News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 340
Trapped Populations – Hostages of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Nov 10 (IPS) - Climate change is projected by many scientists to bring with it a range of calamities – from widespread floods, to prolonged heatwaves and slowly but relentlessly rising seas – taking the heaviest toll on those already most vulnerable.
Disciples of John the Baptist also flee ISIS
- Inter Press Service
KIRKUK, Iraq, Nov 08 (IPS) - "Going back home? That would be suicide. The Islamists would cut our throats straight away," says Khalil Hafif Ismam. The fear of this Mandaean refugee sums up that of one of the oldest yet most decimated communities in Mesopotamia.
The Young, Female Face of HIV in East and Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 07 (IPS) - Experts are raising alarm that years of HIV interventions throughout Africa have failed to stop infection among young women 15 to 24 years old.
Women Challenged by Rising Extremism and Militarism
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 06 (IPS) - Ongoing military conflicts in the strife-torn Middle East - specifically in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Palestine - have resulted in widespread civilian casualties, impacting heavily on the most vulnerable in besieged communities: women and children.
Choosing Between Death and Death in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 06 (IPS) - Residents of the Khyber Agency, one of seven administrative districts that comprise northern Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), are in the worst possible predicament: either course of action they choose now, they say, could result in death.
Children in Aleppo Forced Underground to Go to School
- Inter Press Service
ALEPPO, Nov 06 (IPS) - Winter has not yet hit this nearly besieged city, but children are already attending classes in winter coats and stocking hats.
Hopes of Controlling Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak Remain Grim
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Nov 06 (IPS) - The fight against the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa seems to be hanging in the balance as Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr Abubakar Fofana told IPS that the government is overwhelmed by the outbreak.
Learning, Dating and Hooking Up: Sex Education Goes Online in Cambodia
- Inter Press Service
KOH KONG PROVINCE, Cambodia, Nov 05 (IPS) - The transition to puberty can be an awkward experience for youth to navigate. In Cambodia, sex education is moving increasingly into the virtual realm, with the Internet and mobile phones providing welcome spaces for young people to learn, seek help and stay safe.
Middle-Income Kenya Still in Need of Aid
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 04 (IPS) - Coffee farmer Gabriel Kimwaki from Nyeri County, in central Kenya, is considering "giving up farming altogether".
U.N. Favours Changeover from Landlocked to ‘Land-linked’
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 04 (IPS) - Some 440 million people are living in 32 countries that are among the world's poorest, most of them least developed, and geographically isolated from world markets not only because they have very few commodities to export, but also because they have no direct territorial access to the sea.
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