News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 369
Economic Reforms Needed for Peace in South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, Feb 27 (IPS) - Gatmai Deng lost three family members in the violence that erupted in South Sudan on Dec. 15 and lasted until the end of January. And he blames their deaths on the government's failure to use the country's vast oil revenues to create a better life for its almost 11 million people.
North Korea Doing Fine Without the South
- Inter Press Service
SEOUL, Feb 27 (IPS) - If the North Korea of the 1990s was seen as a starving nation that produced an exodus of hungry people, then the picture should be even gloomier now – six years after it stopped receiving South Korea's generous aid. But it's not. The nation of 24 million people, widely said to be the most secretive in the world and a nuclear threat, appears to have weathered the years well.
The Race to Save the Caribbean's Banana Industry
- Inter Press Service
LONDONDERRY, Dominica, Feb 26 (IPS) - When Dean, the first storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, lashed Dominica on Aug. 16, it left behind a trail of destruction, claimed the lives of a mother and son, and decimated the island's vital banana industry.
U.N. Report on South Sudan Paints Grim Picture
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 (IPS) - An interim human rights report released by the beleaguered U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is being tentatively hailed by rights groups and observers who have pressured the mission to be more transparent with its findings.
Casting Call for Kenya’s ‘Briefcase’ NGOs
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 26 (IPS) - Ben Okoth, 45, was born and raised in Kibera, the largest urban slum in Africa, situated just outside of Nairobi, Kenya's capital. Over the years, he has encountered many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working to improve the plight of the poor who live here.
U.S., EU Out-Manoeuvred by Syria
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 (IPS) - An inflow of Russian-made weapons. Political and military support from Iran and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Sharp dissension among fractious rebel groups. And the unyielding loyalty of the armed forces.
Uganda’s Human Rights Record Plunges With Signing of Anti-Gay Law
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Feb 25 (IPS) - Uganda's gays are bracing themselves for a spate of arrests and harassment as the country's draconian anti-gay bill was signed into law by President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, Feb. 24.
EU No Instant Saviour for Ukraine
- Inter Press Service
KIEV, Feb 25 (IPS) - Ukrainians are facing years of pain and upheaval if the country moves towards closer EU integration – or the prospect of the country being left to "rot" if they do not, experts say following the weekend's revolution.
Somalis Caught in Crossfire as Al-Shabaab ‘Plays to Survive’
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 24 (IPS) - As the Somali government plans to launch a new military campaign to wipe out the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab, from its strongholds in this Horn of Africa nation, experts say that its Somalia's innocent who live in areas controlled by the group who will suffer the most.
Sun Smiles on a Cold Desert
- Inter Press Service
LEH, India, Feb 24 (IPS) - Surendar Mohan, catering assistant at the residential school Jawahar Navodiya Vidyalya looks thankfully up at the sun on this cold high-altitude desert in northwest India.
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