Global Issues
News headlines for “G8: Too Much Power?”, page 459
Mozambique’s So-Called 'People from Germany' Wait Decades for Salaries
- Inter Press Service
Every Wednesday at 11.00am José Alfredo Cossa unfurls his East German flag and leads a march of around 150 men and women down the main streets of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital. In a struggle for justice that has been going on for more than 20 years this group, known as the 'Magermans', represent the 16,000 to 20,000 Mozambicans who were sent to the former East Germany in the early 1980s to work and serve their country.
Iowa Firm Accused of Displacing Tanzanians for Profit
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 11 (IPS) - A major U.S. energy company, AgriSol Energy, is accused of engaging in land grabs in Tanzania that would displace more than 160,000 Burundian refugees who have lived there for decades, according to a report by the Oakland Institute, an organisation focused on environmental issues.
U.N. Showcases South-South Successes
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 10 (IPS) - Knowledge-sharing has become a cornerstone of successful cooperation among developing countries, in areas ranging from agriculture to health and renewable energies.
Locals Urge Fresh Negotiations on Padma Bridge Funding
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, Jul 10 (IPS) - Amidst continuing controversy over the World Bank’s recent decision to cancel a 1.2 billion-dollar loan to Bangladesh to assist in the construction of the Padma Bridge – which would have been the country’s largest ever development project, worth 2.9 billion dollars – most locals have expressed deep concern about the impact of such a move on one of the world’s least developed countries.
Cameroon farmers plant trees for bees
- Inter Press Service
, Jul 10 (IPS) - Honey producers in Cameroon are looking to restore bee habitats by planting trees in areas where deforestation have left the countryside bare.
Southern Africa’ fruit and vegetables come here
- Inter Press Service
The Guinean Women Who Earn a Little Coin From Gardening
- Inter Press Service
CONAKRY, Jul 10 (IPS) - Market gardening in the peri-urban areas of Conakry, the Guinean capital, is growing quickly, bringing in income for groups of women and giving them some autonomy.
Mauritania's Emergency Food Programme Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
NOUAKCHOTT, Jul 10 (IPS) - The sun is beating down on Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, and Habi Amadou Tidjane Diop is a tired and frustrated woman. Seated on an empty upturned bucket, the mother of nine is waiting in a long queue to buy food.
The Guinean Women Who Earn a Little Coin From Gardening
- Inter Press Service
Market gardening in the peri-urban areas of Conakry, the Guinean capital, is growing quickly, bringing in income for groups of women and giving them some autonomy.
Mauritania's Emergency Food Programme Under Fire
- Inter Press Service
The sun is beating down on Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, and Habi Amadou Tidjane Diop is a tired and frustrated woman. Seated on an empty upturned bucket, the mother of nine is waiting in a long queue to buy food.
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