News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 354
U.S. Summit Seeks to Play Catch-Up in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 03 (IPS) - Despite worsening crises in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere in the Middle East, the administration of President Barack Obama hopes next week to focus at least some more positive attention on Africa.
In Pakistan, Militants Wear Aid Workers’ Clothing
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 01 (IPS) - Muhammad Tufail, a 22-year-old resident of Mardan, one of 26 districts that comprise Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, has recently become a volunteer aid worker.
How Farming is Making Côte d’Ivoire’s Prisoners ‘Feel Like Being Human Again’
- Inter Press Service
SALIAKRO/ABDIJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Aug 01 (IPS) - François Kouamé, prisoner Number 67, proudly shows off a sow and her four piglets. Dressed in his rubber boots, he passes by two new tractors as he happily makes his way to a field where pretty soon cassava and corn plants will start growing. "Look at those sprouts. It is a lot of work!"
Politics Complicates Education in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Aug 01 (IPS) - The Shatila Palestinian camp has no library, nor does adjacent Sabra or Ain El-Hilweh in the south. And, after recent statements by Lebanon's foreign minister, some fear that the thousands of Syrian refugee children within them will soon have even slimmer chances of learning to read and write.
Time Running Out for Refugees Seeking Asylum in Italy
- Inter Press Service
LUCCA, Italy, Aug 01 (IPS) - His journey started four years ago in Conakry, Guinea. Now that Mamoudou* has finally reached Italy, he hopes this will be his final stop.
Cash Transfers Drive Human Development in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 31 (IPS) - Every day, Celina Maria de Souza rises before dawn, and after taking four of her children to the nearby school she climbs down the 180 steps that separate her home on a steep hill from the flat part of this Brazilian city, to go to her job as a domestic. In the evening she makes the long trek back up.
Is Europe’s Breadbasket Up for Grabs?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 30 (IPS) - Amidst an exodus of some 100,000 people from the conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, ongoing fighting in the urban strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk between Ukrainian soldiers and separatist rebels, and talk of more sanctions against Russia, it is hard to focus on the more subtle changes taking place in this eastern European nation.
Israel Lobby Galvanises Support for Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 30 (IPS) - Pro-Israel activists assembled a huge crowd and a long list of congressional leaders and diplomats to declare their unconditional support for Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, largely downplaying tensions between Jerusalem and Washington.
Ticking Diplomatic Clock a Cover for Israeli Assaults on Gaza
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29 (IPS) - As the death toll in Gaza keeps climbing - and charges of alleged war crimes against Israel keep mounting - the most powerful political body at the United Nations remains ineffective, impotent and in a state of near paralysis.
OPINION: How to End the Gaza War
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 29 (IPS) - As the killing and destruction rages on in Gaza, and as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership exchange recriminations and threats, key regional and world players must accept a central truism: No peace can be achieved between Israel and the Palestinians without including Hamas. The quicker they internalise this fact, the faster the cycle of violence can be broken.
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