KAMPALA, Jul 4 (IPS) - Africa needs a Green Revolution, but one that will
increase agricultural productivity by using practices that build
soil fertility while minimising harm to the environment.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 3 (IPS) - "Ialorixá" Gilda died of a massive heart
attack in 1999 after members of a pentecostal church swarmed into
her temple and hit...
NAIROBI, Jul 4 (IPS) - Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government
has leased a big slice of agricultural land to Qatari foreign
investors to produce food for export.
Noam Chomsky, the MIT professor, author and dissident intellectual, just turned eighty years old this past December. He has written over 100 books, but despite being called "the most important...
We play an excerpt of an extended interview with Australian investigative journalist, John Pilger. Speaking about the US healthcare system, Pilger says, "What is it about US legislators that they...
President Obama signed into law a bill last week that gives the US government broad regulatory power over cigarettes and other tobacco products. Obama said the law would curb the...
The United Nations is assisting families displaced by violence which shook Timor-Leste in 2006 return to their homes and preventing potential conflicts in their communities.
The Registrars, or top administrative officials, of the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations tribunals and courts backed by the world body wrapped up a meeting today focusing on...
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers...