Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 130
‘Immense tragedy’ underscores need to address unexploded ordnance danger in Somalia
- UN News
Greater efforts are needed to protect civilians in Somalia from unexploded weapons of war, the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said on Monday in the wake of a recent deadly incident in the south of the country.
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.
WHO strongly condemns deadly attack in Somalia
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday condemned in the strongest possible terms the deadly attack on the Pearl Beach Hotel and Restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, that left 16 dead, including a staff member.
From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia
- UN News
Fleeing armed conflict is frightening, forcing people to escape violent clashes and leave behind their homes, schools, and daily lives in a desperate search for safety.
Trafficking in the Sahel: Muzzling the illicit arms trade
- UN News
Shoppers in Mali’s Gao, Timbuktu, and Ménaka regions can snap up AK-pattern assault rifles for $750 and cartridges for 70 cents apiece, from locally handcrafted pistols to smuggled French and Turkish machine guns, as a dizzying array of illegal weaponry dots market stalls across the Sahel, a 6,000-kilometre-wide belt in the middle of Africa.
UN strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in Mali, which leaves one dead
- UN News
The UN has strongly condemned an attack on a peacekeeping patrol in Mali which left one ‘blue helmet’ from Burkina Faso dead and eight others with serious injuries.
UN suspends food assistance as Ethiopia wrestles with aid diversions
- UN News
Amid media reports of widespread theft of aid deliveries in Ethiopia, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Friday the immediate temporary suspension of food assistance to the country.
Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office
- UN News
Warring parties in Sudan must do more to protect civilians caught up in the conflict, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, in response to recent deadly attacks and ongoing violations.
Kenya Moots Disbanding the Loss and Damage Fund, Seeks Fair Equitable Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
BONN, Jun 07 (IPS) - The Climate Change envoy to the President of Kenya has asked Kenya’s and, by extension Africa’s negotiators at the ongoing climate conference in Bonn, Germany, not to put much emphasis on financing the Loss and Damage kitty but instead calls for fairness and equity.
Close Inequalities to End AIDS & Prepare for Future Pandemics
- Inter Press Service
BRASILIA, Brazil, Jun 05 (IPS) - The COVID-19 crisis has shone a light on the danger of pandemics; social crises have shone a light on the danger of inequalities. And the reality is that outbreaks become the pandemics they do because of inequality. The good news is that both can be overcome – if they are confronted as one.
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