Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 348
Release of Chibok Girls Rekindles Pressure to Free Last 196
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, Nov 11 (IPS) - The Nigerian military announced the rescue of a missing Chibok schoolgirl Saturday, bringing to 23 the number freed since Boko Haram seized 219 girls from a secondary school in the country's northeast in April 2014.
Will Free Expression Equal Terrorism in Zimbabwe?
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Nov 09 (IPS) - Four years ago, a faceless writer using the nom de guerre Baba Jukwa set Facebook agog with detailed exposes of machinations within the ruling Zimbabwe National People's Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF).
Peace Fails to Bring Prosperity in Eastern Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
KATANKUDDI, Nov 07 (IPS) - It is a Tuesday afternoon and only a handful of devotees have flocked to the Meera Grand Mosque in Katankuddi, about 300 kms east of the capital Colombo.
Festival Spotlights African Women Filmmakers
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 02 (IPS) - At the Bioscope Independent Cinema in Johannesburg's trendy, gentrifying Maboneng neighbourhood last week, the two-day HER Africa Film Festival showcased films and web series from across the globe, including Mali, the U.S., Burkina Faso and elsewhere.
Rural Malawians About to Go Online
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, Nov 01 (IPS) - This month, many Malawians, especially those in rural areas, will be able to start accessing the as internet easily as opening a tap to get water.
Int'l Effort to Help Ethiopia Shoulder Its Refugee Burden
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 01 (IPS) - A concerned-looking group of refugees gather around a young woman grimacing and holding her stomach, squatting with her back against a tree. But this is no refugee camp, rather the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) compound just off a busy main road leading to Sidist Kilo roundabout in the Ethiopian capital.
Africa and the Paris Agreement: Which Way Forward?
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 30 (IPS) - The Paris Agreement on climate change is set to enter into force on Nov. 4, after it passed the required threshold of at least 55 Parties, accounting for an estimated 55 per cent of the total global greenhouse gas emissions, ratifying the agreement.
Kenya Greens Drylands to Combat Land Degradation
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 25 (IPS) - Faced with growing degradation that is swallowing large swathes of land in arid and semiarid areas, Kenya is heavily investing in rehabilitation efforts to stave off the threat of desertification.
Social Media Becomes Mugabe’s Nightmare
- Inter Press Service
Student Struggle in South Africa Gains Momentum
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 21 (IPS) - When #FeesMustFall began to trend on social media platforms in South Africa in October 2015, government shrugged it off as an example of isolated hotheads, while political pundits predicted the student campaign wouldn't last.
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