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News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 146
Climate Resilient Indigenous Crops Underutilised even as Climate Change Threatens to Cripple Food Systems
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Mar 27 (IPS) - Elizabeth Njoroge recounts her poverty-stricken upbringing in Ting’ang’a village in the Central part of Kenya, growing up on a diet heavy on Amaranth and pumpkin.
Africa's Dark Road to Democracy
- Inter Press Service
MINNESOTA, USA, Mar 27 (IPS) - The dark road to democracy began with the manner in which the Kenyan Presidential election of August 2022 was handled. Today, the Church in Kenya is calling for dialogue between the ruling regime and the opposition. The issue here is not about dialogue, but the legitimacy of the President William Ruto. The situation in Kenya reminds me of a similar situation in Rwanda in early 90s.
Libya: Crimes against humanity committed since 2016 – rights probe
- UN News
UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there are grounds to believe that Libyan authorities and armed militia groups have been responsible for “a wide array” of war crimes, and crimes against humanity in recent years.
Artisanal Miners Face Onerous Obstacles to Become Legal
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 24 (IPS) - Greed, poverty, irresponsible legal mining giants which exploited and then abandoned South Africa's mines, together with the government's failure to enforce regulations on the mining giants to rehabilitate mines before closing them, have created fertile ground for a thriving illegal artisanal mining sector called Zama Zama, many of them run by criminal syndicates.
Burkina Faso Home to Almost Half of Closed Schools in Central & West Africa
- Inter Press Service
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Mar 23 (IPS) - Over a million children in Burkina Faso are currently affected by school closures with 6,134 academic institutions shut as of February 2023, an increase of over 40 per cent since the end of the last school year.
Cash Transfers, Poverty Alleviation Assists with Mental Health Study
- Inter Press Service
ACRA, Mar 23 (IPS) - Poverty alleviation policies, especially cash transfers, will not only improve the poor condition of the beneficiaries but can also play a role in strengthening the psychological health of people as well as improve the mental health of those living in poverty in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS), including Africa, a new study has said.
Southern Africa: Cyclone Freddy aftermath brings diseases, healthcare gaps
- UN News
Southern African countries hit hard by tropical Cyclone Freddy are reeling from disease outbreaks, with health services stretched to the limit, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
Why Gender Transformative Leadership is Key to Ending TB — for Good
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA / PUNE, Mar 22 (IPS) - Despite being both curable and preventable, the TB pandemic is a global health crisis and a leading cause of death worldwide. COVID-19 brought into sharp focus how women bear the brunt of pandemics. In 2021, over three million women and girls fell ill with TB, resulting in 450,000 needless deaths.
Kenyan Entrepreneur Using Organic Microbes to Unlock Hidden Nutrients in Dairy Feeds
- Inter Press Service
NAKURU, Kenya, Mar 22 (IPS) - Using naturally occurring microbes, a Kenyan entrepreneur has developed a molasses-based supplement that pre-ferments animal feeds to unlock all the necessary nutrients that would otherwise find a way out of the animal through cow dung, and dairy farmers have fallen in love with the product.
Funding for African Union Somalia mission critical to security: UN political chief
- UN News
The UN political affairs chief has underlined the critical need to ensure funding for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), warning that a shortfall could threaten plans to transfer security to the national forces by the end of next year.
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