Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 127
Celebrity Chefs Enlisted to Put Climate-Hardy Millets Back on the Menu
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 30 (IPS) - Get yourself a nice big pot full of water, dice some onions and throw in the meat of your fancy, followed by chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, dried okra powder, garden eggs and chilli peppers.
UN Security Council terminates Mali peacekeeping mission
- UN News
The Security Council on Friday unanimously approved the complete withdrawal of UN peacekeeping forces in Mali, although it will take six months for the final “blue helmets” to depart.
African Women Seek to Boost Innovation and Creativity in Agribusiness
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Jun 29 (IPS) - Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old woman mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district located about 100 km north of the capital Kigali, said women have often been the unseen faces of agribusiness in Rwanda.
Questions Arise About Youth Commitment to Democracy After Nigerian Elections
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Jun 29 (IPS) - As Nigeria’s newly-elected president Bola Tinabu seems to be making his mark by undoing many of his predecessor’s policies - another battle is being waged in the courts between him and one of his rivals Peter Gregory Obi.
Food Beyond the Reach for Millions in Horn of Africa
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 28 (IPS) - Four months pregnant, Ayan was close to dying of starvation when she arrived at the Kabasa camp in Dolow, on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia.
Women’s Savings in Zimbabwe Struggle Under Weight of Unstable Currency
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Jun 28 (IPS) - For years, self-employed and unemployed women in Zimbabwe formed neighbourhood "clubs" where they pooled money together for everything from buying bulk groceries to be shared at the end of the year to meeting funeral expenses.
The Common Good, or Transactional Religion?
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jun 28 (IPS) - For the last 30 odd years, I have maintained that religions matter. I noted the reasons for why they matter, and always listed how they matter --- as social service providers, as first responders in humanitarian crisis; as mediators in tensions and conflicts, as upholders of common good and the values of humanity; as protectors of children and of the most vulnerable; and even as political actors.
Northeastern Nigeria: malnourished children fighting for their lives
- UN News
Millions are facing hunger and children’s lives are on the line in northeastern Nigeria amid a protracted conflict and intensifying climate change. In the face of this, the UN’s humanitarian response in the region is underfunded, humanitarians told journalists in Geneva on Wednesday.
Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access
- UN News
Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those fleeing expected to surpass projections while aid access remains extremely uncertain, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Horn of Africa: Around 60 million in urgent humanitarian need
- UN News
Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million urgently in need of help, UN humanitarian agencies warned on Monday.
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