News stories by Busani Bafana, page 5

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 13 (IPS) - Local informal food markets feed millions of urbanites in bustling African cities, but the consequences of tainted food could be illness and death for unsuspecting consumers.

ADDIS ABABA, Jul 18 (IPS) - Scientific research has led to social and economic gains worldwide, but the scientists who make it happen face significant challenges.

BULAWAYO, Apr 11 (IPS) - While research into the unequal impacts of climate change on women is growing, more is needed to enable them to realize their rights to climate justice.

VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe, Mar 11 (IPS) - With 20 percent of the global population and vast untapped natural resources, not forgetting its human capital, it is time Africa had its rightful seat at the global table, the United Nations Under Secretary and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, has called.

GENEVA, Jan 31 (IPS) - Zero leprosy is not an impossible dream—Yohei Sasakawa, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination at the Global Appeal 2024 to End Stigma and Discrimination Against Persons Affected by LeprosyTuji Sode detached himself from his family and hid himself from the public, embarrassed by his condition, which in biblical times meant exclusion from society and even death.

SEOUL, Jan 22 (IPS) - If the fear of sharps makes a visit to the doctor dreadful, you need not dread it anymore.

KEZI, ZIMBABWE, Dec 20 (IPS) - Five years ago, farmer Sehlisiwe Sisanda would walk into a nearby forested area to fill a scotch cart with huge wood logs for cooking and heating; a pile of firewood would last her a week during the summer.

BULAWAYO AND BONN, Sep 04 (IPS) - Mango farmer Eufria Nyadome used to earn USD 60 from selling a 20-litre bucket of fresh mangoes and now can barely make USD 20 even though her mango trees are giving a good yield. She is throwing away buckets of rotten mangoes.

BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Aug 31 (IPS) - Climate justice is not just about survival but also about benefit sharing, reducing inequality and enabling a better society that thrives - Yamide Dagnet, Climate Justice Director at Open Society FoundationsThe failure to tackle the climate change crisis is an injustice to the millions who have lost lives and livelihoods through floods, extreme weather, and wildfires, pointing to the urgency of adaptation and mitigation finance, experts say.

BULAWAYO, Aug 14 (IPS) - A world free from hunger is possible, but it demands political will, investment, and effective policies to transform agriculture and rural development, says Alvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).