Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 453
DRC Farmers Reap Benefits of Soil Fertility
- Inter Press Service
BUKAVU, RD Congo, Aug 06 (IPS) - Just two years ago, rice farmers on the Ruzizi plain in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo were content to harvest 2.5 tonnes of rice per hectare. The adoption of new techniques has seen their output rise to between six and eight tonnes, with smallholder farmers also increasing their local market share.
Malawi Checks China’s African Advance
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Aug 04 (IPS) - The move in Malawi to close down Chinese businesses outside of the four major cities has been condemned as xenophobic by rights organisations. A new law enforced Jul. 31 barred foreigners from carrying out trade in Malawi’s outlying and rural areas.
Operating in Rural Tanzania “To Save a Life”
- Inter Press Service
KIGOMA, Tanzania, Aug 03 (IPS) - At the Kakonko Health Centre, about 250 kilometres from the nearest hospital in Kigoma Region, Western Tanzania, assistant medical officer Abdu Mapinduzi prepares to operate on Joanitha, a young pregnant mother.
UZBEKISTAN: Tashkent’s Sticky Fingers Spoiling Foreign Investors’ Appetites
- Inter Press Service
TASHKENT, Aug 02 (IPS) - The recent travails in Uzbekistan of Russian cellphone giant MTS – hit by employee arrests and a three-month suspension – highlight the perils for foreigners of doing business in Central Asia’s most populous country.
Breakthrough for Women in Senegal's Lower House
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Aug 02 (IPS) - A record number of women were sworn in as legislators as Senegal's new parliament was inaugurated on Monday. Sixty-four women now have seats in this West African country's 150-member National Assembly, thanks to a law on gender parity.
South Korea Showcases Role as Donor at Expo 2012
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 01 (IPS) - When South Korea took the initiative to integrate a development cooperation programme into this year’s World Expo, it stepped up its efforts to gain credibility as a donor on the international stage.
Trash Collectors Become Zimbabwe’s Unlikely Climate Change Ambassadors
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 01 (IPS) - Tomson Chikowero was ashamed of his job. He did not want anyone finding out what he did to earn a living, so he used to wake up early every morning and leave his home in Hatfield, a residential suburb in Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare, under the cover of darkness.
Kenya Set to Run Away With Medals
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 01 (IPS) - On a chilly morning at the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi, the largest multi-purpose sports centre in Kenya, 800m world record holder David Rudisha looked like just another athlete.
UNESCO Protection Crucial – and Controversial
- Inter Press Service
BANGALORE, Jul 31 (IPS) - It took six years for a dedicated team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India, wildlife officials from six Indian states and officials from the federal ministry to secure international protection for one of India’s most precious biological reserves.
Teachers’ Strike Does Not Mean Political Liberation for Swaziland
- Inter Press Service
MBABANE, Jul 31 (IPS) - Swazis should not see the ongoing nationwide one-month teachers’ strike as a movement capable of overthrowing the political regime here, despite the fact that civil servants and nurses have joined the action, according to political analyst Dr. Sikelela Dlamini.
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