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Ethiopia: The Biggest African Refugee Camp No One Talks About
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Nov 29 (IPS) - On a sunny November day in Addis Ababa the courtyard of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) centre is packed with people—some attend a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reception clinic, others get essential supplies, while students attend classes, and many simply play volleyball, table football or dominoes to pass the time.
African Countries Feeling Exposed to Extreme Weather Changes
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 28 (IPS) - Extreme weather conditions, an impact of climate change faced by African countries despite contributing the least global emissions, is attracting the attention of many as the clock ticks towards the start of the 2015 United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21).
Seaweed Cultivation Ushers Waves of Change in the Sundarbans
- Inter Press Service
WEST BENGAL, INDIA, Nov 27 (IPS) - In Bengal's mangrove forests, the effects of climate change are forcing men to leave their families in search of work. But now, seaweed farming is offering the women left behind financial stability and empowerment.
“París Is Not the End of a Climate Change Process but a Beginning”
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 27 (IPS) - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says the climate summit in Paris "is not the end of a process but a beginning," and that it will produce "an agreement that, although insufficient with respect to the original goal, shows that people believe it is better to move ahead than to stand still."
Opinion: Ending Child Marriage - What Difference Can a Summit Make?
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, Zambia, Nov 26 (IPS) - The long-awaited African Girls' Summit on Ending Child Marriage is here.
Uganda, Tanzania Need Gender Sensitive Climate Change Policies
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Uganda, Nov 26 (IPS) - Climate Change needs to be at the top of the country's agenda, according to a project examining Uganda's policies. It says the country hasn't paid enough attention to climate change in national development and agriculture plans and this needs to be turned around before it's too late.
Drought Threatens Water-Truck Lifeline in Parched Northeast Brazil
- Inter Press Service
São José Dos Campos, Brazil, Nov 26 (IPS) - For the rural community of Pacheco in northeastern Brazil, the local school has never been so important. It is now the only place in the drought-stricken area that has water on tap.
Climate Refugees and a Collapsing City
- Inter Press Service
DHAKA, BANGLADESH, Nov 25 (IPS) - With multiplying impacts of climate change - increasing floods, cyclones, and drought - thousands of climate refugees are migrating to Dhaka. And the city, well beyond its carrying capacity, is bursting at the seams.
Did Argentina’s Elections Mark Start of Shift to the Right in South America?
- Inter Press Service
, Nov 24 (IPS) - Different degrees of economic problems are a common denominator in South American countries where governments that identify as leftist may start to fall, in a shift that began in Argentina and could continue among its neighbours to the north.
Not Yet Curtains for BRICs
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (IPS) - With Goldman Sachs folding up its haemorrhaging BRIC fund, is it curtains for the acronym that defined the investment bankers' fancy for emerging markets? It certainly appears so after China's stock market crash and a fast slowing economy triggered fears that the dragon will set off the next global recession.
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