Global IssuesNews headlines for “Corruption”, page 10
Africa’s Biggest Market Lies Within
- Inter Press Service
Global demand for African oil and precious metals has fuelled a continental surge in exports, helping some of the world’s poorest countries rebound from the 2009 economic shock.
ZAMBIA: 'Every Year Flooding Makes This Place a Little Hell'
- Inter Press Service
During the rainy season, and many weeks afterwards, home is never the best place to be for Miriam Banda. Until the end of 2008, she enjoyed living at her house in Kanyama, a high-density settlement bordering the central business district in Lusaka, Zambia's capital.
ZIMBABWE: 'Blood Diamonds' Slip Through Watchdog's Cracks
- Inter Press Service
Following a recent procedural breakdown of one of the world's leading 'blood diamond' watchdogs, experts warn that controversial stones from the Marange fields of Zimbabwe may soon find their way into the hands of unknowing consumers.
DR CONGO: Publish All Mining, Oil and Forest Contracts
- Inter Press Service
Civil society and the government are agreed: the Democratic Republic of Congo must make public the details of all mining, forestry and oil contracts.
ARGENTINA: Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Scandal 'Toxic' for President
- Inter Press Service
Above and beyond the impact it might have on Argentina's Oct. 23 general elections, few doubt that the government of Cristina Fernández will feel the effects of the fraud scandal involving the alleged misuse of public funds by the former right-hand man of the head of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Association.
INDIA: Gandhism Returns to Fight Corruption
- Inter Press Service
Almost 65 years after Mahatma Gandhi used 'satyagraha' or 'truth force' to lead a movement against British rule in India, Gandhism is back, this time facing an enemy more pernicious than colonialism: corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen stashing stolen wealth abroad.
CUBA: Outcome of Airline Corruption Trial Revealed
- Inter Press Service
A Havana court handed down sentences of three to 15 years to 15 officials and employees of Cubana de Aviacion airline and a tourism agency jointly owned by Chilean investors and the Cuban government, in a corruption case that was veiled in a shroud of secrecy.
BELARUS: Despite Crackdown, Opposition is Defiant
- Inter Press Service
President Alexander Lukashenko has locked most of his rivals in jail, but the Belarus opposition continues to work diligently to isolate the dictator.
ENVIRONMENT: Business Lobby Resists Ban on ‘Perverse' Emissions - Part 2
- Inter Press Service
For years, European governments and corporations have made use of a loophole in the Kyoto protocol on climate change to make exorbitant profits. According to some sources, this lucrative scheme has caused more pollution than ever before while lobbyists in Brussels have methodically undermined the European Commission's decision to put a stop to it.
ENVIRONMENT: Business Lobby Resists Ban on ‘Perverse’ Emissions - Part 1
- Inter Press Service
For years, European governments and corporations have made use of a loophole in the Kyoto protocol on climate change to make exorbitant profits. According to some sources, this lucrative scheme has caused more pollution than ever before.
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