CLIMATE CHANGE: More than just a word game IRINnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 2 December 2011 (IRIN) - While poor countries are jostling to ensure the lives of their people are protected in a deal on the changing climate being negotiated in Durban, various NGOs, agencies and research institutes are lobbying to get ... |
MADAGASCAR: Donors deliver despite sanctions IRINnews.org ANTANANARIVO, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - After more than two years of political crisis, Madagascar finally appears to be moving towards the restoration of democracy. A new prime minister has been appointed, and elections are planned for 2012. ... |
CLIMATE CHANGE: Losing 10 football stadiums of forest per minute IRINnews.org DURBAN, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - As countries debate a climate changing deal to save the planet, a new satellite-based survey released by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) shows we lost forest cover the size of 10 football stadiums per ... |
A new rebellion? IRINnews.org BUJUMBURA, 30 November 2011 (IRIN) - Amid growing concerns about a wave of political assassinations in Burundi, a former police officer has announced the formation of a new armed group, with the aim of overthrowing a government he accuses of numerous ... |
CLIMATE CHANGE: The mounting costs of bad weather IRINnews.org DURBAN, 29 November 2011 (IRIN) - Extreme weather events in the decade ending in 2010 claimed more than 710000 lives and cost countries and people more than US$2.3 trillion as defined by purchasing power parity (PPP), says the Long-term Climate Risk ... |
PAKISTAN: Girls desperate for education in rural Balochistan IRINnews.org QUETTA, 29 November 2011 (IRIN) - Gehava Bibi, 9, is very excited. She is visiting the city of Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, with her father to buy some basic school supplies. She has never held a pencil or piece of chalk ... |
