Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 437
Tribal Wars Threaten South Sudan Again
- Inter Press Service
YUAI, South Sudan, Oct 31 (IPS) - The huge Russian-made helicopter descended slowly towards conical mud huts clustered together and surrounded by endless grassland, lush and green with the season’s rains here in the South Sudanese village of Yuai.
What Price Rice May Do
- Inter Press Service
CONAKRY, Oct 31 (IPS) - Rice remains the most popular staple in Guinea, but the high price of imported rice is pushing many consumers in this West African country to change their diet. Farmers have responded by rapidly expanding the land area planted with an alternative food crop: cassava.
Students Torn Between School and Work in DR Congo
- Inter Press Service
KINSHASA, Oct 30 (IPS) - Hanging from the door of a mini-bus taxi as it jerks and jinks through traffic, 16-year-old Gires Manoka calls out the van's destination to potential passengers as it crosses Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Regional Trade Key to African Food Security, World Bank Says
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (IPS) - The World Bank is urging African countries to strengthen regional food trade, suggesting that food security could be greatly enhanced simply by allowing farmers to trade more easily across the continent.
Conservationists Call for Ugandans to Stop Eating Chimps
- Inter Press Service
ALBERTINE RIFT REGION, Uganda, Oct 25 (IPS) - Conservationists struggling to protect the remaining population of Ugandan chimpanzees have raised concerns that people around wildlife reserves in the west of the country have taken to eating the primates.
Entrepreneurs and Women: Keys to Growth in Africa
- Inter Press Service
DEAUVILLE, France, Oct 25 (IPS) - The international financial crash of the late 2000s created more than a global economic recession: it accentuated popular doubts about the paradigms on which our economies are built and prompted a closer look at two crucial drivers of economic growth: women and entrepreneurship.
Cattle Smugglers Thwart Pious Muslims
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct 25 (IPS) - Muslims around the world will soon celebrate Eidul Azha, otherwise known as the ‘feast of the sacrifice’, the second most important festival day on the Islamic calendar.
Nile Powers Uganda Slowly
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Oct 24 (IPS) - Uganda is facing the unwelcome possibility of increased costs for building a projected 600-megawatt hydropower plant at the Karuma Falls, on the Victoria Nile, owing to construction delays.
Congo Capital's Schools Still Shattered From March Explosion
- Inter Press Service
BRAZZAVILLE, Oct 24 (IPS) - Three weeks after the new school year began in Brazzaville, many students in the capital of the Republic of the Congo have yet to attend a single class. The city is still trying to recover from a huge explosion at an arms dump in March.
Cooperatives Cushion the Blows of Hunger
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE/ROME, Oct 23 (IPS) - “One in eight people goes to sleep hungry every day,” according to the ‘State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012’, a document released annually by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
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