Inter Press Service
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 08:37
The United States’ second-highest court has upheld most of a landmark U.S. law requiring companies to ascertain and publicly disclose whether proceeds from minerals used to manufacture their products may be funding conflict in central Africa.
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 00:00
Thirty-three candidates related or allegedly related to paramilitary forces active in the Colombian armed conflict were elected to the senate, equivalent to 32.4 percent of the 102 seats
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 09:26
As the Somali government plans to launch a new military campaign to wipe out the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab, from its strongholds in this Horn of Africa nation, experts say that its Somalia’s innocent who live in areas controlled by the group who will suffer the most.
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 - 07:43
A year after Mali’s civil war came to an end, experts here are increasingly concerned that the country risks an eventual return to violence, particularly as Malian authorities continue to marginalise the restive north while neglecting to pursue meaningful political and economic reforms.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 08:00
Ali Nyenge, a resident of Iputi ward in Tanzania’s northern Ulanga District, woke up as anti-poaching security officers surrounded his home. He says they accused him of illegal hunting and in front of his 11-year-old son, made him take his clothes off, poured salt water on his body and whipped him with a cane.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 00:00
In the last six or seven years, the state-government-single party, led by General Raul Castro after Fidel Castro withdrew from power, has tried to introduce order into the economic and social structure.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 00:00
The presence of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is evident in Venezuela's Amazon region, where the guerrillas can be seen on speed boats, in camps, or interacting with local indigenous communities.
Friday, November 22, 2013 - 10:01
William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Centre for International Policy, told IPS U.S. arms sales to the Middle East and Persian Gulf have reached record levels in recent years.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 00:00
Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, known as the 'moral leader' of the Mexican left, said that his country and Central America "focus very much on the North" and should make a shift towards South America.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:21
Somali clan leaders say that an Aug. 27 agreement between the government and only a few leaders from the country’s three southern Jubba regions, which aims to resolve the ongoing dispute over who controls the area, creates more problems than it solves.