Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 366
Abeyi Pressures Two Sudans for Resolution
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Nov 04 (IPS) - The non-binding referendum in Abyei – where people voted overwhelmingly to join South Sudan – and the ensuing celebration, has brought little immediate resolution to the long-festering Abyei problem.
DRC Conflict Hinders East African Integration
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Nov 04 (IPS) - As the majority of East African Community countries signed an agreement paving the way for a single tourist visa in the region from 2014, some believe that Tanzania's hesitance to agree to this integration is largely due to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Zimbabweans Left Worse Off by Local Mining Companies
- Inter Press Service
MUTOKO, Zimbabwe, Nov 01 (IPS) - Ranganai Zimbeva, from the rural village of Mutoko, which lies about 200 km northeast of Zimbabwe's capital Harare, plugs his ears with his fingers and shakes his head as he watches miners close to his village blast the hard rock to extract the black granite within.
South of the Border, Mining Is King
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 01 (IPS) - Civil society groups from throughout Latin America are urging "home countries" to take greater responsibility for the actions of their companies abroad, particularly those in the extractives industry.
Energy Integration Runs into Short Circuits
- Inter Press Service
SANTIAGO, Oct 31 (IPS) - Energy integration efforts in Latin America have been made in fits and starts, even though many clearly understand that the only way to solve the region's energy shortages and high costs is by working together.
Ivoirians Face an Incomplete Justice
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Oct 31 (IPS) - "We are sad. We want our president back," Yao Amandine told IPS from a street corner in the Ivorian economic metropolis, Abidjan, after the International Criminal Court ruled against granting former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo a conditional release on Tuesday.
Critics Question Impact of ‘Pay for Success’ Bonds
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Oct 30 (IPS) - Standing in contrast to government social protection programmes implemented over the past decade by progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new initiative appeals to private investment and uses non-profit service providers.
Bangladesh Workers Short of Compensation
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Oct 30 (IPS) - Six months after the worst man-made disaster in Bangladesh's history, safety conditions in garment factories have a chance to improve. But not the lives of survivors or the victims' next of kin.
Caught Between Two Sudans
- Inter Press Service
ABEYI, Oct 30 (IPS) - When Chris Bak returned two weeks ago to the disputed border town of Abyei, which voted this week on whether to join Sudan or South Sudan, he barely recognised it as the place where he grew up. "Everything is dirty," he told IPS. "We were just going around and around, but we didn't this place."
Cameroon’s HIV Message Misses Pregnant Teens
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Oct 29 (IPS) - With a wide smile Beatrice M.* says that she lives by the motto "life is short and beautiful — live it to the full." The 20-year-old, HIV-positive mother refuses to be defeated by her new circumstances.
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