Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 166
Terrorism intensifying across Africa, exploiting instability and conflict
- UN News
The growth of terrorism is a major threat to international peace and security, currently felt most keenly in Africa, the deputy UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday.
COP27: Religious Multilateralism: An Endangered Species in the Age of Triple Planetary Crises
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) - In this year’s COP 27 two-weeklong summit in Egypt, which concludes November 18, a rough count indicates there will be 40 different sessions organised by, for, and about, religious engagements in/on climate change and related issues. This is likely the highest number of events by and around religious actors, organised at a COP event.
COP27: Bolsonaros Defeat is a Triumph for Climate Change Advocates
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 09 (IPS) - The electoral defeat of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is a triumph for everyone who is concerned about the peril of climate change. Bolsonaro’s well-deserved defeat could help save the Amazon rainforest, which has been ravaged under his criminal rule, and the process of reversing the looming climate change catastrophe can begin
Delivering justice for Libya not ‘Mission Impossible’, Security Council hears
- UN News
Addressing the Security Council from Libyan soil for the first time ever, the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor acknowledged that while challenges abound, justice for the Libyan people is not “Mission Impossible”.
Progress on Tuberculosis Can Be Achieved in Africa
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 08 (IPS) - The news in many parts of the world is that tuberculosis (TB) is reclaiming the title of the world’s most deadly infection, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to kill an estimated 1,450 people daily around the world. But this is not news to African countries, which are home to one third of the people globally who die from TB, even though they have less than one fifth of the world’s population.
Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist
- UN News
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed for Egypt to free a prominent blogger and activist whose life is in imminent danger following a seven-month hunger strike, that has escalated with the start of the COP27 climate summit being hosted there.
Africa: Will COP27 Deliver or be a Climate Forum of Empty Promises?
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Nov 07 (IPS) - Africa is counting on COP27 to deliver it from climate change. But will it?
Lessons from Rome. Weaving Peace Is a Polyphonic Dialogue
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Nov 07 (IPS) - Arms are raised, stretched out towards the sky, holding white cards with the word "peace" written in different languages. A girl, a refugee from Syria, reads the Rome’s "Appeal for peace": "With firm conviction, we say: no more war! Let's stop all conflicts […] Let dialogue be resumed to nullify the threat of nuclear weapons.” Pope Francis singed it in front of the people gathered at the Colosseum, holding the word “peace” in their hands, as representatives of the world’s religions did as well. Shortly before, members of those different religions gathered for prayer to invoke peace in their different traditions—a prayer that is “a cry” inside the ancient amphitheater.
Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo threaten young lives
- UN News
The lives of thousands of children in overcrowded, unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are seriously at risk, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.
Humanitarians call for greater support to prevent famine in Horn of Africa
- UN News
Greater global solidarity is needed to address the rapidly unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the Horn of Africa, where millions are going hungry due to two years of unprecedented drought, UN agencies and partners said in a statement on Monday.
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