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Somalia Warns Kenyan Refugee Expulsion Will Lead to ‘Chaos and Anarchy’

May 27, 2014

By Muhyadin Ahmed Roble NAIROBI (IPS) – Somalia’s State Minister for Interior and Federalism Affairs Mohamud Moalim Yahye has told IPS that the hasty repatriation and mass deportation of its citizens by Kenya could compromise recent, critical security improvements made by regional governments against the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab.“The unplanned and uncoordinated deportation of people, […]

Minorities in Pakistan fear ‘forced conversion’ to Islam

May 20, 2014

By Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan  (IPS) — Minority communities in Pakistan have long had a raw deal. Accounting for just 10 percent of this country’s population of 180 million, they are no strangers to marginalization, discrimination or even violence.But persistent reports that Christian and Hindu girls are being forcibly converted to Islam might just take […]

Kremlin’s international policies could mean Russian brain drain

May 13, 2014

By Pavol Stracansky MOSCOW (IPS) — As Russia faces harsh sanctions and growing international isolation over its annexation of Crimea and support of separatists in eastern Ukraine, economists and sociologists are warning that the Kremlin’s international policies may fuel a potentially devastating brain drain.Many of Russia’s growing middle class and young people, especially in the […]

Kyrgyzstan ponders the impact of Russia’s Citizenship Law Amendments

May 7, 2014

By Asel Kalybekova  BISHKEK (EurasiaNet) —   Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation recently offering fast-track citizenship to Russian speakers anywhere within the former Soviet Union.Analysts believe the law is motivated by a desire to enhance Moscow’s influence in Ukraine and elsewhere, but it may have unintended consequences for the Kremlin in Central Asia.“Soon we may […]

Russia ‘liquidating’ civil society

April 29, 2014

By Pavol Stracansky MOSCOW (IPS)  — NGOs working in Russia are facing more repression in the form of even tighter legislation on foreign funding as part of what some rights activists say is a concerted campaign to “liquidate” civil society in the country.Under legislation proposed earlier this month in the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament, […]

U.N. denies dragging its feet on U.S.-Iran visa dispute

April 22, 2014

By Thalif Deen  UNITED NATIONS (IPS)   — After two long weeks of raging controversy over Washington’s refusal to grant a U.S. visa to the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, the U.N.’s office of legal affairs is being accused of moving at the pace of a paralytic snail — only to seek more time while […]

U.N. denies dragging its feet on U.S.-Iran visa dispute

April 22, 2014

By Thalif Deen  UNITED NATIONS (IPS)   — After two long weeks of raging controversy over Washington’s refusal to grant a U.S. visa to the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, the U.N.’s office of legal affairs is being accused of moving at the pace of a paralytic snail — only to seek more time while […]

World cuts back military spending, but not Asia

April 15, 2014

By John Feffer WASHINGTON (IPS) — For the second year in a row, the world is spending a little less on the military. Asia, however, has failed to get the memo. The region is spending more at a time when many others are spending less.Last year, Asia saw a 3.6 percent increase in military spending, […]

As planet warms, clean energy investments take a dive

April 9, 2014

By Samuel Oakford   UNITED NATIONS  (IPS) — Policy uncertainty and plummeting solar prices led to a 14-percent decrease in investment in renewable energy in 2013, according to a report released Monday.Investment fell across the globe, even in high growth regions like China, India and Brazil. But it was severe cuts in Europe — until […]

Wanted: Foreign investment in Cuba

April 1, 2014

By Patricia Grogg and Ivet González HAVANA (IPS) — A new law opening Cuba up to foreign investment and a shift in the country’s relations with the European Union are aimed at seeking outside support to overcome the chronic crisis plaguing the country since the early 1990s.The new legislation could also facilitate the return – […]

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