Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 181
Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
- UN News
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday that the Greater Horn of Africa is experiencing one of the worst hunger crises of the last 70 years.
Neo-Colonial Currency Enables French Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 02 (IPS) - Colonial-style currency board arrangements have enabled continuing imperialist exploitation decades after the end of formal colonial rule. Such neo-colonial monetary systems persist despite modest reforms.
Climate Change is Putting Women & Girls in Malawi at Greater Risk of Sexual Violence
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Aug 01 (IPS) - It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such is the case with women and girls in Malawi - one of the world’s poorest and lowest carbon-emitting countries but ranked fifth in the Global Climate Index 2021 list of nations worst affected by climate-related extreme weather.
INTERVIEW: Accessible finance is key to realizing Uganda’s potential
- UN News
Northern Uganda suffers from a development gap with the rest of the country, with high rates of poverty and unemployment. UN News spoke to Dmitry Pozhidaev, head of the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) office in Uganda, to find out what the agency is doing to improve funding access to individuals and businesses, and put them on the right path to success.
Zimbabwe's Unsung Living HIV/AIDS Hero Spreads Message of Hope
- Inter Press Service
CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Jul 29 (IPS) - In 2001, when Reki Jimu was 30 years old, his wife died aged 27.
Surviving the Food Crisis in North-east Nigeria
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nigeria, Jul 28 (IPS) - Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or where your next meal will come from.
Sudan: World Bank provides $100 million in emergency support
- UN News
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan has received a $100 million contribution from the World Bank to assist with critical emergency cash and food sustenance in Sudan.
Guterres strongly condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo which left 3 dead, amid protests
- UN News
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned an attack on peacekeepers serving in the Stablization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) which took place during violent demonstrations at the mission’s base on Tuesday. Two Indian police officers and a Moroccan ‘blue helmet’ were killed, and an Egyptian police officer injured.
Both UK & Congo Think They’re Climate Leaders – COP26’s Fallout Shows How Far Adrift They Are
- Inter Press Service
KINSHASA, Jul 26 (IPS) - The writer is the International Project Leader for the Congo Basin Forest, Greenpeace AfricaFrom the fall-out of the pandemic to the interlocking cost of living and energy security crises currently gripping the world, it has been fascinating to see the world’s richest governments bending over backwards to help fossil fuel companies.
Africa Taken for Neo-Colonial Ride
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 (IPS) - Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have been replaced by neo-colonial governments and international institutions serving their interests.
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