restoring Sight to Africa's Gender-Blind Rice Sector
- Inter Press Service
NDOP, Cameroon, Dic 03 (IPS) - For more than 20 years, Anastasia Ngwakun from Bamunkumbit village in central Cameroon has been farming rice the hard way – using only hand tools. But Ngwakun knows that if she were a man, she would have access to the technology that would not require her to work so hard.
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