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Steps to Protect South Africa’s Wattled Cranes

By Brendon Bosworth
On a winter’s afternoon in late July, potato farmer John Campbell and the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Tanya Smith surveyed the Umgeni Vlei Nature Reserve from a hilltop on Ivanhoe Farm in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.

Military Boot Pushes Down on Democracy

By Cam McGrath
Egypt’s military chief, General Abdel Fatah El-Sissi, who in July announced on state television that the army had ousted Egypt’s first democratically elected president, has tried to wrap a veneer of democracy around actions that most others have condemned as a coup.

Woman President Shows Malawi the Way

By Mabvuto Banda
Malawi’s President Joyce Banda knows a thing or two about women’s empowerment. After all she is the first female southern African head of state.

Balkans Feed the Syria Battle

By Vesna Peric Zimonjic
This holy month of Ramadan comes with a difference for some families in the Balkans. It is the first without their young sons, husbands or brothers who died far away from home fighting in Syria.

Report Finds Pattern of Inequity in Development Aid

By Lydia Lim
Despite global efforts to provide development aid, the world’s poorest are getting poorer, says a new report by the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD).

U.S. Hedge Funds Paint Argentina as Ally of Iranian ‘Devil’ – Part Two

By Charles Davis
Vulture capitalist Paul Singer has hundreds of millions of dollars at stake in his legal battle with Argentina over the country's 2001 debt default.

Fight Against Drought Is Grounds for Political Divorce in Brazil

By Mario Osava
The decisions taken by the Brazilian government in the fight against drought in the country’s semiarid Northeast are an example of the disconnect between politicians and the citizens, which triggered an unexpected wave of protests in June.

World’s Poorest Nations Slowly Mending

By Thalif Deen
The number of "least developed countries" (LDCs), which rose from the original 24 back in 1971 to the current 49, is beginning to shrink - haltingly.

Egypt-Like Disputes Stir Tunisia

By Louise Sherwood
As political divisions threaten to destabilise the national transition process in Tunisia, Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh has set deadlines for finalising the new constitution and holding elections. Not everyone is convinced these will be met.

Zimbabwe Votes in Critical Test of Freedom

By Jeffrey Moyo
“We definitely can’t miss this grand chance to cast our vote. It’s like Zimbabwe is just gaining independence; the excitement to see a new government coming into power is just incredible and we hope we get a new Zimbabwe rolling again,” 38-year-old Mildred Saungweme from Harare’s Hatfield suburb, told IPS.

Pope Opens Unprecedented Dialogue with Afro-Brazilian Religions

By Fabiana Frayssinet
At odds since colonial times, Catholicism and Afro-Brazilian religions have embarked on a process of mutual acceptance. Pope Francis added words and gestures to this reconciliation of two groups that share a common interest: confronting the growth of evangelical and neo-Pentecostal churches.

Mixed Verdict for WikiLeaker Bradley Manning

By Jared Metzker
A U.S. military judge ruled Tuesday that Private Bradley Manning, the young soldier who shared a mountain of classified data with the rogue pro-transparency group WikiLeaks, is not guilty of "aiding the enemy".

Ex-Envoy’s Account Clarifies Iran’s 2003 Nuclear Decision

By Gareth Porter
Newly published recollections by the former French ambassador to Iran suggest that Iran was not running a covert nuclear weapons programme that it then decided to halt in late 2003, as concluded by U.S. intelligence in 2007.

A Decade of Legal GM Soy in Brazil

By Fabíola Ortiz
Ten years ago, Brazil yielded to agribusiness pressure and legalised the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) soy. Today it is the world’s second leading producer of GM crops, surpassed only by the United States.

Fukushima Fallout Hits Farmers

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Life for Yoshihiro Watanabe and his wife Mutsuko, mushroom and rice farmers from Fukushima, has changed drastically since the disastrous meltdowns in the Dai Ichi nuclear plant that was hit by a massive tsunami after a 9.0 strong earthquake struck on Mar. 11, 2011.

Mideast Peace Talks Get New Lease on Life

By Mitchell Plitnick
Six months of United States diplomatic efforts have finally restarted talks between Israelis and Palestinians, yet pessimism about their potential for success persists.

Pope Runs into Logistical Chaos in Rio

By Fabíola Ortiz
Pope Francis' first overseas trip, to Brazil, the country with the largest number of Catholics in the world, was marked with setbacks, disorganisation and lack of infrastructure for an event that brought half a million pilgrims to the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Colombian Town Says ‘No’ to Gold Mine

By Constanza Vieira
People in a farming town in central Colombia voted overwhelmingly against global corporation AngloGold Ashanti’s La Colosa gold mine.

Caribbean May Seek Reparations for Slavery

By Peter Richards
As Caribbean countries prepare to observe Emancipation Day on Aug. 1, they are also caught up in an ongoing debate over reparations for slavery.

OP-ED: If You Build It, They Will Go Around It

By Peter Costantini
Puzzled by the immigration debate in the United States? Remember the Maginot Line.

Bulgarians Set Out to Overhaul Politics

By Claudia Ciobanu
For more than six weeks now, Bulgarians have been on the streets demanding an end to oligarchy and corruption.
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