Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stephanie Kale KIGALI, Nov 8 (IPS) – War is expensive. The costs include not only the millions of dollars spent on military equipment and maintaining an army, but the financial and psychological toll it takes on the everyday lives of people caught in the crossfire. When fighting takes place [...]
POLITICS-ETHIOPIA: A Career In Dissent
October 29, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Michael Chebsi ADDIS ABABA, Oct 29 (IPS) – Frozen in disbelief on the steps of the courthouse where she presided as a federal judge, Bertukan Mideksa watched as a man she had just ordered released on [...]
AFRICA: Financial Crisis May Increase Pressure for Debt Repayment
October 25, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites – Global Analyst Online / IPS Saturday, October 25, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Stanley Kwenda* MANZINI (Swaziland), Oct 25 (IPS) – The collapse of the financial markets may force the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to [...]
RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Reparations Stretched Thin
October 23, 2008 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thursday, October 23, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Mohamed Fofanah FREETOWN, Oct 23 (IPS) – ”Eight years ago my husband threw his haversack on his back and bade us goodbye. My two kids and I came out of the house and watched him leave. [...]
EGYPT: Ruling Party in Free Fall
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Wednesday, October 29, 2008 All rights reserved, IPS – Inter Press Service, 2008. Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO, Oct 29 (IPS) – A high-ranking member of Egypt’s ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is facing trial on charges of arranging the murder of a Lebanese pop singer. The [...]