Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 118
Senegal: Democracy in the Balance?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Aug 18 (IPS) - Civic space is deteriorating in Senegal ahead of next February’s presidential election. Recent protests have been met with lethal violence and internet and social media restrictions. Senegal’s democracy will soon face a key test, and whether it passes will depend largely on whether civic space is respected.
UN and partners providing aid for vulnerable across Ethiopia as 1.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition
- UN News
The UN and partners are responding to disease outbreaks and an ongoing food insecurity crisis across Ethiopia which has left 1.2 million children suffering severe acute malnutrition.
Afghans are ‘out of options’ and desperately need realistic alternatives to poppy cultivation
- UN News
As Afghanistan’s widespread economic crisis drags on and jobs become scarcer, the women of Dogabad village are finding innovative ways to support their loved ones, even as their own lives seem grimmer than ever. In this impoverished neighbourhood of Kabul, against all odds, women are taking the lead.
DR Congo: Children facing worst cholera outbreak in six years
- UN News
A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, warns UNICEF.
UN rights chief calls for immediate restoration of constitutional order in Niger
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, called on Friday for Niger’s democratically elected officials to be released “at once”, following their detention in the attempted coup last month. In a statement released on Friday, Mr. Türk urged the generals to restore constitutional order immediately.
Fragility & Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Two Sides of the Same Coin
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Aug 17 (IPS) - In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds in East Asia and the Pacific were living in extreme poverty (defined as living on less than what today amounts to around $2.15 per person per day).
Pre-Colonial Delicacy Could Help Food Security and Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 16 (IPS) - Kenya’s fight for food security may have just gone ‘Old School’ as Egerton University dons win a grant to help bring back a pre-colonial delicacy that was gradually sliding its way off consumers’ plates.
First Person: Family death ‘turning point’ in South Sudanese humanitarian’s life
- UN News
The “incredible pain” caused by the death of a cousin was the “turning point” which led Joyce Asha Laku from South Sudan into humanitarian work.
Niger: WFP calls for free flow of aid amid ongoing crisis
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday issued a call for continued “humanitarian and resilience efforts” for Niger’s most vulnerable, in the face of the military power grab.
Africa can become new global supply chain force: UNCTAD
- UN News
African economies should seize the opportunity to better integrate into technology-intensive global supply chains and boost prosperity, but this depends on their ability to harness key market and investment trends, the UN’s trade and development body UNCTAD said on Wednesday.
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