News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 106

  1. Government urged to support safe withdrawal of UN Mission from Mali

    - UN News

    Mali must ensure that the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA, can safely complete its drawdown by the end of the year, amid insecurity in the north and other restrictions.

  2. To Attain the SDGs, We Must End Female Genital Mutilation

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Oct 20 (IPS) - The tips of our fingers have densely packed nerve endings. That is why a miniscule paper cut activates our pain receptors and causes stubborn pain for a day or two. Now consider that a clitoris has over 10,000 nerve endings. It is the human female’s most sensitive erogenous zone, explaining the sexual pleasure it elicits at the slightest touch. A paper cut on your clitoris would be agonizing yet does not compare to the pain of female genital mutilation – or FGM.

  3. Seniors Thriving Through Plastic Waste in Zimbabwe

    - Inter Press Service

    HARARE, Oct 20 (IPS) - They do not have a pension nor financial support from families or relatives, but they have themselves. Now they have become collectors of plastic waste, which they turn into products as they battle for survival - earning money from the growing plastic pollution in Zimbabwe.

  4. Somalia: Insecurity worsens, civilians pay the price

    - UN News

    Insecurity persists in Somalia, with extremist group Al-Shabaab and fighting in the Laascaanood region taking a heavy toll on civilians, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Thursday.

  5. World News in Brief: Sandstorm alert, albinism and climate change, rights in Peru

    - UN News

    Sand and dust storms are increasingly threatening people’s health, safety and livelihoods – and climate change is making matters worse.

  6. World News in Brief: Funds dry up for Afghan quake survivors, child deaths alert in Sudan, diphtheria outbreak in Guinea

    - UN News

    In Afghanistan, urgent funding is needed to feed some 100,000 people left hungry and homeless by a series of deadly earthquakes, amid a broader and already underfunded humanitarian crisis.

  7. Egypt Sacrifices Part of UNESCO Site for Road Development

    - Inter Press Service

    CAIRO, Oct 18 (IPS) - The Egyptian government is clearing a vast area in Historic Cairo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to make way for new main roads and flyover bridges, which it says will improve traffic flow in the sprawling, congested megacity.

  8. Women hold the Key to Success of Pastoralism in Africa

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Oct 17 (IPS) - Women in pastoralist areas of East Africa are critical to the health of livestock in their communities, holding the key to effective animal vaccination campaigns meant to protect herds against deadly diseases.

  9. Africa: Great Lakes envoy urges international support amid rising hostilities

    - UN News

    The UN Special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes region, appealed to the international community on Tuesday for increased support in resolving the escalating hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the mounting tension in the wider Great Lakes region.

  10. Libya: Mission chief updates Security Council on flood disaster ‘beyond imagination’

    - UN News

    Humanitarians delivering aid in the wake of Libya’s “unprecedented” flood disaster centred on the coastal city of Derna, have reached more than 146,000 in need, said the head of the UN support mission there (UNSMIL) on Monday.

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