Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 394
Skyscrapers, Land Rovers in One of World’s Poorest Countries
- Inter Press Service
MAPUTO, Jun 05 (IPS) - Lined up along the streets of central Maputo, Mozambique's capital city, are expensive, European-style bars and restaurants with sophisticated names like Café Continental, Nautilus, 1908 and Mundos.
Landgrabbing to Provide Horn of Africa with Electricity
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jun 05 (IPS) - Ethiopia's long-term hydropower strategy is proving to be both a source of economic sustenance and contention. In becoming Africa's leading power exporter through the construction of a series of dams across the country, Ethiopia could threaten the lives of millions who depend on the Nile River's waters.
Africa Leading the New Patterns of Growth
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 04 (IPS) - The old theories governing the way that countries produce and trade are being replaced. The pattern of trade is being transformed by increasingly sophisticated technology and innovations in transportation; and the topography of actors is shifting to reflect new poles of growth.
Reviving Zimbabwe’s ‘Growth Points’
- Inter Press Service
, Jun 04 (IPS) - More than three decades after Zimbabwe's independence, the idea of developing its rural areas seems to have been laid to rest, as points intended for development have been turned into beer outlets, which seem to be more lucrative than industry.
Driving Against Gender Stereotypes
- Inter Press Service
GULU, Uganda, Jun 04 (IPS) - It is swerves and roundabouts for Keddy Olanya, a 32-year-old wife and mother of three from Gulu, northern Uganda, who is one of only a handful of female drivers negotiating the country's potholed roads on a bodaboda or motorbike taxi.
Japan Seeks to Remake Asia-Africa Relationship
- Inter Press Service
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Jun 04 (IPS) - Acutely aware of China's strong presence in resource-rich Africa, Japan, the world's third largest economy, is beefing up its relations with the continent. Participants at a high-level donor conference hosted by Japan this week stressed the need for closer engagement, not through the traditional grants and assistance loans that have hitherto defined the relationship, but rather through trade and investment led by the Japanese private sector.
Southern Africa Must Unite to Boost Tourism
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 03 (IPS) - Competing players in the tourism industry in southern Africa are putting aside their rivalry in pursuit of a common goal – a big boost in tourist numbers to the region.
U.S., China Seek Common Ground on North Korea
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Jun. 7-8 for their first bilateral meeting as heads of state. Figuring on their agenda is how to address a precarious North Korea, which is armed with a small nuclear arsenal and vying for a bigger one.
Healing South Sudan’s Wounds
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Jun 03 (IPS) - Susana Apai Wani has lived as a widow for more than two decades since her husband, James Wani, was arrested in 1992 by a policeman who accused him of collaborating with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which was a rebel political movement at the time.
Local Communities Invest Money – and Hope – in Ecotourism
- Inter Press Service
AUKI, Solomon Islands, Jun 01 (IPS) - Forty-five-year-old Serah Kei began building her artificial island and eco-lodge resort 26 years ago in Langa Langa Lagoon, located on the Solomon Island's Malaita Province, about four hours by boat from the nation's capital, Honiara. Kei, a single mother, paid for the construction by undertaking the laborious task of making and selling ‘shell money' and finally opened Serah's Lagoon Hideaway, which accommodates up to twelve visitors, in 2006.
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