Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 456
Côte d'Ivoire Law Offers Battered Women Little Protection
- Inter Press Service
ABIDJAN, Jul 19 (IPS) - A shiver ran down Habiba Kanaté's* spine when she read about a policeman shooting and killing his wife in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. "That could have been me," she said.
To Reduce Teen Pregnancies, Start with Educating Girls
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - Each year, 16 million girls aged 15-19 give birth. 50,000 of them die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. And 95 percent of those births occur in developing countries.
Look to Developing World for Solutions, Says New World Bank Chief
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Speaking on Wednesday at his first major public address, new World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said the institution needs to be more flexible and responsive, as well as more open to innovations coming from the developing world.
Investigation Exposes Arms Trafficking Network in Mauritius
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 18 (IPS) - An investigation by the Conflict Awareness Project has exposed an active arms trading network of associates of former trafficker Viktor Bout that involves companies from the United States, South Africa and the United Kingdom, among other countries.
Families of U.S. Victims of Drone Attacks Sue Top Officials
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - Family members of three U.S. citizens killed last year in drone strikes in Yemen filed a lawsuit here Wednesday accusing U.S. intelligence and military officials of violating the victims' rights under the U.S. constitution and international law.
Great Barrier Reef at a Crossroads
- Inter Press Service
CAIRNS, Australia, Jul 18 (IPS) - The world's largest and best protected coral reef will be doomed by Australia's unprecedented scale of planned coal and gas development, experts say.
Family Planning Essential for Development
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jul 18 (IPS) - Improving family planning to avoid unwanted pregnancies in developing countries, as well as assuring girls’ access to education, and women’s participation in the economy, are essential components of a sound development policy, according to Western experts and African activists.
Understanding the Roots of Ghana's Child Labour
- Inter Press Service
KUMASI, Ghana, Jul 18 (IPS) - At eleven years old, Thema, a native of Kumasi, hopes to be a nurse when she grows up. Currently, however, she is employed wandering between taxis and tro-tros or minibus taxis at rush hour, carrying packs of ice water on her head and selling them for 10 pesewas apiece. She manoeuvres through traffic in Ghana’s second-largest city with practiced ease; she has been doing this for four years.
U.N. Warns of Impending Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 18 (IPS) - The United Nations has called for sustained aid efforts in Somalia to prevent the war-torn country from experiencing another humanitarian crisis as more than three million people remain in need of urgent aid.
Negotiators Lack Focus at Arms Treaty Talks, Observers Warn
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 18 (IPS) - More than halfway through four-week negotiations for a binding treaty to regulate the global weapons trade, observers are warning that the talks are a week behind schedule.
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