Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 450
“The Truth is That All Problems Have Solutions” – Even Climate Change in Ethiopia
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Aug 24 (IPS) - Eight years ago Kenbesh Mengesha earned an uncertain income collecting firewood from local government forests and selling them to her fellow slum-dwellers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She would earn on average about 50 cents a day, if she was lucky.
Riding Towards Sustainable Development, on Bamboo
- Inter Press Service
KUMASI, Ghana, Aug 23 (IPS) - In Ghana, a country burgeoning with traffic congestion, increasing economic growth, and a stark urban-rural divide, making frames of bicycles out of bamboo could be the key to promoting sustainable development. It also makes stronger, longer-lasting bikes.
Getting a Grip on Food Security in DR Congo
- Inter Press Service
KINSHASA, Aug 23 (IPS) - The Association for Integrated Rural Development is one of a number of rural organisations on the periphery of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which are strengthening the city's food security while demonstrating how to maximise sustainable use of agricultural land.
Death of Ethiopian Leader Meles Brings 'Opportunity for Peace'
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (IPS) - Following Monday’s announcement of the death of long-time Ethiopian leader Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian civil society leaders and Western rights groups are characterising the turn of events as an opportunity to heal decades of increasingly stark sectarianism.
Macro Privatisations Bring Micro Benefits to Guatemalans
- Inter Press Service
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 22 (IPS) - The suspension of the privatisation of a port company unleashed debate in Guatemala about the countless concessions granted to foreign companies in areas like oil, mining, railways and energy, where corporate interests are seen as prevailing over the common good.
Cameroonian Athletes Braving the Odds
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDÉ, Aug 22 (IPS) - Victorine Fomum is Cameroon’s 2005 African table tennis champion. She often used to “train without rackets, without balls, without appropriate clothing and without good tables.” But despite this, she won gold at the 2005 African Nations Championship. And as a reward for her achievement the government handed her a cheque – for 25 dollars.
Criticism of Uganda’s Government Leads to Harassment of NGOs
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Aug 21 (IPS) - In the face of rising public criticism over a range of controversial political manoeuvres, the Ugandan government has become increasingly hostile to the work of non-governmental organisations, particularly those advocating for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch.
Mauritania's Date Palms, Cultural Heritage and Means of Survival
- Inter Press Service
NOUAKCHOTT, Aug 21 (IPS) - "The palm tree is a means of survival," said Tahya Mint Mohamed, a 44-year-old Mauritanian farmer and mother of three children. “We eat its dates; we make mats, beds and chairs from palms; the leaves are also used to make baskets and to feed our livestock.”
Food Security and the Failure of Mechanisation in DRC
- Inter Press Service
MBUJI MAYI, DR Congo, Aug 20 (IPS) - Mechanisation was expected to transform agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Congo's central province of East Kasaï. But a project to offer tractors for ploughing land has fallen flat.
Rights Issues Mar Sri Lanka-EU Trade
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Aug 19 (IPS) - Sri Lanka is in for some hard bargaining when it negotiates a new aid pact in 2013 with the European Union (EU), which withdrew a key trade concession two years ago over this country’s human rights record.
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