News headlines in April 2015, page 6

  1. Opinion: Realising Unfinished Business of MDGs : A Call for Greater Action and Investment for Malaria

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Apr 20 (IPS) - Later this week, communities around the world will commemorate World Malaria Day for the last time in the context of the global development priorities set in 2000.

  2. Giving African Artists Their Names

    - Inter Press Service

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    PARIS, Apr 19 (IPS) - Quick now, can you name a famous African sculptor from the 1800s or even the early 20th century?

  3. Opinion: Paying Real Tribute to All Victims of War and Conflict

    - Inter Press Service

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    GENEVA, Apr 18 (IPS) - The international community will have a great opportunity to jointly advance on the world peace agenda when a United Nations working group established to negotiate a draft U.N. resolution on the right to peace meets from Apr. 20 to 24 in Geneva.

  4. Tribunal Ruling Could Dent “Monster Boat” Trawling in West African Waters

    - Inter Press Service

  5. Latin America Slow to Pledge Emissions Cuts

    - Inter Press Service

    MEXICO CITY, Apr 18 (IPS) - Latin America is making heavy weather of setting targets for greenhouse gas emissions reduction, which all countries must present ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference later this year.

  6. Instead of Scaling up Funding for Education, Major Donors Are Cutting Back

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) - Despite commitments by the international community to achieve universal primary education by 2015, funds for education have been decreasing over the past ten years, according to a report released Friday by the global advocacy campaign ‘A World at School'.

  7. Foreign Fighter Recruits: Why the U.S. Fares Better than Others

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Apr 17 (IPS) - More than 25,000 fighters seeking to wage "jihad" or an Islamic holy war have left home to join terrorist networks abroad, according to a United Nations report released earlier this month.

  8. U.N. Struggles to Cope with New Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 (IPS) - The United Nations, which is providing humanitarian aid to over 50 million refugees worldwide, is struggling to cope with a new crisis in hand: death and destruction in Yemen.

  9. Women Farmers in Patagonia Rewrite Their History in Chile

    - Inter Press Service

    VALLE SIMPSON, Chile, Apr 17 (IPS) - More than 100 women small farmers from Chile's southern Patagonia region have joined together in a new association aimed at achieving economic autonomy and empowerment, in an area where machismo and gender inequality are the norm.

  10. Q&A: Iranian Balochistan is a “Hunting Ground” – Nasser Boladai

    - Inter Press Service

    GENEVA, Apr 17 (IPS) - Nasser Boladai is the spokesperson of the Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran (CNFI), an umbrella movement aimed at expanding support for a secular, democratic and federal Iran. IPS spoke with him in Geneva, where he was invited to speak at a recent conference on Human Rights and Global Perspectives in his native Balochistan region.

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