CUBA: Food Security Focus of New UN Programmes
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Patricia Grogg
HAVANA, Oct 29 (IPS) – Three new international cooperation agreements channeled through the United Nations system in Cuba are aimed at strengthening food security, especially in the poorest parts of the country.
”Thanks to the joint work of the international community, the United Nations [...]
POLITICS: U.S. Blasted for Sustaining Embargo on Cuba
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (IPS) – The administration of President Barack Obama, which has vowed to improve relations with sanctions-hit Cuba, refused to break away from the traditional stand taken by successive U.S. governments and voted against a U.N. resolution calling for an end to the 47-year-old [...]
ZAMBIA: Give Us Our Constitution
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Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA, Oct 28 (IPS) – Pressure is mounting for a new constitution that is inclusive of all citizen’s views as the ongoing delays by the body granted to draft it still continues.
Although the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) was granted a four-month extension from [...]
SWAZILAND: More Boreholes, No Water
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Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE, Oct 28 (IPS) – In the drought-stricken area of Siteki, Tibuyile Maziya has been trying to fill up her four 20-litre buckets with water at a community for the last four hours.
With a baby on her back and two more buckets to [...]
Q&A: ”Women Will Benefit From Secularism”
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Cam McGrath interviews Egyptian feminist author NAWAL EL-SAADAWI
CAIRO, Oct 23 (IPS) – Controversy stalks dissident writer Nawal El-Saadawi, whose views on women and religion have put her at odds with Egyptian conservatives.
Recently she returned to Cairo after nearly three years in exile, and has [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: Africa Readies United Front for Crucial Copenhagen Talks
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Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 22 (IPS) – As African leaders meet in Ethiopia to discuss the devastating impacts of climate change, the United Nations has released a report warning that the economically-troubled continent will be one of the hardest hit by the ravages of global [...]
CLIMATE CHANGE: How Eco-Friendly Is Natural Gas?
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Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 22 (IPS) – Natural gas, a non-renewable yet plentiful energy source, is being promoted by the gas industry as part of the solution to climate change. But experts say that its contribution to global warming is only slightly less than that of coal and oil.
Methane, [...]
ZAMBIA: Holding Government Responsible for Spending
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Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA, Oct 20 (IPS) – The government’s change of the Budget cycle to improve its spending of money to develop the country is not good enough unless those in charge of the money are made accountable, say civil society.
Parliament this year enacted a [...]
