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Ethiopian Journalists Hope New Council Will Ease Restrictions
Several Ethiopian publications are coming together to set up a ‘press council’ with the hope of easing restrictions on the media in Ethiopia. The journalists suggested the idea of the council at a May...
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Egypt’s Political Instability Taking Toll on Its Economy
Egyptians queue for subsidised bread amid steadily rising commodity prices. Credit: Khaled Moussa al-Omrani/IPSRegardless of who is responsible for Egypt’s current political impasse – be it the...
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Female Garment Workers Bear Brunt of Tragedy
Eighteen-year-old Shapla, a garment worker who survived the Apr. 24 factory collapse, lies on a hospital bed in Dhaka. Credit: Nari Uddung Kendra (the Centre for Women’s Initiative)Last month,...
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Skyping the Way to Victory, to Avoid Taliban
ANP candidate Syed Masoom Shah on his way to the hospital after an Apr. 14 bomb attack in Charsadda, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, that injured four people. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSIf you...
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Drug Dealers Trade Crime for Peace in Rio de Janeiro
UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov on a visit to the Pavão-Pavãozinho favela in Rio de Janeiro. Credit: Fabíola Ortiz/IPS Tuchinha was once a drug lord in Rio de Janeiro’s Mangueira favela. But...
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After Half a Century, Women Head to the Polls
For 70-year-old Ghulam Fatima, the upcoming general elections on May 11 promise to be unlike any she has witnessed before in Pakistan. Women’s advocate Shazia Bashir leading a rally in support of...
View ArticleWomen’s Rights Still Denied in Latin America
Latin American states are still failing to provide guarantees for women’s educational, sexual and reproductive rights, according to activists from different regions of the world meeting in the Mexican...
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Israeli Attacks on Syria Escape Security Council Scrutiny
Critics argue that the silence of the Security Council constitutes an international green light to Israel to continue with its new policy and military aggression against Syria. Credit: UN Photo/Rick...
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CIA Drone Strikes on Trial in Pakistan
Victims of drone attacks readied for burial in Miranshah, North Waziristan. Credit: Haji Mohammad Mujtaba/IPSAdding fuel to a long-simmering dispute between the U.S. and Pakistan, a Peshawar High Court...
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The Bloody Road to the Ballot Box
Red flags symbolising the Awami National Party (ANP) strung across the street in Karachi a day ahead of the May 11 elections. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPSThe road leading to the office of the Muttahida...
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Optimistic but Cautious, Grenada Bolsters Its Water Resources
Pat Jones, 65, stops to drink water at a community standpipe in Grenada. Credit: Desmond Brown/IPSOne daunting scientific forecast states that almost half of the world’s population will live in areas...
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In Trinidad, Causes Debated as Flooding Worsens
Floods are marking an early start to the rainy season in Trinidad. Credit: Peter Richards/IPSOfficially, the Caribbean’s rainy season begins in June, coinciding with the start of the hurricane season....
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Israeli Students Vow to Eradicate Malnutrition
One of the students at the Gymnasia Herzliya School checks on the plastic bottles containing samples of a blue-green algae called Spirulina. Credit: Pierre Klochendler/IPSAt the Gymnasia Herzliya...
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Doctors in Argentina Sound the Alert on Vaccine Sceptics
Argentina is one of the countries in Latin America with the highest levels of vaccination coverage. But experts are concerned about the growing campaign by vaccine critics against immunisation....
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No Escape for Palestinian Women Forced into Prostitution
Beit Anisa, a brothel that doubles as a restaurant and "night club" in Ramallah. Credit: Mel Frykberg/IPSJust down the road from the bubble of privilege and power of the Palestinian Legislative Council...
View ArticleU.N., Fluent in Anglo-French, Seeks to Go Multilingual
When Egypt’s onetime Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali was running for the post of U.N. secretary-general in late 1991, he had to contend with the candidature of Bernard Chidzero, then foreign...
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Despite Peaceful Withdrawal, PKK-Turkey Peace Remains Uncertain
A PKK soldier stands in front of a crowd gathered in the Qandil mountains. Credit: Karlos Zurutuza/IPSThe peaceful withdrawal from Turkey of combatants from the Kurdistan’s Workers Party (PKK) began...
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Pakistan Marks Historic Election
Some voters waited in line for up to eight hours to cast their ballots on May 11. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPSFlanked by loyalists, friends, journalists and excited family members, former Pakistani...
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Giving Paraplegic Women a New Lease on Life
Shaheen Begum receives skills training at the PPC paraplegic centre in Hayatabad in northern Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPSGul Shada thought it was the end of the road for her when she and her...
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First Class Action Lawsuit Against BP in Mexico
A group of Mexican citizens are preparing the first civil lawsuit in the Mexican courts against British oil company BP for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The plaintiffs are bringing the class...
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