Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY, Nov 23, 2011 (IPS) – Sexual violence against women in Mexico is on the rise, alongside the escalation of violence between police and soldiers and the drug cartels, women’s rights activists warn. "We have seen an increase in sexual harassment, groping, gang rape, [...]
NIGERIA: Islamic Sect’s Siege on Nation Borne Out of Frustration
June 24, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Toluwa Olusegun LAGOS, Jun 24, 2011 (IPS) – The sectarian crisis and recent violence by extremist groups, like the Jun. 16 bomb blast on the Nigerian Police Headquarters, are borne out of anger at prevailing economic conditions rather than religion, analysts say. The latest spate of violence [...]
Fresh Fatalities as Syrians Brave Crackdown
May 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA, May 27, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – At least three people have been killed in Qatana, a suburb of the capital Damascus, after Syrian security forces used live fire to disperse hundreds of anti-government demonstrators, activists say. According to Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reporting from [...]
Violence Threatening South Sudan Independence
May 25, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins WASHINGTON, May 24, 2011 (IPS) – Escalating violence in Abyei, the largest of several towns in the disputed borders between North and South Sudan, has displaced thousands of people and, according to U.S. officials, is threatening the viability of both the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement [...]
Drug-Related Violence Closing in on Mexican Capital
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Pastrana CUERNAVACA, Mexico, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – The military offensive waged by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderón against drug cartels in northern Mexico has resulted in an appalling death toll and grief-stricken relatives mourning the victims, many of them civilians caught in the [...]
SYRIA: Deraa a City Under a Dark Siege
April 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA and DAMASCUS, Syria, Apr 29, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – As darkness fell across it, Deraa was a city under siege. Tanks and troops control all roads in and out. Inside the city, shops are shuttered and nobody dare walk the once bustling market streets, [...]
NIGERIA: Uneasy Finale to General Elections
April 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mustapha Muhammad KANO, Apr 25 (IPS) – Nigerians will return to the polls Tuesday to elect state legislators and governors. Government at this level plays a key role in delivering services and infrastructure, but in northern states the choice of credible leaders could be overshadowed by lingering [...]
Social Networking Sites Mobilise Mexicans Fed Up with Violence
April 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Daniela Pastrana MEXICO CITY, Apr 7, 2011 (IPS) – Thousands of people took to the streets in 20 cities across Mexico Wednesday to protest the wave of drug-related killings, in demonstrations triggered by the murder of the son of poet Javier Sicilia, in another show of the [...]
/UPDATE*/Violence Threatens Nigerian Elections
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Sam Olukoya LAGOS, Apr 4 (IPS) – Nigeria’s staggered general elections have been postponed after the Independent National Electoral Commission was unable to deliver voting materials to polling stations in time. Campaigning for the polls was overshadowed by pre-election violence including bombings and gun attacks on campaign [...]
Côte d’Ivoire on the Edge of Chaos
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Fulgence Zamblé ABIDJAN, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS) – Forces of law and order have abandoned their posts in Abidjan, creating a vacuum which has rapidly filled with violence, looting and fear. Residents of Côte d’Ivoire’s commercial capital are shut in their homes, doors closed against scenes of [...]
