Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 448
U.S. Ready to Cut Egypt's Debt
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 05 (IPS) - As reports surfaced Tuesday that U.S. negotiators, in Cairo for the past week, are closing in on an agreement to cut a billion dollars from Egypt’s bilateral debt, the State Department here announced that a record-sized U.S. business delegation would travel to Egypt later this week.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Universities - Shedding a Legacy of Violence and Corruption
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Sep 04 (IPS) - Yacouba Coulibaly was pursuing a doctorate in education at Cocody University in Abidjan before Côte d’Ivoire’s post-election violence started in 2010. But his classes were routinely disrupted by armed members of a powerful student federation that wished to hold meetings instead.
Thousands of Senegalese Producers Living off Market Gardening
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Sep 04 (IPS) - Thousands of farmers are earning a living growing fruit and vegetables in the Niayes, a strip of fertile land running north along Senegal's western coastline from the outskirts of the capital, Dakar. But land speculation threatens the future of this market gardening.
Angola’s “Free and Fair” Elections Could Be Contested
- Inter Press Service
LUANDA, Sep 04 (IPS) - Question marks hang over the legitimacy of Angola’s general election as Africa’s second-longest serving leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos has won a five-year term in office following his party’s landslide victory.
A Green Gold Mine in the Heart of the DRC Capital
- Inter Press Service
KINSHASA, Sep 03 (IPS) - A disused cemetery in the heart of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been transformed into a profitable urban garden. Relying on compost they make themselves on the site, a small group of gardeners are enjoying plentiful returns.
Men and Women Farming Together Can Eradicate Hunger
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Sep 01 (IPS) - Three years ago, the residents of the semi-arid Yatta district in Kenya’s Eastern Province lived on food aid due to dwindling crops of maize that could not thrive because of the decreased rainfall in the area.
That was until a local bishop, trying to find ways to prevent mothers from forcing their teenage daughters into prostitution, changed everything.
Burkina Faso's VIPs – Very Important People Championing Ventilated Improved Pit Latrines
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 31 (IPS) - For far too many households in Burkina Faso, going to the toilet means heading for the bush. The Burkinabè government has launched a new campaign to change this, calling on prominent personalities as both sponsors and champions.
Farming Among the Waste in Cameroon
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Aug 30 (IPS) - Cameroonian urban famer Juliana Numfor has six plots of land where she grows maize, cassava, sweet potatoes and leafy vegetables, including cabbages, wild okra and greens.
Biomass Plant Lights up Rural Senegal
- Inter Press Service
KALOM, Sénégal, Aug 30 (IPS) - A new power plant in the eastern Senegalese village of Kalom is generating more than just electricity. Powered by agricultural waste, the station has lit up homes, lightened women's domestic burdens and even put a little money in some residents' pockets.
Intervention in Eastern Congo a Rising Priority for Activists
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (IPS) - As the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to deteriorate in the wake of an armed rebellion that began in April, some activists have strengthened calls for foreign military intervention.
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