Bert Wilkinson GEORGETOWN, May 31 2006 (IPS) – When the Montreal-based Cambior Inc. closed its depleted gold mine in western Guyana last year, authorities feared that the country would disappear from the map of major gold-producing nations. After all, they figured that Guyana s brigade of about 20,000 miners, made up mostly of locals and […]
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MIDEAST: Siege Hits Palestinians Before They Are Born
Mohammed Omer GAZA CITY, May 14 2008 (IPS) – The Israeli siege of Gaza that has restricted access to food, water and medicine is now beginning to hit unborn children and newborn babies. It can be a hard life for babies from day one, or even earlier. Credit: Mohammed Omer Many babies are born suffering […]
Q&A: "Sanitation Is Becoming a Social Movement"
Nergui Manalsuren interviews THERESE DOOLEY, UNICEF sanitation advisor UNITED NATIONS, Feb 6 2009 (IPS) – While 2008 declared by the U.N. as the International Year of Sanitation came and went with 2.6 billion people, including almost one billion children, still living without basic facilities, UNICEF s sanitation and hygiene senior advisor, Therese Dooley, says there […]
RIGHTS-PAKISTAN: ‘The Problem Is We All Work in Silos’
Zofeen Ebrahim interviews NAFIS SADIK, special adviser to the U.N. Secretary General and special envoy for HIV and AIDS in Asia BERLIN, Sep 10 2009 (IPS) – As secretary-general of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in September 1994, Nafis Sadik had described this groundbreaking event as a quantum leap in reinforcing commitments […]
MINING-PERU: Doe Run’s Latest Move
Milagros Salazar LIMA, Jan 15 2011 (IPS) – The U.S. mining and metallurgical company Doe Run has once again challenged the Peruvian government. The Renco Group, of which it is a subsidiary, notified the government of its plans to start an international arbitration process, invoking the free trade agreement between this South American country and […]
Anti-gay Stigma Hinders Bid to Lower Côte d’Ivoire’s HIV Rate
Clinique de Confiance was the first clinic in Côte d’Ivoire to begin targeting men who have sex with men. Credit: Robbie Corey-Boulet/IPS ABIDJAN , Dec 1 2012 (IPS) – When Emmanuel Kokou, a 28-year-old sex worker, moved from his native Togo to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire in 2010, he knew there was a good chance that […]
For the Disabled, Progress Unearths More Questions
This article is the second of a two-part series exploring disability’s place in international development guidelines. In part one, IPS looked at the repercussions of ignoring disability on an international level. Part two asks: was the lack of attention simply an oversight or due in part to the complex nature of disability? The media and […]
Human Rights Must Be at the Heart of the COVID-19 Recovery
Credit: Defenders Coalition NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 9 2020 (IPS) – On 10 December every year, we celebrate Human Rights Day, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Universal Declaration guarantees a spectrum of human rights that belong to each of us equally, and unite us as a global […]
Developing Countries and the Perfect Storm Part I: What Should Developed Countries Do?
ROME, Jun 1 2022 (IPS) – Developing countries – in Africa, in Asia, in Latin America and in the Middle East are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the climate change […]