ISSUE 18
- Big Interview: Julian Assange answers Global’s questions
- Introducing… Edward Snowdon: Whistle blower turned international fugitive
- Global Insight: Food Security
- Country reports: Mozambique, Canada and Zambia
- Global Insight: Information Society
- Peter Tatchell looks at homophobia in the Commonwealth
- Australia’s unlucky boat people
EDITORIAL:
Technology for the rich and poor
This year marks the 25th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee’s invention of the World Wide Web. In 1989 it would have been impossible to predict the extent to which the Web was going to become part of our daily lives, with most of us, in developed countries at least, now incapable...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: ICT FOR EDUCATION
Technology: the great divider?
TIM UNWIN
Technology that can be used for educational purposes is beginning to find its way into...
‘There may be some teachers in rural areas who have not even held a laptop in their hands’
JEROME MORRISSEY
The Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative is working with schools in Africa to harness the...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: INFORMATION SOCIETY
Attempts on goal
HAMADOUN TOURE
Dr Hamadoun Touré has been secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the specialised agency...
How social media has revolutionised our lives in just ten years
MARK HILLARY
In just a decade, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have put the personal lives, photo albums...
Guardians of the web
EKATERINA BYSTROVA
From spying on ordinary citizens to censoring Google search findings, governments are using the Internet...
SPOTLIGHT: MOZAMBIQUE
‘The struggle against poverty and the promotion of our welfare are of paramount importance’
ARMANDO EMíLIO GUEBUZA
President Armando Emílio Guebuza sets out his vision for national unity, improved communications and the...
Mozambique: the long road to recovery
ANVER VERSI
As the country finds itself in a period of political stability, President Armando Guebuza has...
Coal and gas discoveries prompt economic boom
NEIL FORD
Lack of investment during the colonial era and a long civil war left Mozambique among...
Native arts begin to get international recognition
A. H. SALEH
Mozambique’s wood carvers, dancers and authors are starting to generate interest in their work in...
GLOBAL ARENA: TALKING POINTS
Julian Assange Q&A: ‘Global mass surveillance should be discontinued immediately’
JULIAN ASSANGE
Julian Assange, co-founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, answers Global‘s questions about government surveillance, his...
Introducing… Edward Snowden: traitor or hero?
LESLEY CURWEN
Last summer a geeky individual called Edward Snowden made what is arguably the most significant...
Australia’s unlucky boat people
KYLIE FIELD
Australia receives far fewer asylum seekers each year than many European and African countries. Yet...
The Cyrus Cylinder: history’s first bill of rights?
JULIET HIGHET
A Persian artefact – whose inscriptions tell the remarkable story of an ancient leader who...
Panama’s shipping forecast
KYLIE FIELD
The Panama Canal celebrates its 100th birthday this year. A project to expand the canal...
The sweet smell of success
JULIET HIGHET
Oil from the Agarwood tree is worth more than gold. The precious wood resin, oud,...
The real pink panthers
LIAM WOODCOCK
The sale of a pink diamond last year for US$83 million broke all records. But...
Putin’s winter games, part II
President Vladimir Putin, who once closed down most of Russia’s casinos, is now a gambler...
Books – recent titles reviewed
Sleepwalking into a world war The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Christopher...
IN FOCUS: CANADA
Canada: a three-horse race
SUSAN DELACOURT
With a general election due next year, the Liberals, New Democrats and Conservatives would all...
Natural resources help Canada bounce back from recession
RICHARD GREEN
Canada has one of the largest and most developed economies in the world. What was...
Holding on to our identity
EMILIE CORBIERE
Like most native, or ‘First Nation’, Canadians, the three tribes that live on Walpole Island,...
IN FOCUS: ZAMBIA
Zambia: copper conductor
NEIL FORD
Zambia’s economic development has been largely driven by copper mining. While planning to increase its...
Chinese fortunes
ANVER VERSI
China is Zambia’s biggest investor, but when locals accused Chinese employers of underpaying them, and...
Dr Livingstone, I presume?
A. H. SALEH
David Livingstone was just one of a host of foreigners through the centuries to have...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: COMMONWEALTH IN ACTION
From the Commonwealth Secretary-General
KAMALESH SHARMA
To see the vivid and uplifting reality of today’s Commonwealth at its best, go online...
Gay rights: the elephant in the room for the Commonwealth?
STUART CONNICK
In 2013, India’s Supreme Court chose to reinstate a colonial-era law making homosexuality illegal and...
A wounded organisation? Commonwealth reassessed post-CHOGM
KATIE SILVESTER
Is the Commonwealth still a relevant organisation for its member states in 2014? This question...
Commonwealth ministers applaud Fiji’s strides towards democracy
Fiji’s government has made moves towards democracy, which has seen its suspension from the Commonwealth...
Westminster Abbey hosts performers and dignitaries for 2014 observance
Dignitaries from across the Commonwealth joined the Queen in celebrating Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey...
The long arm of international law
Cross-border crime is one of the hot topics that Commonwealth law ministers will be discussing...
New ICT Ministers Forum will discuss cyber crime and rural connectivity
Commonwealth technology ministers are to meet biennially to discuss how technology can make a difference...
Notes from a small island
KATIE SILVESTER
Commonwealth prizewinning writer Lisa O’Donnell, from Scotland’s Isle of Bute, wrote her first novel based...
NZ’s ‘colonial’ flag to be reviewed
New Zealanders are to vote on a change of flag before the 2017 elections. Prime...
Games without frontiers
SARAH JUGGINS
Do the Commonwealth Games bring long-term benefits to the host city? In return for the...
London welcomes essay prizewinners
The Commonwealth Essay Competition celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2013. The theme was ‘Opportunity through...
Not so special delivery
Canadians will soon have to walk to community mailboxes to collect their post, as Canada...
Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy
Conferences, seminars and publications help CASLE members set professional standards, share technological innovations and promote...
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa bows out
New Zealand’s most famous soprano has announced her retirement from opera. Half-Māori Dame Kiri Te...
Iconic Nigerian photographer remembered
February saw the passing of J. D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere, a Nigerian photographer best-known for a...