Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 168
Millions face flooding threat across west and central Africa
- UN News
In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.
Northern Ethiopia facing devastating spike in preventable disease: WHO
- UN News
The UN health agency WHO expressed serious concerns on Friday about a likely spike in a range of preventable diseases in Ethiopia’s northern regions - and in particular Tigray – caused by nearly two years of conflict and chronic aid access problems.
Broken Relationship with Nature Exposed as Global Wildlife Population Plummets
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Oct 25 (IPS) - Home to a variety of iconic and rare animal and plant species, freshwater lakes, rivers, waterfalls, and the expansive Indian Ocean coastline, Kenya’s place as a biodiversity hotspot has never been in doubt.
Sudan: Justice for protesters against coup, key to ending cycle of violence
- UN News
UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the October 2021 military coup in Sudan.
Libya: ‘Political deadlock persists with no clear end in sight’- UN envoy
- UN News
The political stalemate continues in Libya and prospects for elections are dim, the head of the UN Mission there, UNSMIL, said on Monday in his first briefing to the Security Council.
Tracking Social Media to Uncover Ivory Trafficking in Rwanda
- Inter Press Service
RUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 (IPS) - Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, a district in Northwestern Rwanda, wakes up early morning to cross “Petite Barrière,” one of the busiest border crossings with the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Activists Call Out 11 Muslim Member States to Repeal Death Penalty for Blasphemy
- Inter Press Service
LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON DC, Oct 21 (IPS) - Eleven out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) still sanction the death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy, silencing their citizens and emboldening violence by non-state actors.
Millions at risk in flood-hit Nigeria; relief chief highlights hunger in Burkina Faso
- UN News
More than 2.8 million people have been impacted by Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade, with 1.3 million displaced and hundreds of lives lost, said the UN chief on Friday, expressing his sadness at the devastation.
UN rights chief deplores deadly use of force against protestors in Chad
- UN News
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday appealed for calm and restraint in Chad following a deadly crackdown on anti-government protests
Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report
- UN News
African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children on the continent are five times less likely to learn the basics, than those living elsewhere.
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