News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 299
Afghan Refugees Right To Stay in Pakistan May Expire
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 16 (IPS) - "We aren't happy here but cannot go back to our country because the situation there was extremely bad," Ghareeb Gul, Afghan refugees told IPS.
Traditional Seeds Keep Hunger Away in Drought-Prone Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, ZIMBABWE, Nov 30 (IPS) - It was all smiles as Bertha Chibhememe of Sangwe communal area in Chiredzi, south eastern Zimbabwe, showed off her traditional seed varieties at a seed fair. A 45-year-old smallholder in Zimbabwe's lowveld region, Chibhememe told how her "nzara yapera" maize variety is thriving in a changing climate.
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).
Analysis: Are Young People the Answer to Africa's Food Security?
- Inter Press Service
Lusaka, Zambia, Nov 24 (IPS) - Are you young, energetic, creative, ambitious and need a job? Africa's agriculture sector needs you!
Cubans Seeking the American Dream, Stranded in Costa Rica
- Inter Press Service
SAN JOSÉ, Nov 23 (IPS) - Thousands of Cubans heading for the United States have been stranded at the Costa Rican-Nicaraguan border since mid-November, waiting for the authorities in Managua to authorise their passage north.
Opinion: China’s New South-South Funds – a Global Game Changer?
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Nov 16 (IPS) - South-South cooperation is usually seen as a poor second fiddle to North-South aid in the world of development assistance. Indeed, developing countries' policy makers themselves insist that South-South cooperation can only supplement but not replace North-South cooperation.
Acute Malnutrition: A Community Fights Back
- Inter Press Service
DHARNI, India, Nov 12 (IPS) - In the semi-darkness of her hut in Berdaballa, a forest village 610 km northeast of Mumbai, 28-year old Babita Mavaskar sat with her newborn baby boy watching him checked by a paramedic in an important antenatal exam. After about 20 minutes the health worker emerged from the shelter and made a big announcement, "All is well. Everything, the weight, temperature and height … is normal."
OPINION: Refugee Crisis - Diverting Funds From Civil Society is a Bad Idea
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (IPS) - Europe is in the throes of a refugee crisis and it's not difficult to see that it does not quite know how to respond to it. By mid-October more than 600,000 people had reached Europe by sea.
Disaster Strikes Pakistan’s Khyber Region, Aid Efforts Slow in Coming
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 09 (IPS) - Jauhar Shah lost everything. His house came tumbling down while his family was sleeping. He survived but his wife and daughter did not. The October 26 tremor measuring 8.1 Richter scale changed his life forever.
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