JAPAN: Mothers Rise Against Nuclear Power
TOKYO, Dec 21 2011 (IPS) – Japan’s nuclear power industry, which once ignored opposition, now finds its existence threatened by women angered by official opaqueness on radiation from…
“A Catastrophic Year” as Hunger Crisis Looms over Sahel
NOUAKCHOTT , Feb 14 2012 (IPS) – Seven out of the eight governments in the Sahel the arid zone between the Sahara desert in North Africa and Sudan…
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan Take Differing Approaches on Aral Sea
Correspondents* – IPS/EurasiaNet Orphaned ship in the former Aral Sea, near Aral, Kazakhstan. Credit: Public domain TASHKENT, Mar 22 2012 (IPS) – The saga of the Aral Sea…
Chinese Miners Dig Deep for Death
BEIJING, May 2 2012 (IPS) – China is notorious for containing some of the world’s deadliest mines a reputation that has been corroborated in recent months by a…
Samoan Breadfruit Makes a Splash in the Caribbean
Dr. Diane Ragone, director of the Breadfruit Institute, holds a flat of tiny Ma’afala breadfruit trees before shipping overseas. Credit: Jon Letman/IPS KAUAI, Hawaii, Jun 7 2012 (IPS)…
Celebrating the Olympic Ideal with a Big Mac
Olympic torch arriving at Tretherras School, Newquayon. Credit: Bobchin1941/CC by 2.0 NEW YORK, Jul 21 2012 (IPS) – As the 2012 London Olympics gears up to open on…
‘Cambodia Can’t Afford New Dengue Vaccine’
Dengue patients at Cambodia’s National Paediatric hospital. Credit: Erika Pineros/IPS PHNOM PENH, Sep 13 2012 (IPS) – Public health experts in Cambodia are unenthused by reports of trials…
CENTRAL ASIA: Disabled Citizens Find Avenues to Advancement Blocked
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Oct 24 2012 – As a child, Feruza Alimova dreamed of becoming a lawyer so she could help disabled people. But the 22-year-old cannot pursue a…
The Price of Ignoring the Sexuality of Kenya’s HIV-Positive Youth
I want to share this testimony to every one on this site. Am Rose Ricado this is how i was helped and cured with hiv and cancer by…
No Woman Should Die Giving Life
Over 57 percent of maternal deaths occur in Africa. Credit: Patrick Burnett/IPS ADDIS ABABA, Jan 27 2013 (IPS) – Every single day, 452 women in sub-Saharan Africa die…