Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 400
Displaced by Gold Mining in Colombia
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, May 09 (IPS) - "I was displaced here by mining a month ago. Illegal miners forced me out of my municipality. No, don't write down where I'm from, let alone my name," said a 40-year-old black man frightened for his safety. IPS agreed to say only that he is from Colombia's southern Pacific coast region.
The Challenge of Being a Maasai Woman
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 09 (IPS) - The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Tanzania has long been a beacon of traditional culture to many Africans - and for Westerners on safari through Maasai Mara, Samburu or Amboseli, a familiar face.
Developing Resilience to Financial Shocks
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 09 (IPS) - The global repercussions of the 2007-2008 financial crisis are a stark reminder of the economic interdependence in our globalising world. No country was spared from the shock waves that originated in the financial systems of developed economies.
Kenyan Women to Break Glass Ceiling in Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 09 (IPS) - Kenya's nominees for cabinet secretary positions, who include an unprecedented number of women - six out of 18 - will undergo a gruelling public vetting process by the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments Thursday.
Mexico - Ground Zero in the Fight for the Future of Maize
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, May 08 (IPS) - In the 2011 action-thriller "Unknown", scientists are persecuted by the biotech industry because they plan the open release of a drought- and pest-resistant strain of maize that could help eradicate world hunger.
Institutional Tangles, Deindustrialisation Hurt Mercosur
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 08 (IPS) - July will mark the start of a new era for the Common Southern Market (Mercosur), when it will expand to five full members, if the South American bloc manages to overcome the commotion caused by the admission of Venezuela and the suspension of Paraguay.
Giving Extremists a Second Chance
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, May 08 (IPS) - At 18, Farah Osman should not be a battle-hardened soldier. He should not have spent the last seven years fighting for the Somali Islamist extremist group Al-Shabaab, or have been trained by foreign jihadists in handling and repairing weapons and improving his shooting skills.
Q&A: The Security of a Nation Is Its Women
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, May 07 (IPS) - Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, a human rights lawyer and the general secretary of the global rights network World YWCA, knows what it is like to struggle against poverty and violence: she herself comes from a poor family in Magaya village in Murewa district, which lies northeast of Zimbabwe's capital Harare.
Lessons in Economic Integration for African Union
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 07 (IPS) - As the African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, it is still younger and less integrated than the 56-year-old body that is now the European Union, and, according to politicians and diplomats, has a big advantage over the Europeans as it charts its own path of integration.
U.S. Reforms Could Slash African Immigration Levels
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 06 (IPS) - Advocates for the African diaspora in the United States have stepped up a campaign to urge the U.S. Congress not to end a longstanding visa programme aimed at boosting immigration from "underrepresented countries".
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