Q&A: Ghana's Youth Are "The Future of the Nation"
With a whopping 40 percent of Ghana's population under the age of 24, the government's ability to foster their development and include them in the country's development are critical to the country's...
View ArticleU.S. Lifestyle Is Not Up for Negotiation
Just before the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, some of the industrial nations, and specifically the United States, were lambasted for their obscenely high consumption of the world's finite...
View ArticleQ&A: Restructuring the Planet's Food System
Thirty percent of food is wasted globally, while one billion people go hungry and another billion are obese.
View ArticleU.S. Workers, Students Reclaim May Day
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets here and around the United States Tuesday calling for an end to what they described as the mounting and corrosive influence of money in politics.
View ArticleFilipinos Decry New U.S. Military Agreement
Civil society groups and local politicians are reacting with anger to a new agreement by the United States that would increase its military engagement with the Philippines.
View ArticleChinese Miners Dig Deep for Death
China is notorious for containing some of the world's deadliest mines - a reputation that has been corroborated in recent months by a series of fatal accidents. China is the world's largest consumer...
View ArticleBolivia Boosts Incentives for Foreign Oil Companies
Almost six years after the nationalisation of gas and oil reserves in Bolivia, foreign companies maintain an active presence in the sector, and the government is now offering them greater incentives...
View Article"The Two Guatemalas" Meet
"It's very hard for them to put food on the table, but they are very noble people," Diego Orozco, one of the thousands of young urban Guatemalans who spent last weekend with a poor rural family, told...
View ArticleSex and Censorship in Azerbaijan
Khadija Ismayilova sat calmly, her face, voice and movements doing nothing to break the composed demeanour with which she recounted the Azeri government's attempt to completely discredit her as a...
View ArticleU.S.: Marches and Militancy at Occupy Oakland's May Day
It was May Day and Oakland was bathed in sunshine. Union workers staged militant actions; immigrants and allies marched for justice with brass bands and drummers; spontaneous street parties erupted.
View ArticleSmugglers Devastate Gulf of Mannar Marine Reserve
Forest officials of the Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve abutting the Palk Straits between India and Sri Lanka have reported a decline in marine wildlife, as smugglers exploiting lax...
View ArticleMorocco Still Divided Over Marriage of Minors
The widespread practice of marrying minors continues to be one of the most incendiary legal and political issues in Morocco today, causing open confrontations between hard-line Islamists and moderates...
View ArticleU.S.-Afghan Pact Won't End War – Or SOF Night Raids
The optics surrounding the Barack Obama administration's "Enduring Strategic Partnership" agreement with Afghanistan and the Memorandums of Understanding accompanying it emphasise transition to Afghan...
View ArticleUrban Farming Takes Root in Brazil's Favelas
Women in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of this city 40 km north of Rio de Janeiro no longer have to spend money on vegetables, because they have learned to grow their own, as organic urban...
View ArticleQ&A: Reviving the Spirit of Rio+20
In the weeks and months leading up to the Rio+20 summit on sustainable development, groups spanning a wide spectrum of interests are doing everything in their power to ensure that the outcomes of the...
View ArticleLebanese Groups Arming Syrian Unrest
The Lebanese army seized a ship last weekend carrying three containers filled with weapons reportedly intended for Syria's rebel fighters. Although Lebanon has remained relatively stable throughout...
View ArticleNew Muzzle for Malaysian Media?
Despite a wave of reforms washing over the country, the Malaysian government- controlled media remains muzzled, mostly because ruling elites fear a free press will erode their iron grip on society.
View ArticleTrade Unionists Denounce Persecution in El Salvador
Persecution of trade unionists remains a problem in El Salvador, in spite of the fact that the country is governed by a left-wing party that advocates labour rights, union leaders say.
View ArticleClimate Change Drives Exodus to Jakarta
Another month of plying his ‘becak' (trishaw) in the capital city and Sarjo will be coming back to this West Java district to harvest the rice ripening on his 1,400 sq m paddy.
View ArticleFor an Ailing Planet, the Cure Already Exists
The planet's climate recently reached a new milestone of 400 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in the Arctic.
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