Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 416
Europeans Urge U.S. Action on Financial Transaction Tax
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (IPS) - Two European policymakers on Monday called on their U.S. counterparts to rethink opposition to proposals for a small tax on stock purchases and other financial transactions, which proponents say could raise hundreds of billions of dollars for poverty alleviation, action on climate change and financing international development.
Q&A: Radio Gives a Voices to South African Youth
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Lesedi Mogoatlhe has dedicated her life to empowering African youth by helping them to find their voices through radio journalism.
‘Marks of Manhood’ Fuel Gender-Based Violence
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - Some of the most harrowing cases of gender-based violence Kathryn Bolkovac came across while working as a U.N. human rights investigator in Bosnia involved a perpetrator dubbed "the Doctor" by the women and girls he abused.
Power Sharing a “Dangerous Concept” for Kenya’s Democracy
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 25 (IPS) - Days ahead of Kenya's general elections, the country's former deputy Minister of Information Koigi Wamwere has slammed calls for power-sharing among minority ethnic groups in the next government, calling it a "dangerous concept".
The Limits of Media Freedom in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Feb 25 (IPS) - Media advocates in Somalia worry that a recent case against a journalists who exposed the story of a gang rape involving members of the national security forces will serve as a deterrent to journalists countrywide.
Senegal Growing Up Over Marriage
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Feb 25 (IPS) - When Abdoulaye Ba heard his local Imam in Dakar, Senegal, speaking out against child marriage, he found that the idea was not very palatable to him. As head of his family, he had intended to marry off his three teenage daughters.
Haitian Senate Calls for Halt to Mining Activities
- Inter Press Service
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb 24 (IPS) - Outraged that they have not been consulted, this week Haitian senators called for a moratorium on all activities connected with recently granted gold and copper mining permits.
Winter of Discontent Progresses to Bulgaria
- Inter Press Service
WARSAW, Feb 24 (IPS) - Bulgarian prime minister Boiko Borisov of the ruling centre-right Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria (GERB), announced his resignation Wednesday, following two weeks of sustained protests across the country which were sparked by rising electricity and heating costs.
Malian Refugees Wanting to Return Home Face Difficult Choices
- Inter Press Service
NIAMEY, Feb 23 (IPS) - When northern Malian refugees fled their country for Niger in 2012, they expected they would be able to return home shortly afterwards. But despite the armed intervention by the French army in the West African nation, few of the 50,000 Niger-based refugees are ready to leave for home just yet.
Israeli Licence to Cheney-Linke Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (IPS) - In a potential new source of contention between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has reportedly granted a U.S. energy firm with heavyweight political connections to explore for oil and gas in the occupied Golan Heights.
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