News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 328
A Italian and Tanzanian Partnership
- Inter Press Service
First the Taliban, then the Army, now Hunger: The Woes of Pakistan’s Displaced
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Mar 10 (IPS) - A doctor shakes his head in despair as he examines a 10-year-old child at the Jalozai refugee camp, about 35 km by road from Peshawar, capital of Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
Opinion: The World Sees Progress Against Undernutrition, but It's Uneven
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Mar 09 (IPS) - In 2014, an estimated 805 million people – one in nine people worldwide – were estimated to be chronically hungry. All but 14 million of the world's hungry live in developing countries, i.e., 791 million are in developing countries, where the share of the hungry has declined by less than half – from 23.4 per cent (1990-1992) to 13.5 per cent (2012-2014).
Congolese Citizens Forced to Pay for Police, Protection Services
- Inter Press Service
Opinion: A Legally-Binding Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Mar 06 (IPS) - Five years after the adoption of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Action Plan in 2010, compliance with commitments related to nuclear disarmament lags far behind those related to non-proliferation or the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
World Misses Its Potential by Excluding 50 Per Cent of Its People
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 05 (IPS) - The meeting is billed as one of the biggest single gatherings of women activists under one roof.
Opinion: Eco-efficient Crop and Livestock Production for Nicaraguan Farmers
- Inter Press Service
MANAGUA, Mar 05 (IPS) - For Roberto Pineda, a smallholder farmer in the Somotillo municipality of Nicaragua, his traditional practice after each harvest was to cut down and burn all crop residues on his land, a practice known as "slash-and-burn" agriculture.
Opinion: Bridging the Gap - How the SDG Fund is Paving the Way for a Post-2015 Agenda
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 05 (IPS) - The countdown has begun to September's Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with world leaders discussing the 17 goals and 169 targets proposed by the United Nations Open Working Group.
Syrians “Have No Faith” in International Community to Solve Human Rights Crisis
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 04 (IPS) - Syrian citizens "have no faith" in the international community to solve the chaos and war raging across their country, according to a prominent human rights defender.
Tech-Savvy Women Farmers Find Success with SIM Cards
- Inter Press Service
MAHABUBNAGAR, India, Mar 04 (IPS) - Jawadi Vimalamma, 36, looks admiringly at her cell phone. It's a simple device that can only be used to send or receive a call or a text message. Yet to the farmer from the village of Janampet, located 150 km away from Hyderabad, capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana, it symbolises a wealth of knowledge that changed her life.
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