Global Politics Online presents regularly updated news and information on major global issues such as peace and war, human rights, intelligence gathering, terrorism, globalization, economic development, and the environment, as well as the internal politics of major countries and crisis areas. The weblog is sponsored by Eurasia Research Center – Global Geopolitics Net as a…
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ZAMBIA: Widespread Poverty Threatens to Reverse MDG Gains
Global Politics Online / IPS By Kelvin Kachingwe LUSAKA, Oct 19, 2010 (IPS) – Civil society organisations warn that unless Zambia addresses its high poverty levels, the strides the country already made in achieving some of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) may be reversed. At first sight, Zambia’s economy looks promising: the International Monetary Fund…
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Sep
29
ZIMBABWE: Virgins Forced into Marriage to ‘Appease’ Evil Spirits
Global Politics Online / IPS Nyarai Kachere MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Sep 29 (IPS) – Three years after being seized from their families and forced to marry and have sex with adult men in a Shona ritual to appease an avenging spirit, five teenagers are facing a dismal reality. The girls from Honde Valley in Manicaland had…
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Aug
27
MALAYSIA: Anwar’s Win Spells Leadership Change
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Wednesday, August 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Analysis by Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 27 (IPS) – Despite a nasty campaign against him, opposition icon Anwar Ibrahim has won spectacularly in a landmark by-election in the family stronghold of Permatang Pauh,…
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Aug
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PHILIPPINES: Gov’t Urged to Resume Talks With Muslim Rebels
Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – IPS Wednesday, August 27, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stella Gonzales MANILA, Aug 27 (IPS) – About 100 people have been killed or injured and more than 130,000 others displaced since hostilities resumed this month between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front…
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