News headlines for “Natural Disasters”, page 78
Making the Impossible Possible, Chronicles of an Ambassadors Lifelong Frontline Battle to End Leprosy
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jun 19 (IPS) - In 1974, Yohei Sasakawa accompanied his father to a leprosy hospital he had funded. He saw leprosy patients inside the hospital still and expressionless. The smell of leprosy filled the air, the smell of pus from open sores.
Food Insecurity Fears as Pakistan Faces Cyclone, Monsoon Season
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Jun 13 (IPS) - A warning by the UN that Pakistan may face acute food insecurity in the coming months should serve as a wake-up call for the government to focus on the flood-hit areas where the people still live without shelter, medication, and proper food, analysts say.
Cyclone Freddy has put Women & Girls in Malawi at Greater Risk of Sexual Abuse & Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Malawi, Jun 12 (IPS) - “Cyclone Freddy was a terrible experience, and now many women who lost their homes and their livelihoods are at increased risk of sexual exploitation and abuse,” warns Caleb Ng'ombo, Director of People Serving Girls at Risk (PSGR), a frontline NGO in Malawi that supports vulnerable women whose lives have been devastated by the record-breaking tropical storm.
Conflict & Hunger Deeply Embedded in War-Ravaged Yemen
- Inter Press Service
SANA’A, Yemen, Jun 06 (IPS) - During the week of May 21, the UN held its annual week dedicated to the Protection of Civilians. The themes of the week’s events, particularly the side events, I had the honor of participating in, mirrored many of the pressing issues in Yemen, as conflict continues.
Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY, Jun 05 (IPS) - In the Pacific Islands and many developing and emerging countries worldwide, the informal economy far outsizes the formal one, playing a vital role in the survival of urban and rural households and absorbing expanding working-age populations.
As Game of Thrones Rages in Sudan, the Neighbors Pay the Price
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, May 25 (IPS) - The conflict in Sudan is impacting the economy in Egypt, and those who make their living moving goods across the borders have spent weeks hoping the situation will normalize.
Population Denialism is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism
- Inter Press Service
ST PAUL, Minnesota, USA, May 25 (IPS) - A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved.
How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (IPS) - The Wagner group, a shadowy mercenary group that has been operating for many years in African countries such as Sudan, Mali, the Central African Republic, and other mainly Francophone countries, has again been thrust into the limelight due to its involvement in the Ukraine war on behalf of Russia.
Khartoum is Falling the Global Community Must Move Fast to Protect Children in their Darkest Moments
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI & NEW YORK, May 22 (IPS) - As unprecedentedly fierce armed battles play out on the streets of Khartoum, more than 600 people are dead, thousands injured, and over 1 million displaced.
Rwanda: Better Mapping of Erosion Risk Areas Needed More Than Ever
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, May 19 (IPS) - Following severe flooding and landslides that hit major parts of Rwanda earlier this month, experts are convinced that investing in the mapping of erosion risk areas could go a long way to keeping the number of casualties down.
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