Activists in Mexico Want to Be Heard by the Pope
Spiralling violence, demands for justice voiced by victims of child sexual abuse at the hands of Roman Catholic priests, and ordination of women priests are issues that, in the view of experts and...
View ArticleCalais Draws More Refugees, And Trouble
It's more than two years since French police demolished the migrant squatter camp in Calais known as the Jungle in September 2009. At the time the widely-publicised demolition was hailed by the French...
View ArticleCameroon's Baka Pygmies Seek an Identity and Education
Kokpa Pascale Moangue, a Baka Pygmy in southeastern Cameroon, has given his children the one thing he always longed for, but his parents could not give him – an education. And he was able to achieve...
View ArticleSri Lanka Unfazed by U.N. Rights Resolution
As the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) voted in, Thursday, a resolution asking Colombo to act on recommendations made by its own Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC), Buddhist prayers...
View ArticleMexico, So Close to Oil, So Far from Clean Energy
Mexico is not only lagging in the development of renewable energies, but some of the projects that are being carried out actually pose a threat to the environment and biodiversity, such as a wind farm...
View ArticleKazakhstan, Uzbekistan Take Differing Approaches on Aral Sea
The saga of the Aral Sea is now a tale of two bodies of water. One holds the promise of a happy ending, the other remains enmeshed in tragedy.
View ArticleMali Mutiny 'Topples' President Toure
Renegade Malian soldiers say they have ended the rule of President Amadou Toumani Toure after seizing control of the presidential palace and the state television station in the West African nation.
View ArticleBahrainis Demand More Than Cosmetic Reforms
Months after an independent commission presented damning evidence of the Bahraini government's crackdown on pro- democracy demonstrators, thousands press on with a reinvigorated protest movement for...
View ArticleOpinions Divided Over Chevron Trial in Brazil
Opinions are divided in Brazil over the prosecution of U.S. oil giant Chevron for two oil spills. While some argue that the legal action is an over-reaction triggered by nationalism, others say it is...
View ArticleZimbabwe's Mopani Worms Disappearing from Rural Diets
Job Mthombeni loves traditional food. One of his favourite culinary delights is Mopani worms, referred to locally as amacimbi, which means caterpillar in Ndebele. At an early age he understood the...
View ArticleFrench Muslims Fear Stigmatisation After Killings
"The murderer is gone, and now it's us who will have to live with the consequences." That's how a Muslim shopkeeper summed up for IPS the death and legacy of the man suspected of murdering seven...
View ArticleTourism Woes Replace Terrorism in Kashmir
As separatist militancy peters out in Kashmir, the valley is beset by armies of tourists who bring in the dollars but devastate the fragile ecology of ‘Asia's Switzerland'.
View ArticleDRC Elections – U.N. Condemns Rights Violations
A report by the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office has slammed the government and security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, condemning electoral violence linked to the Nov. 30...
View ArticleAsia Is Up in Arms
The geopolitical centre of gravity, as measured in arms spending and transfers, has shifted to Asia.
View ArticleU.S. Occupy Activists Hit With Stay-Away Orders
A dozen or so people in the Wednesday night crowd of around 150 at the amphitheatre in the public plaza at Oakland City Hall covered their faces with masks or bandanas.
View ArticleLocals Don't Want Cell Phone Towers Next to See-saws in El Salvador
"You see? That's where they were going to put the antenna," says Alicia Suncín, pointing to a spot in the middle of a park in the Salvadoran capital where a private company was planning to erect a...
View ArticleU.S. Urged to Leverage Security Cooperation with Bahrain
As government crackdowns continue, Bahrain is attracting more international visitors than just those coming in preparation for next month's Forumla One Grand Prix.
View ArticleMali Junta Courts Civil Society
A majority of political representatives have so far maintained their distance from the leaders of a coup that toppled the government earlier this week, but several religious and political...
View ArticleRights Groups Slam Renewed U.S. Military Aid to Egypt
The U.S. State Department announced on Friday that military aid to Egypt will resume, citing a national security waiver that was included in the most resent appropriations legislation on foreign...
View ArticleDominica Seeks Millions for Climate Change Strategy
Dominica presented its "2012-2020 Low Carbon Climate Resilient Development Strategy" to donors including the World Bank on Wednesday in a bid to gain wider access to funding and position itself as a...
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