Global News Blog – Global Analyst / IPS By Fatima Asmal DURBAN, Oct 26, 2010 (IPS) – Gender training for peacekeeping operations "is not something you do for two weeks before you go for deployment," says Florence Butegwa, UNIFEM representative to the African Union (AU) and U.N. Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). The growing international [...]
TRADE-AFRICA: EPA Threatens to Tear Apart Oldest Customs Union
May 17, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPSSaturday, May 17, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Aileen Kwa* GENEVA, May 17 (IPS) – The fate of the world’s oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is hanging in the balance as a result of the economic partnership agreements that most SACU countries [...]
DRC: With Rebel Leader’s Indictment, a Tentative Step to Accountability
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Global News Blog / IPS Thursday, May 01, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. By Michael Deibert JOHANNESBURG, May 1 (IPS) – The indictment against a militia leader whose alleged abuses span the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war-ravaged east was finally made public at the end of April, almost two years [...]
Q&A: Labour ”Has to Weigh Up the Trade-offs” in Acting to Protect Workers
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Global News Blog / IPS Thursday, May 01, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Interview with Stephen Friedman CAPE TOWN, Apr 30 (IPS) – Co-operation between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and forerunners of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) goes back several [...]
Q&A: Circumcision an ”Opportunity To Take Great Strides Forward” Against HIV
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Global News Blog / IPS Wednesday, April 30, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Interview with Mark Heywood JOHANNESBURG, Apr 30 (IPS) – Results from trials in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda in 2006 showed that male circumcision reduced the transmission of HIV from women to men by up to 60 [...]
Q&A: Singing to a Political Beat
April 28, 2008 By
Interview with Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour Global News Blog / IPS Monday, April 28, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. BRUSSELS, Apr 28 (IPS) – If a European rock music fan has just one album by an African artist in his or her collection, there is a higher than average chance [...]
HEALTH-DRC: Water Everywhere, But Is It Safe To Drink?
April 24, 2008 By
HEALTH-DRC: Water Everywhere, But Is It Safe To Drink? Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Michael Deibert KINSHASA, Apr 24 (IPS) – The rain falls in battering sheets, rolling eastward along the Congo River through Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [...]
TRADE-AFRICA: Conflicting Views Over EPAs in French Government
April 24, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS April 24, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Hilaire Avril PARIS, Apr 24 (IPS) – As it prepares to assume the presidency of the European Union in July one of the main issues on France’s agenda will be the economic partnership agreements (EPAs). But with less [...]
TRADE-MALAWI: ”If EPAs Are So Good, Why Force Us to Sign?”
April 23, 2008 By
Global News Blog / IPS April 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Pilirani Semu-Banda LILONGWE, Apr 23 (IPS) – While the European Union (EU) has wanted a conclusion to the economic partnership agreements (EPAs) as soon as possible, the Malawian government has been staving off a deal. The deadline for [...]
AFRICA: Agricultural Extension Work Both Important and Under-valued
Global News Blog / IPS Sunday, April 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Kwamboka Oyaro NAIROBI, Apr 27 (IPS) – At a time of international concern about the future of the world’s food supply, it’s a comment that gives pause for thought: ”I teach university students agriculture and extension but [...]