Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 179
WHO warns of disease threat amid Horn of Africa drought
- UN News
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday highlighted the need to support millions facing starvation and disease in the Horn of Africa.
Mali: Security situation deteriorates, human rights concerns rise
- UN News
UN troop rotations in the peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) resumed on Monday with a new approval mechanism one month after they were suspended by the ruling junta, which accused 49 Ivorian soldiers of entering the country without permission.
Tragic Irony of Hunger Deaths in Karamoja, Uganda Amidst Plenty of Climate Adaptation Technologies
- Inter Press Service
Kampala, Aug 11 (IPS) - Hundreds of people have died of famine in Uganda’s Karamoja region, and local leaders say that some people are now eating grass to survive.
‘Catastrophic’ drought displaces one million in Somalia, world asked to ‘step up’ support
- UN News
A devastating drought in Somalia has reached unprecedented levels, leaving one million people within the country currently registered as displaced, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe Makes First Journalist Arrests Under Cybersecurity Law
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Aug 10 (IPS) - Zimbabwe's press freedom credentials suffered further criticism with the arrest of two journalists from a privately-owned newspaper charged with transmitting "false data messages."
Ethiopia: Without immediate funding, 750,000 refugees will have ‘nothing to eat’
- UN News
UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for $73 million over the next six months to provide food rations to more than 750,000 people seeking refuge in Ethiopia.
Security Council examines capacity building for sustaining peace in Africa
- UN News
Greater investment in State institutions is critical to counter peace and security challenges in Africa, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday.
Ethiopia: Loan from UN fund allows FAO to scale up fertilizers for farmers in Tigray
- UN News
A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement of fertilizers to support farmers in the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the agency announced on Monday.
Bringing Specialist Telemedicine to Children of Rural Kenya
- Inter Press Service
Nairobi, Aug 08 (IPS) - New telemedicine technology, Daktari Smart, aims to mitigate the gap between child patients and medical specialists in rural Kenya.
From the Field: Outreach across the Horn of Africa
- UN News
In July, a UN human rights officer embarked on an outreach visit to the Horn of Africa’s Sool and Sanaag regions, a seven-day round-trip of more than 1,600 kilometres by road.
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