Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 191
Somalia: ‘Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million
- UN News
Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa country warned on Tuesday of the devastating outlook for millions of affected Somalis, amidst heightened risks of famine.
Security Council urged to support efforts to end M23 insurgency in DR Congo
- UN News
The recent resurgence of the M23 armed group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) constitutes a serious threat to peace, security and stability in the region, and urgent action towards curbing the violence is needed, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Tuesday.
FAO ramps up support to Sudan farmers as starvation threat grows in East Africa
- UN News
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is scaling up operations in Sudan, where 10.9 million people, 30 per cent of the population, are expected to need lifesaving support this year – the highest number in the past decade, the UN agency said on Tuesday.
Xenophobia-hit Zimbabweans Saving Countrys Dead Economy
- Inter Press Service
Harare, May 31 (IPS) - Two decades ago, Trynos Mahamba left Zimbabwe for the United Kingdom, but back home, he has changed the lives of his relatives.
People for Peace: Supporting victims of sexual abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- UN News
There is an “urgent need” to support the victims of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) according to a local organization which works on the issue with the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO.
Sahel should be seen as region of ‘opportunity’ despite ‘multiple crises’
- UN News
The Sahel region of Africa should be considered a region of opportunity. despite the “multiple crises” that people there are enduring; that’s according to Annadif Khatir Mahamat Saleh, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel.
Rights office welcomes Zambia’s pledge to abolish the death penalty
- UN News
Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the practice, the UN Human Rights Office, OHCHR, said on Friday in welcoming the decision.
Child Labour Survivor Has a Dream of Freeing Others
- Inter Press Service
DURBAN, May 27 (IPS) - Selimatha Dziedzorm Salifu was just seven years old when she went to work for the first time to support her family.
‘Protracted political impasse’ further polarizing Libya
- UN News
Despite UN efforts, political, economic and security deadlock continues in Libya, the UN political affairs chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that human rights there have also deteriorated.
African nations leading the way on ‘food systems transformation’: Guterres
- UN News
African countries are at the vanguard of a vital transformation of food systems to simultaneously address food security, nutrition, social and environmental protection – all while boosting resilience – said the UN chief on Thursday.
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