News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 287
UN Planning Airdrops for Besieged Syrians but Prefers Land Convoys
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - The UN has begun plans to deliver aid to besieged Syrian towns by air but says there are a number of obstacles in the way and that delivery by land remains its preferred choice.
Battered by Storms, Sri Lanka Rethinks Food Security
- Inter Press Service
ARANAYAKE, Sri Lanka, Jun 02 (IPS) - The picture could be straight out of a tourist postcard – a sleepy green mountain with misty clouds floating above the canopy – if not for one fatal flaw: the ugly gash running right through the middle.
Young African Women More Vulnerable to HIV
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - When Lebogang Brenda Motsumi was 16 years old she fell pregnant, terrified about what her life would look like, she went to a backdoor clinic for an abortion.
Time to Change Expectations: Zero Retribution to Zero Tolerance
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 01 (IPS) - The drugging, abduction and violent gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil calls us all to turn the tide of sexual violence against women and girls in Brazil and in every country in the world.
Can Poor Countries Combat Big Tobacco Too?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 31 (IPS) - This year for World No Tobacco Day on May 31 the World Health Organization has recommended that countries adopt plain packaging as a way to reduce tobacco use, however so far mostly only rich countries have been able to afford to implement the changes.
African Leaders Make an Economic Case for Increased Nutrition Investments
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 31 (IPS) - Africa's contribution to global malnutrition statistics is miserably high, with 58 million children under the age of five said to be too short for their age, while 13.9 million weigh too little for their height.
Achieving Universal Access to Energy; Africa Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 30 (IPS) - "It is unacceptable that 138 years after Thomas Edison developed the light bulb, hundreds of millions of people cannot have access to electricity to simply light up the bulb in Africa," says Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, mourning the gloomy statistics showing that over 645 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, while over 700 million are without clean energy for cooking.
Menstrual Hygiene Gaps Continue to Keep Girls from School
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (IPS) - Around the world girls are struggling to stay in school when their menstrual hygiene needs are forgotten or ignored, yet the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and education sectors have remained reluctant to address the issue.
New International Accord to Tackle Illegal Fishing
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (IPS) - A new international accord to tackle illegal and under-reported fishing will come into force on June 5.
Malawi's Drought Leaves Millions High and Dry
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, May 27 (IPS) - It's Saturday, market day at the popular Bvumbwe market in Thyolo district. About 40 kilometers away in Chiradzulu district, a vegetable vendor and mother of five, Esnart Nthawa, 35, has woken up at three a.m. to prepare for the journey to the market.
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