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Saving a Shrinking Lake
Approaching the Lake Chad basin from Gulfe, a small locality 45 kilometres from Cameroon’s Far North Regional capital Maroua, the atmosphere of despair is palpable: dusty air, fierce and unrelenting...
View ArticleArgentina Pins Hopes on Bumper Grain Harvest
Argentina has better prospects in 2013 after modest growth in 2012, thanks to an excellent grain harvest and the recovery of Brazil, its main market. But high inflation remains an unsolved challenge....
View Article‘We Grow, They Bulldoze, We Re-Plant’
Tawfiq Mandil, 45, stands amongst hundreds of Palestinian farmers, activists, and international supporters in the Gaza Strip’s eastern Zeitoun district, about half a kilometre from the border with...
View ArticleU.S. Arms Fuel Asian Tension
After a year of intense diplomatic standoff and territorial brinkmanship among disputing states in the South and East China Seas, the U.S. military ‘pivot’ to the region appears to be in full swing – a...
View ArticleIs Uzbekistan’s Economy Going into a Tailspin?
Uzbekistan has introduced sweeping new banking and import regulations that appear designed to keep hard currency from leaving the country. Observers say residents and entrepreneurs should expect a...
View ArticleRetooling New York for Apocalyptic Storms
During World War II, a German U-boat made its way into New York Harbour. It fired two torpedoes at a British tanker, splitting the hull in three places and igniting it in flames. The captain and 35...
View ArticleDeadly Car Blast Hits Turkey’s Syria Border
At least 10 people have been killed and 30 others wounded following a car-bomb explosion near the border between Turkey and Syria, Turkish television reported. A Syrian-registered car is believed to...
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U.N.’s Water Agenda at Risk of Being Hijacked by Big Business
Amidst growing new threats of potential conflicts over fast-dwindling water resources in the world’s arid regions, the United Nations will commemorate 2013 as the International Year of Water...
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U.S. Environment Agency Releases First Climate Adaptation Plan
For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has publicly released a draft plan on how the department’s programmes will adapt to global warming, in a move that could lay...
View ArticleOP-ED: Obama and Bahrain: How to Save Al-Khalifa Rule
Despite the start of a government-inspired dialogue with the opposition Sunday, the Bahraini government continues to jail dissidents, arrest demonstrators, and use a rigged judicial system to convict...
View ArticleGaza Gags Civil Liberties
Gaza is becoming increasingly radicalised as Hamas continues its crackdown on civil liberties, press freedom and the rights of women. In the last few weeks a number of journalists have been arrested...
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Khamenei Looks Off-Balance After Dramatic Week
Last week’s dramatic and very public display of deep fissures among the leading politicians of Iran has left many here wondering if the conflict will escalate into an all-out war among various...
View ArticleQ&A: Community Radio Reflects Levels of Democracy
In 1983, producers of popular radio, alternative radio and educational radio convened in Montreal to define a new genre of radio: community radio. Those dialogues led to the formation of the World...
View ArticleAfrican Troops Arrive As Divisions Fracture Malian Army
Soldiers belonging to the African-led International Support Mission to Mali continue to stream into this West African nation, as several hundred troops have already been deployed to secure towns across...
View ArticleIsraelis Ski on Thin Snow
Unbending winds howl in the mountain; seldom carrying echoes of the two-year-old civil war closing in on Damascus just 35 kilometres away. But Israelis revel in immaculate pleasure. Albeit an...
View ArticleThe Energy Is in the Nuclear Talk
Nuclear energy and defence deals will be high on the agenda when French President François Hollande makes a state visit to India this week, but few analysts expect any solid contracts to result from...
View ArticleBrazilian President Stumbles on Energy
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, whose political career was fuelled by her stellar performance in the energy sector, is now faced with an ironic challenge: how to bring down the unusually high price...
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Native Peoples Say: No Consultations, No Concessions
Representatives of native communities in the Amazon region of Peru, where the first ever “prior consultation” about a project affecting their territory will be held, have pressured the authorities into...
View ArticleEnergy, Economy Key in Major Obama Address
In a major annual address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama offered further details on a broad and ambitious range of policy priorities, taking advantage of perhaps his single most significant...
View ArticleSpain’s Crisis Pits Fair Trade Against Empty Wallets
The Spanish public is well aware of the widespread exploitation of workers in the globalised garment industry. But low prices, shrinking buying power and the lure of brand names act as strong...
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