Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 163
New political deal ‘offers a path’ to realizing Sudanese aspirations
- UN News
The signing of a political framework agreement in Sudan could signal a way out of the uncertainty and insecurity sparked by the October 2021 coup, the head of the UN mission in the country, UNITAMS, told the Security Council on Wednesday.
South Sudan: ‘Raw violence’ displaces thousands during ‘ruthless conflict’, UNHCR says
- UN News
Throughout South Sudan’s Greater Upper Nile Region “desperation is rising” as escalating armed conflict, which has displaced at least 20,000 people since August, have forced some to run for their lives up to four times, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Wednesday.
Battling the Twin Challenge of HIV and Cervical Cancer
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Dec 06 (IPS) - Damaris Anyango* was recently discharged from Kenyatta National Hospital, battling the twin challenge of cervical cancer and HIV. She is 50 years old and was diagnosed with HIV nearly ten years ago.
Drought, conflict force 80,000 Somalis to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps
- UN News
Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and an “unrelenting” drought, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
In Africa, UN chief sees continent full of ‘hope and potential’
- UN News
Far too often, Africa is viewed from outside “through a prism of problems” said UN chief António Guterres on Thursday, speaking in the Ethiopian capital, home to the African Union, where he has been taking part in the sixth UN-AU annual conference.
Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO
- UN News
Across Africa, efforts to reduce the number of women and infants dying in childbirth are set to slow without a substantial increase in investment, the UN health agency said on Thursday.
Legal Recognition of East African Sign Languages Key Towards Inclusion
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Nov 30 (IPS) - Since the onset of the Covid19 pandemic, at least two deaf people were shot and killed in Uganda by state law enforcement officers. Their ‘crime’ was being deaf and uneducated. Their inability to hear or comprehend Covid19 containment measures communicated in English led to their death.
Africas Processing Industry Holds Promise for Broader Economic Growth
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, Nov 30 (IPS) - As a central pillar of African diets for thousands of years, millet has a prized position as one of the continent’s most important crops.
And with the onset of climate change, millet offers valuable security to the continent’s smallholder farmers due to the crop’s tolerance for dry soils.
Vaccine Refusal, Floods Impact Polio Drive in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Nov 29 (IPS) - Vaccine refusal is impacting the eradication of polio in Pakistan.
AGRA Gets Make-Up, Not Make-Over
- Inter Press Service
BOSTON and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 (IPS) - Despite its dismal record, the Gates Foundation-sponsored Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) announced a new five-year strategy in September after rebranding itself by dropping ‘Green Revolution’ from its name.
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