Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 414
U.S. Hopes for Some Rapprochement After Chávez
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 07 (IPS) - While the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama says it would like to improve relations with Venezuela in the aftermath of the death Tuesday of President Hugo Chávez, officials and independent analysts here believe any rapprochement will take time and faces political obstacles both here and in Caracas.
North Kivu Refugees Hope to Find Peace in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
NYAKABANDE, Uganda, Mar 07 (IPS) - As dawn rises over Nyakabande, a village in southwestern Uganda, people line up in front of a reception tent, exhausted and carrying only the few belongings they could bring across the border.
Wheels of Industry Slowing in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 06 (IPS) - Industry is the ailing sector of the Brazilian economy, with production falling 2.7 percent in 2012 in spite of government incentives, and in contrast with the strong expansion of retail trade and the lowest unemployment rate in history.
At the Bottom of Lake Nyasa is ‘Rare Earth’
- Inter Press Service
ARUSHA, Tanzania, Mar 06 (IPS) - The local Tanzanian community bordering Lake Nyasa is no nearer to understanding what the conflict between their country and Malawi is about, nor why so much is at stake, as mediation efforts are expected to begin soon.
World Bank Urges African Agriculture Rethink
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 06 (IPS) - The World Bank is urging African governments to retool their agriculture policies, particularly to include a far greater focus on agribusiness as a critical driver of future development.
Malian Refugees Look to Rebuild their Lives
- Inter Press Service
MANGAIZE, Niger, Mar 05 (IPS) - Malian refugees in Mangaïze, northwest Niger, are keen to return home to start work and be able to support themselves once more.
U.S. “Stalling” Could Force Acceptance of Onerous TPP
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - Civil society opposition here has strengthened against a U.S.-proposed free trade zone that would include some dozen countries around the Pacific Rim.
Millions of Kenyans Vote in Historic Election
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 04 (IPS) - On Monday, Mar. 4, Betty Amollo was one of the millions of Kenyans who turned out in large numbers to cast her ballot in the country's first general election since the 2007 disputed polls left almost 1,200 people dead and displaced 600,000 in the resultant inter-ethnic violence.
The World Needs More Trade to Contain the Slowdown
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Mar 04 (IPS) - The global economy is facing strong headwinds that have set back world trade and output growth. Despite the measures implemented in many countries to contain the slowdown, production and employment trends continue to be negative. In the light of these developments, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently revised its forecast for world trade growth in 2012 to 2.5 percent, down from the previous 3.7 percent forecast. We foresee a volume of trade growth of 4.5 percent in 2013, below the long-term annual average of five to six percent that we have enjoyed for the last 20 years.
Two Million People Hold their Breath Over Lake Malawi Mediation
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Mar 03 (IPS) - Over two million families who solely depend on Lake Malawi for their livelihoods are anxiously putting their hopes into an upcoming mediation between Malawi and Tanzania intended to put an end to a longstanding ownership dispute.
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