Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 105
Women Correct Historical Injustices, Build Climate Resilience Through Cash Pooling
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 31 (IPS) - Excluded by inheritance and ignored by big business, women farmers in Kenya are turning to innovative methods to become independent food producers and get the financial backing to ensure their success. Creating resilience is crucial to adapting to climate change and ensuring climate justice. Although women account for more than three-quarters of the agricultural labour force and manage 40 percent of small-scale farms, historically, they neither owned nor controlled the land because land rights were passed down to male relatives. It is a historic gender injustice whereby women could only access land through close male relatives.
Violent Conflict in Sudan Has Impacted on Nearly Every Aspect of Women's Lives
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (IPS) - I had the privilege to speak at the UN Security Council open debate last week on Women, Peace, and Security (WPS), an important opportunity to reflect on the urgency of this work and why women’s rights must be central to addressing any conflict or crisis.
Innovative Financial Services Transform Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 30 (IPS) - Smallholder agricultural enterprises in Africa face a lot of challenges getting loans from financial institutions like banks due to the stringent requirements they can hardly fulfil. Investor confidence is usually lacking, given the risks involved in this sector of the economy.
African, Asian Parliamentarians Debate How People-Centered Policies Aid Development of Women, Youth
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Oct 30 (IPS) - Asian and African parliamentarians have committed to accelerate the implementation of a people-centered development agenda as the African continent continues to face rapid demographic change with several challenges, such as youth unemployment and gender inequities.
UN seeks end to ‘colossal’ humanitarian tragedy as Sudan’s military factions resume Saudi-hosted talks
- UN News
The United Nations has welcomed the resumption of talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to end the months-long conflict between the Sudanese army and its rival paramilitary force which lefts scores dead and sent the northeast African country spiraling into humanitarian crisis.
Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 (IPS) - In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men as unconstitutional. Its reasoning turned upside down the argument used by anti-rights forces to attack LGBTQI+ activists in many African countries: it acknowledged that criminalisation is the foreign import rather than gay sex, and a relic of colonialism it’s high time to shake off.
Uganda: When Climate Justice Becomes Climate Justice Denied
- Inter Press Service
Oct 26 (IPS) - On December 4, 2019, landslides in the Bududa region of Uganda killed 20. The landslides occurred after heavy rains, and a Red Cross report estimated that 96 households were affected, with 49 houses destroyed. It displaced many, while others continued to live in high-risk areas that could "slide at any moment."
International support critical to forge lasting peace in Central African Republic
- UN News
Progress has been made in advancing a 2019 peace agreement in the Central African Republic (CAR) but the support of the international community is still vital, the UN Special Representative Valentine Rugwabiza told the Security Council on Thursday.
Over 114 million displaced by war, violence worldwide
- UN News
More than 114 million people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes by the end of September 2023, due to conflict, persecution and human rights violations, UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.
Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 24 (IPS) - Almost all major river basins in Africa have become the epicentres for conflicts over the last 20 years, and agricultural yields on the continent could drop by up to 50 percent in the coming years owing to the drying up of 'traditional' water sources, thanks in part to effects climate change and degradation of the environment, the inaugural edition of the State of Africa's Environment Report 2023 released in Nairobi finds.
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