Languages
Sunday, November 8, 2026
News and Views from the Global South
POLITICS-FRANCE: Humanitarian Aid Organisations Come Under Fire
Only a week after relief activists were accused of forcing victims of war and famines in Africa into sexual relations in exchange for food, international humanitarian aid continues to be discredited as new allegations have emerged against non governmental organisations (NGOs).POLITICS-FRANCE: Resignations Highlight Crisis in Judicial System
The resignation of three key prosecutors highlights the crisis in the French judiciary's battle against corruption.POLITICS-FRANCE: Crime and Corruption Top Presidential Poll Campaign
The two main French political parties contending in the presidential elections scheduled for next April have made the fight against criminality and corruption the rallying themes of their respective campaigns.HEALTH-FRANCE: Team of Multinational Scientists Develop Effective Anti- Malaria Treatment
A group of scientists have developed a new drug which, they say, will provide effective treatment against the killer disease malaria.DEVELOPMENT: Competition Policy May Enhance Development
The international enforcement of competition among private enterprises may help reduce the power of cartels which will in turn enhance the development chances of the less industrialised countries of the world, according to experts meeting in Paris.DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Franco-African Summit Re-launches NEPAD
Heads of government and senior officials of thirteen African states and of the richest countries of the world re- launched Friday in Paris a new plan of international economic co-operation for Africa.POLITICS-FRANCE: Corruption Scandals Haunt Electoral Campaign
Past scandals have returned to haunt the campaigning in the French elections due April and May.POLITICS-FRANCE: Government Revokes It’s Own Law On Illegal Immigrants
The Socialist-led French government has revoked its own decision to install special tribunals at the country's international airports to deal with undocumented immigrants who enter the country.POLITICS-FRANCE: Government Revokes It’s Own Law On Illegal Immigrants
The Socialist-led French government has revoked its own decision to install special tribunals at the country's international airports to deal with undocumented immigrants who enter the country.FRANCE-POLITICS: French Politicians Woo The Electorate
It is election time in France and most of the leading politicians, right and left wing, are expected attend the second World Social Forum against market liberalism and globilisation which opens next week in the Brazilian city of Porto Allegre.POLITICS-FRANCE: French Jews Under Attack
In the aftermath of a month long wave of violence against Jewish institutions located in the outskirts of Paris, French Jews are engaged in a war of words to define whether France is an anti Semitic country or not.POLITICS-FRANCE: Corruption Scandal Haunts Presidential Elections
A corruption scandal that goes back to the late 1980s is haunting the French presidential electoral campaign.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Spotlight On The Rights Of Children Born With Disabilities
French teenager Nicolas Perruche would not have been born if his mother had been told of the medical risks associated with his birth.POLITICS-FRANCE: Electoral Year Begins With A String Of Strikes
French private physicians and bank and mail employees opened the electoral year 2002 by going on strikes in the hope of obtaining better salaries and improved working conditions.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Support Groups Demand a Change in Immigration Laws
Moussa Brihmat has lived all his life in France, and speaks only French.2001-2002: African Currency Looks to a New Future with Euro
The introduction of Euro notes and coins January 1 spells a new future for a unique African currency tied to the Euro.POLITICS-FRANCE: Govt Increases Salary Ahead of Elections
With the French parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for next spring, the government has taken an extraordinary decision to increase the salaries of civil servants.POLITICS: French German Rift Likely to Resurface at EU Summit
The rift between France and Germany over the integration of Eastern European countries into the European Union (EU) is likely to resurface at the EU summit that opened Friday in the Belgian Castle of Laeken near Brussels, diplomats and analysts say.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Landmark Judgement For Atrocities Committed During Algerian War
In a landmark case a French military court has acknowledged human rights violations committed by France during the Algerian war of independence in the 1950s and early 1960s.RIGHTS-FRANCE: Landmark Judgement For Atrocities Committed During Algerian War
In a landmark case a French military court has acknowledged human rights violations committed by France during the Algerian war of independence in the 1950s and early 1960s.POLITICS-FRANCE: Oil Firm Accused of Bribing African Officials
New revelations into the dealings of the giant Elf Aquitaine oil firm show the degree of corruption that pervaded the transactions of the former French state enterprise.« Previous Page — Next Page »
The Week with IPS
NEXT STOP - SDGs
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
Tracking global progress towards a sustainable world
