Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 402
Zimbabwe’s Politics - Out with the Old, in with the New
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Apr 30 (IPS) - As Zimbabwe's young politicians increase their demands to be allowed to play a greater role in the running of the country, analysts say that this could signal a change in youth voter apathy in the upcoming elections.
The Clock Is Ticking on Koala Conservation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Apr 30 (IPS) - Australia's iconic marsupial is under threat. Formerly hunted almost to extinction for their woolly coats, koalas are now struggling to survive as habitat destruction caused by droughts and bushfires, land clearing for agriculture and logging, and mining and urban development conspire against this cuddly creature.
Clampdown of CSOs Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 29 (IPS) - As Zimbabwe is expected to head to the polls in a little less than two months, clampdowns on civil society in that southern African nation have increased, according to Godwin Phiri, western region chairperson of the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations in Zimbabwe.
U.N. Recognises Wildlife Trafficking as “Serious Crime”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 29 (IPS) - Environment groups are applauding a new United Nations decision to officially characterise international wildlife and timber trafficking as a serious organised crime, in a move that advocates say will finally give international law enforcement officials the tools necessary to counter spiking rates of poaching.
Activists Fight U.S. Aid to Develop El Salvador’s Pacific Coastline
- Inter Press Service
JIQUILISCO, El Salvador, Apr 29 (IPS) - Community leaders in El Salvador are opposed to the government's plans to use U.S. aid funds to develop the country's Pacific coastline, on the grounds that it would threaten the environment in a vast area.
Ivorian’s Snub Government
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Apr 29 (IPS) - Last week's local elections in Côte d'Ivoire were supposed to be a contest between members of the current governing coalition. But in municipal races, independent candidates claimed more seats than either of the coalition's two main parties, suggesting possible dissatisfaction with President Alasanne Ouattara at the local level.
Somali Journalist Living and Working on the Edge
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Apr 29 (IPS) - When journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh was shot by unknown assailants outside his home in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Apr. 22, his name was added to a list of four journalists who have been killed in this Horn of Africa nation since January.
Greeks Fight Canadian Gold-Diggers
- Inter Press Service
HALKIDIKI, Greece, Apr 27 (IPS) - Any sense of tranquility that hangs around the mountain of Skouries in northern Greece, 80 km east of Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki, is a façade. Home to some of the oldest forests in Greece, the pristine region is now a battleground, as the local population takes on the Canadian mining giant Eldorado Gold Corporation and its local subsidiary, Hellas Gold.
Women Hit by Malawi’s Maize Shortage
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Apr 26 (IPS) - Each night Esnart Phiri, a widow with five children, sleeps outside the gates of the state-run maize trader or Admarc market, in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, as she waits for days on end to buy maize.
South Sudan “Between Somalia and Congo”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - Experts here are calling on the United States and the international community to increase pressure on the government of South Sudan to address weaknesses in its central governance.
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