Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 410
Looking for Answers after CAR Coup D'etat
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Mar 25 (IPS) - Days after the sudden fall of the Central African Republic to Séléka rebels, questions are being raised about the circumstances surrounding the hasty departure of President Francois Bozizé.
/UPDATE*/Boreholes, Boreholes Everywhere….And Not a Drop to Drink
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Mar 25 (IPS) - Every day for the last four years, 52-year-old Tintfombi Msibi has had to walk past the borehole in her village of Ekuphakameni, one of the driest rural villages in southern Swaziland, to a dirty stream two kilometres away to collect drinking water.
Zimbabwe’s Railroads Riding to Extinction
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 25 (IPS) - Zimbabwe's rail transport system may be nearing extinction if the government does not take drastic action to solve the series of operational challenges that have made commuter and goods train services rare here.
OP-ED: The BRICS and the Rising South
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 25 (IPS) - On Tuesday, leaders of five large emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, known as the BRICS – will gather in Durban, South Africa to discuss harnessing their formidable resources on behalf of faster development progress in Africa and elsewhere.
USAID Makes Steady but Slow Gains on Transparency
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 22 (IPS) - The United States' main foreign assistance agency is getting widespread plaudits for new data on a series of internal reforms aimed at aid improvement, but some development experts are pointing to a persistent opaqueness from the agency.
Boreholes, Boreholes Everywhere….And Not a Drop to Drink
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Mar 22 (IPS) - Every day for the last four years, 52-year-old Tintfombi Msibi has had to walk past the borehole in her village of Ekuphakameni, one of the driest rural villages in southern Swaziland, to a dirty stream two kilometres away to collect drinking water.
Civil Society Seeks to Influence Mexican Mining Law Reform
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Mar 22 (IPS) - Two separate bills to reform Mexico's mining laws, one from the government and the other from academics and NGOs, agree on the urgent need for major changes in the rules governing the industry.
More Rebels Seek Asylum After War Crimes Suspect’s Surrender
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Mar 22 (IPS) - As the Rwandan government said on Thursday Mar. 21 that it would do all it could to ensure the speedy transfer of war crimes suspect General Bosco Ntaganda to the International Criminal Court, fighters loyal to him are also seeking asylum in the central African nation.
Little Hope for the Children Abducted in Mali’s War
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Mar 22 (IPS) - One of Amina Diallo's sons, 14-year-old Salif, has been missing since August last year. She thinks Islamists kidnapped him while he was on his way to the market in their hometown of Gao, in northern Mali, and recruited him as a child soldier.
Arrests, Intimidation And No New Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Mar 21 (IPS) - Heightened political tension between the major rivals in Zimbabwe's coalition government and increased clampdowns on civil society have left questions about the country's readiness for a true democracy just days after people voted to adopt a new constitution.
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