News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 106
We Must Do More to Remove People’s Negative Image of Leprosy from their DNA – Yohei Sasakawa
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Kenya, Mar 25 (IPS) - On a visit to Indonesia’s Papua Province, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa had dinner with a man forced from his village and living alone because he was affected by leprosy.
As Yemen Continues to be Devastated in an eight-year-old Conflict, a UN Pledging Conference Attracts only one Arab Donor
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (IPS) - When North and South Yemen merged into a single country ushering in the Republic of Yemen back in May 1990, a British newspaper remarked with a tinge of sarcasm: “Two poor countries have now become one poor country.”
The Cost of War: 23 Million Afghans Suffer Acute Hunger, 95% Don't Eat Enough Food
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 24 (IPS) - Following 20 long years (2011-2021) of brutal war on Afghanistan by the US-led military coalition, which ended up in delivering the country to the Taliban in August 2021, 23 million Afghans now face severe and acute hunger, economic bankruptcy, healthcare system collapse, unbearable family indebtedness, and devastating humanitarian crisis.
Water & Sanitation, a Better Future for Girls & our Planet
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Mar 24 (IPS) - At the World Water Forum this week (March 21-26), the international community will raise awareness of the 2 billion people worldwide who lack access to clean water and sanitation. Among them are millions of women and girls, who walk hundreds of miles each year to find water for their families and are blocked from education and economic empowerment also due to poor sanitation services.
NGOs Seeking a Monterrey+20 Summit on Financing for Development
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 23 (IPS) - This week, exactly 20 years ago, world leaders adopted the United Nation’s Monterrey Consensus. They committed to “Confronting the challenges of financing for development” with a global response and to creating a fully inclusive and equitable global economic system.
War on Syria: Eleven Years of Carnage
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 22 (IPS) - “Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population – somewhere in the order of 22 million - have been displaced. More than 100,000 are missing or forcibly disappeared….
Water & Sanitation Crisis Escalates as Yemenis Mark World Water Day
- Inter Press Service
IBB Governorate, Yemen, Mar 22 (IPS) - As Yemen enters its 8th year of an escalating conflict, 21.7 million of my fellow Yemenis are forced to rely on humanitarian assistance to survive. The conflict has left a trail of devastation in its wake – the country is in economic freefall, and families face intensified violence, hunger, and disease.
Zimbabwe Crackdown on NGOs Could Impact Election Observation
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, ZIMBABWE, Mar 22 (IPS) - Zimbabwe is pressing ahead with a controversial bill that critics say seeks to criminalise the operations of nongovernmental organisations working in the country.
Brutal War on Yemen: Dire Hunger Crisis Teetering on the Edge of Catastrophe
- Inter Press Service
MADRID, Mar 18 (IPS) - Yemen’s already dire hunger crisis is teetering on the edge of outright catastrophe, with 17.4 million people now in need of food assistance and a growing portion of the population coping with emergency levels of hunger, three UN agencies warned on 14 March 2022.
Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and the Pacific
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 17 (IPS) - 2022 marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while an end to the pandemic is in sight, it is far from over and the consequences will be felt for decades to come. At the same time, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is becoming increasingly distant. The region must use the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a roadmap to a fairer recovery.
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