DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Why The Richest Continent Is Also The Poorest

Global Geopolitics – Global News Blog – Global Politics Online – IPS Friday, September 05, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Miriam Mannak ACCRA, Sep 5 (IPS) – The ecological impact of natural resource exploitation on the lives of the poor in Africa and other regions is not being addressed sufficiently [...]

KENYA: Gathering Storm of Expectations in Nairobi Slum

Global Geopolitics / IPS August 20, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Najum Mushtaq NAIROBI, Aug 20  (IPS)  – For the first time in its 60 years of existence, there is a ray of hope for the one million inhabitants of Kibera, one of the world’s most densely-populated slums. After spending [...]