News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 345
OPINION: Delivering on the Promises of the Global Partnership for Development
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 25 (IPS) - Persistent gaps between the promises made, and actually delivered, by developed countries to developing countries, hold back efforts to improve people's lives and end poverty.
Africa Pays the Price of Low Harvests Thanks to Costly Fertilisers
- Inter Press Service
CHIMOIO, Mozambique, Sep 25 (IPS) - Eherculano Thomas Rice, is pleased to have harvested 40 bags of white maize from his eight-hectare field in Chimoio, in Mozambique's Manica Province. But he knows that his productivity and yield would be higher if he had been able to afford to buy fertiliser to add to his crop.
OPINION: The Fight Against the Long-Term Affects of Child Hunger Reaches Fever Pitch
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Sep 24 (IPS) - Eric Turyasingura chases after a ball made from plastic bags outside his mud-brick home in the mountains of southern Uganda. Yelling in his tribal tongue, Nkore, "Arsenal with the ball! Arsenal with the ball!" he jostles with his younger brothers for possession.
Obama Mandates Climate Resilience in All U.S. Development Projects
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sep 24 (IPS) - All international development assistance and investments from the United States will now be required to take into account the potential impacts of climate change, according to a new rule signed Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
Water: A Defining Issue for Post-2015
- Inter Press Service
STOCKHOLM, Sep 23 (IPS) - A gift of nature, or a valuable commodity? A human right, or a luxury for the privileged few? Will the agricultural sector or industrial sector be the main consumer of this precious resource? Whatever the answers to these and many more questions, one thing is clear: that water will be one of the defining issues of the coming decade.
On Sri Lanka’s Tea Estates, Maternal Health Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Sep 23 (IPS) - A mud path winds its up way uphill, offering views on either side of row after row of dense bushes and eventually giving way to a cluster of humble homes, surrounded by ragged, playful children.
Saving the Lives of Cameroonian Mothers and their Babies with an SMS
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Sep 23 (IPS) - "You can't measure the joy in my heart," Marceline Duba, from Lagdo in Cameroon's Far North Region, tells IPS as she holds her grandson in her arms.
U.N. High-Level Summits Ignore World's Political Crises
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 22 (IPS) - As the 69th session of the General Assembly took off with the usual political pageantry, the United Nations will be hosting as many as seven "high-level meetings", "summits" and "special sessions" compressed into a single week - the largest number in living memory.
Mongolia’s Poorest Turn Garbage into Gold
- Inter Press Service
ULAANBAATAR, Sep 22 (IPS) - Ulziikhutag Jigjid, 49, is a member of a 10-person group in the Khan-Uul district on the outskirts of Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, which is producing brooms, chairs, containers, and other handmade products from discarded soda and juice containers.
Kenya’s Ogiek Women Conquer Cultural Barriers to Support their Families
- Inter Press Service
NAKURU COUNTY, Kenya, Sep 22 (IPS) - Just two years ago, Mary Ondolo, a 50-year-old mother of nine from Kenya's marginalised, hunter-gatherer community, the Ogiek, used to live in a grass thatched, mud house for decades.
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