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Saturday, February 04, 2012 10:43 GMT
LILONGWE (IPS) The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an
acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer
Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in
support of the black market.
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) As UN Women celebrated its first birthday, its executive
director Michelle Bachelet stressed that political upheveal
and shrinking budgets are no excuse to push back the hard-won
gains made by the women's movement globally.
WASHINGTON (IPS) U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement
Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in
Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as
a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of
the 11-year-old war here.
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) The political heavy hitters were all there at a key Security
Council meeting early this week to decide on the future of
beleaguered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
WASHINGTON (IPS) While Indian retailers are losing sleep over the possible
entrance of multinationals like Walmart into the dense South
Asian consumer market, very little thought has been given to
the Indian small farmer, who stands to lose even more at the
hands of the world's biggest commercial food retailer.
OUAGADOUGOU (IPS) The story of a pair of buffalo aggressively prowling the edges of a
village in eastern Burkina Faso is a warning sign of severe water stress
in the region which threatens humans and wild animals alike.
VIENTIANE (IPS) A landmark concert featuring artistes from eight of the ten South East Asian
Nations (ASEAN) took place here on Jan. 21, in an effort to build a regional
community through the common language of music.
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (IPS) Traditional social movements of homeless and landless people
have for years been organising occupations as a pressure
tactic. Now "occupying" is a key element for fighting the
capitalist system in its hour of crisis, and also in the realm
of virtual reality.
DHAKA (IPS) Bangladesh?s army has won paludits as leading United Nations peacekeepers, but the January coup attempt against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina?s government has exposed lurking religious extremism within its ranks.
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ARE WE READY TO MEET TODAY'S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES? By Bert Koenders and Talaat Abdel-Malek The release on September 22 of the report Aid Effectiveness 2005-2010: Progress in Implementing the Paris Declaration, leads us to ask an important question: Are we any better at delivering aid effectively today than we were five years ago? See Full Article >>
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