Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 396
Africa “Net Creditor” to Rest of World, New Data Shows
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 28 (IPS) - Over the past three decades, Africa has functioned as a "net creditor" to the rest of the world, the result of a cumulative outflow of nearly a trillion and a half dollars from the continent.
Weather Forecasts Go Mobile in Thailand
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, May 28 (IPS) - It was another Monday afternoon in the remote Thai village of Baan Dong when an incoming text message lit up the black, dust-covered Nokio phone belonging to Eiem Sompeng.
From Slum Girl to World Chess Prodigy
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, May 28 (IPS) - Phiona Mutesi was a muddy, desperate nine-year-old foraging for food in Uganda's biggest slum, Katwe, when she discovered, through her older brother Brian, a chess programme.
Activists Claim Win as Herakles Halts Cameroon Operation
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 26 (IPS) - After coming under fire from environmental and social justice organisations for violations of land protection laws, Herakles Farms, a New York-based agricultural company, has suspended a large, controversial palm oil project in Cameroon.
Australian Retailers Feel Heat of Bangladesh Tragedy
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, May 25 (IPS) - Australia's largest textile workers' union and activist groups are up in arms that the country's leading retail chains, who source most of their fashion labels from Bangladesh, are refusing to sign a legally binding accord that will help to improve labour and safety standards in Bangladeshi garment factories.
Africa Union Must Do More for Peace
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 25 (IPS) - "My husband and older son, unable to cope with the war, became mentally ill. Two of my sons became child soldiers and an eight-year-old daughter was abducted – they were never to be seen again," Mariamu Dong says, referring to the 21-year civil war between north and south Sudan, which are now separate countries.
OP-ED: Making Every African Child Count
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, May 24 (IPS) - There is much to celebrate this week as the African Union marks 50 years as an independent pan-African entity.
Q&A: “From Slaves to Generals and Rulers”
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, May 24 (IPS) - Say "Africa" and myriad images flood our minds. Like its landscape and peoples, the continent's history is rich and diverse. While numerous books have been written and films made on the African slave trade in the West, a lesser-known aspect of the continent's history lies in India.
Heroin Dulls Hardships for Afghan Women
- Inter Press Service
KABUL, May 24 (IPS) - Located on a narrow street in a quiet neighbourhood in Kabul, the Sanga Amaj Women's Treatment Centre is the only one of its kind in Afghanistan: named after the 22-year-old journalist who was assassinated in 2007, the facility caters exclusively to Kabul's massive population of female drug addicts.
Marrying Off South Sudan's Girls for Cows
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, May 24 (IPS) - "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from South Sudan's Jonglei state.
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