The Week with ips 5/16

	Uganda Passes Another Repressive Law — This Time Criminalising HIV Transmission Amy Fallon Ugandan AIDS bodies and campaigners have warned that the “ugly clauses” of an HIV bill passed by Parliament late Tuesday, which includes the criminalisation of the “wilful and intentional” transmission of the disease, will see many in this East African country “shun the healthcare ... MORE > >
	Lagging Urban Transport Works Hinder World Cup Sustainability Fabiola Ortiz Brazil’s efforts to promote the image of an environmentally sustainable World Cup have focused on the stadiums built for the tournament. But the 12 cities where the matches will be played are in a race against time to complete the urban transport projects. Natal, the capital of the state of Rio ... MORE > >
	Mangroves Could Be Saviour of Guyana’s Shrinking Coastline Desmond Brown With climate change robbing Guyana of some of its prime agricultural land, the government is looking to mangroves as a natural barrier to the rising seas. Mangroves Could Be Savior of Guyana’s Shrinking Coastline from IPS News - IPSTV on Vimeo.   MORE > >
	Popular Rwandan Rights Group Helps Youth Create Jobs with Popcorn Venture Amy Fallon Twenty-year-old Fabrice Shyaka sells popcorn in brown paper bags five nights a week from his stand in a small alleyway, situated next to a DVD shop blaring loud music, and a supermarket. Here in Kanombe, a suburb in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, he is the only person selling popcorn in the ... MORE > >
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Begins to Destabilise Cameroon Ngala Killian Chimtom Senior defence officials say that Cameroon has been infiltrated by Nigeria’s Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and there are fears that this central African nation, known for its stability, is drifting into chaos. “Right now, we are being infiltrated by Boko Haram. The military has decided to ... MORE > >
	Kremlin’s International Policies Could Mean Russian Brain Drain Pavol Stracansky 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 ... MORE > >
	Tough Road in Vienna to Iran Nuclear Deal Jasmin Ramsey Iran and world powers will resume negotiating a final deal on Tehran's nuclear programme Tuesday in Vienna while experts warn the hardest work is about to begin. Representatives from Iran and the U.S. indicated last month that the drafting of a final deal would begin during this round of talks ... MORE > >
	In Syria, Life Goes On Despite Everything Eva Bartlett On a weekday afternoon, the Old City of Damascus heaves with people, cars, motorcycles, bikes. Markets are crowded with locals bartering with merchants for the heaps of spices, flowery perfumes, clothing, and most things one needs, abundant in the Hamidiyah market. At the end of the historic ... MORE > >
	Latin America’s LGBTI Movement Celebrates Triumphs, Sets New Goals Ivet González Although it might not seem to be, Latin America is the most active region in the world when it comes to the defence of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. That is due to the maturity and intelligent strategies that the LGBTI movement has come up with in a ... MORE > >
	El Salvador’s New Government to Inherit Hot Potato of Gang Truce Edgardo Ayala When left-wing president-elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén takes office in El Salvador on Jun. 1, he will find big cracks in the truce between street gangs brokered by the outgoing administration, which has brought crime rates down in the past two years. The peace agreement is facing its most critical ... MORE > >
	Saving West Africa’s Last Intact Tropical Rainforest through Tourism Marc-Andre Boisvert Jonas Sanhin Touan has big dreams. As he sits under a canopy, he greets the rare tourist to Gouleako, one of the many villages near the entrance of Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park, with a meal. He hopes to raise the money to build a hotel on the three hectares of land he has purchased. “Here ... MORE > >