Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 153
Tanzania Should Halt Plan to Relocate Maasai Pastoralists
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Feb 21 (IPS) - Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu is a senior researcher on women and land and Oryem Nyeko is the Tanzania researcher at Human Rights WatchTanzania’s policies on conservation and its ongoing impacts on Maasai people in Ngorongoro district highlight how communities historically marginalized by oppression still wrestle with colonial policies.
Mali: Three UN peacekeepers killed in explosive attack
- UN News
Three Senegalese peacekeepers serving in Mali were killed, and five others seriously injured, when their vehicle hit an explosive device, the UN Mission in the country, MINUSMA, reported on Tuesday.
Local elections chance to advance peace in Central African Republic: UN envoy
- UN News
Upcoming local elections represent a “significant opportunity” to advance the peace and political process in the Central African Republic (CAR), the head of the UN mission in the country, MINUSCA, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Despite challenges, Africa ‘poised for progress’ – Guterres
- UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed his support for an integrated, prosperous, and peaceful Africa on Saturday, in remarks delivered to the African Union Summit, which is being held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Rights experts say peaceful transition in South Sudan crucial, amid ‘immense suffering’
- UN News
South Sudan’s leaders must prioritize a peaceful transition as rampant sexual violence and attacks on civilians continue across the world’s youngest nation, the UN Commission investigating human rights abuses there said on Friday.
Guterres in Africa: End political stalemate in Libya now, UN chief urges leaders
- UN News
Overcoming the current political impasse in Libya can unleash much-needed progress in tackling myriad crises there, the UN chief said on Friday at a high-level meeting of the African Union in the Ethiopian capital.
One Year Later: The Impact of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict on Africa
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 16 (IPS) - In today’s interconnected world, shots fired in one corner of the globe create ripple effects in other, seemingly far, places. One year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, African countries, although physically miles away, have not been spared its aftershocks.
Nigeria: $1.3 billion drive to stop ‘ticking time bomb’ of child malnutrition
- UN News
The UN launched a $1.3 billion appeal on Thursday to help six million people severely affected by conflict, disease, and disaster in northeast Nigeria.
Horn of Africa: $84 million appeal to support migrants along risky route to Yemen
- UN News
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and partners are seeking $84 million to provide humanitarian and development assistance to over one million migrants in the Horn of Africa and communities hosting them.
UN mission signs new plan for election security in Central African Republic
- UN News
A newly signed plan for election security represents a “major development” for peaceful, inclusive elections in the Central African Republic (CAR), a spokesperson for the UN mission in the country said on Wednesday.
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