Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 419
The Energy Is in the Nuclear Talk
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Feb 13 (IPS) - Nuclear energy and defence deals will be high on the agenda when French President François Hollande makes a state visit to India this week, but few analysts expect any solid contracts to result from the two-day trip Thursday and Friday.
African Troops Arrive As Divisions Fracture Malian Army
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Feb 13 (IPS) - Soldiers belonging to the African-led International Support Mission to Mali continue to stream into this West African nation, as several hundred troops have already been deployed to secure towns across the country.
African Smallholder Farmers Need to Become Virus Detectors
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 13 (IPS) - Unless African smallholder farmers, who comprise the majority of food growers on the continent, are given the tools and knowledge to cope with the increased occurrences of plant virus diseases, the livelihoods of millions will be at stake, according to Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
In the Land of Gas, the Residents Have None
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Feb 12 (IPS) - The 19,000 inhabitants of the municipality of Caraparí, the area supplying a third of Bolivia's gas exports, do not have access to gas or petrol, six years after the nationalisation of the mega deposit and almost a quarter century after its discovery.
U.N.'s Water Agenda at Risk of Being Hijacked by Big Business
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (IPS) - Amidst growing new threats of potential conflicts over fast-dwindling water resources in the world's arid regions, the United Nations will commemorate 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation (IYWC).
Christian or Muslim - ‘We are All Victims of Those Terrorists’
- Inter Press Service
MOPTI, Mali, Feb 11 (IPS) - At the entrance to the Evangelical church in Mopti, central Mali, military soldiers stood on either side of the door as Pastor Luc Sagara greeted his parishioners for Sunday mass.
Saving a Shrinking Lake
- Inter Press Service
GULFE, Cameroon, Feb 09 (IPS) - Approaching the Lake Chad basin from Gulfe, a small locality 45 kilometres from Cameroon's Far North Regional capital Maroua, the atmosphere of despair is palpable: dusty air, fierce and unrelenting winds, wilting plants and sand dunes suggest that this once lush area is undergoing a terrible change.
IFC Under Fire on Environment, Social Safeguards
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 08 (IPS) - Campaigners are seizing on a new internal audit of financial-market lending by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank arm that engages in private sector investment, pointing to unusually stark criticism of the institution's commitment to due diligence.
Victor’s Justice Plays Out in Côte d’Ivoire
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Feb 08 (IPS) - The extradition of high-level allies of former Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo from Ghana back to their home country, including a most recent one on Feb. 5, has brought renewed scrutiny to the Ivorian judiciary, which critics say is implementing a form of one-sided victor's justice since the 2010 to 2011 post-election conflict.
U.S. ‘Divestment’ Movement Gaining Momentum
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 08 (IPS) - A months-old national campaign to convince U.S. colleges, universities and city governments to withdraw investments from the world's largest oil and gas companies has seen some notable initial successes.
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