White House Expresses Growing Concern Over Bahrain
The White House Wednesday said it was "deeply concerned" about growing polarisation between the ruling monarchy and the majority Shi'a community in Bahrain and the welfare of a jailed human rights...
View ArticleListening to the Hum of Tilling Machinery in the Sierra Leone Countryside
In the eastern Sierra Leonean community of Lambayama, rice paddies are carved far into the landscape before being abruptly halted by distant hills. Aside from a paved road that draws a grey line...
View ArticleProtests in Syria Continue as Truce 'Partly Observed'
An internationally brokered ceasefire in Syria is only being "partially observed," the opposition says, as state television reported that a roadside bomb had killed an army officer.
View ArticleCanadian Budget Cuts Ripple Overseas
The Canadian development community is concerned that the government's international assistance commitment to poor nations is waning in the interest of fiscal responsibility and that Ottawa instead...
View ArticleCuban Dissidents in Spain Complain about Cut-off in Aid
A group of former political prisoners from Cuba and their family members gathered in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square and in front of the foreign ministry Tuesday to protest the unexpected cut-off in...
View ArticleOP-ED: Kenyan Youth Demanding Change
Whenever I think of the youth issues, I remember: "Our youth are not failing the system; the system is failing our youth. Ironically, the very youth who are being treated the worst are the young...
View ArticleSpain Slashes Funds for Integration of Immigrants
The Support Fund for the Integration of Immigrants in Spain has been drained of resources, and as a result there is no funding for social insertion, employment and education programmes for the...
View ArticleSpeaking Out in Defence of UNCTAD
The reason the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is under attack is that rich countries do not want an organisation that carries out independent analysis, Rubens Ricupero,...
View ArticleU.S.-Israel Deal to Demand Qom Closure Threatens Nuclear Talks
The Barack Obama administration has adopted a demand in the negotiations with Iran beginning Saturday that its Fordow enrichment facility must be shut down and eventually dismantled based on an...
View ArticleOP-ED: Iran Nuclear Crisis Needs ‘Disruptive Diplomacy', Not Shock and Awe
Disruptive diplomacy may be the only way out of the Iran-Israel nuclear crisis, the only way to pierce the hegemony of hypocrisy dominating the power politics of nuclear weapons control, of those who...
View ArticleAt Summit of Americas, Governments "Are Listening" to the People
In preparation for the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the gathering's Social Forum has held 25 meetings since September, as well as dozens of online working sessions, with the participation of some...
View ArticleIn Antigua, Climate Change Amplifies Human Destruction
Evi Johnson points to the spot where, as a young boy, he and his friends would go swimming at Crabb Hill Beach.
View ArticleFistula - Another Blight on the Child Bride
It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against early marriage and its worst corollary – obstetric fistula which allows excretory matter to...
View ArticleSocial Media Activism Takes Root in Malawi
As Malawians celebrate Joyce Banda's appointment as president on sites, like Facebook and Twitter, the increased use of social media in Malawi comes full circle as her new government takes office.
View ArticleSyrian Strife Hits Lebanese Villages
A few kilometres separate the two Lebanese villages of Ersal and Qaa from the Syrian border, both of which have been unwillingly drawn into the violence of the Syrian uprising. Unrest has been brewing...
View ArticleThose Laboratory Mice Were Children
At Fallujah hospital they cannot offer any statistics on children born with birth defects – there are just too many. Parents don't want to talk. "Families bury their newborn babies after they die...
View ArticleTighter Security Ignores Root Causes of Somali Crises
As Western forces step up their military presence in Somalia, locals and experts are worried that the country – struggling under multiple crises from piracy, to drought – is doomed to churn in a cycle...
View ArticleU.S. Allies Call for Drug Legalisation
The Summit of the Americas, normally a subdued tri-annual gathering of regional leaders, could be more interesting than usual this year, as right-wing governments are set to clash with their U.S....
View ArticleLatin American Countries Call for Alternatives to War on Drugs
The countries of Latin America will raise their voices at the Sixth Summit of the Americas to condemn the "failed" war on drugs and propose alternatives, such as the controversial depenalisation, in...
View Article"Water Schools" Foster More Sustainable Habits in Mexico
So-called water schools, which educate communities on the resource and its links with the environment, gender and climate change, are helping to raise awareness on proper water management in Mexico,...
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