Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 359
Stepping Up the Fight to End Cholera and Chikungunya Outbreaks in Mandera County, Kenya
- Inter Press Service
Mandera County, Kenya, Jun 05 (IPS) - Mandera's double whammy, the concurrent outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya, is bringing to the fore the need for accelerated epidemic preparedness and prevention systems.
LGBT Communities Silenced in HIV Reduction Efforts
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - Treatment for HIV and AIDS has increased, but key populations including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities continue to be left behind and even excluded altogether.
Young African Women More Vulnerable to HIV
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 02 (IPS) - When Lebogang Brenda Motsumi was 16 years old she fell pregnant, terrified about what her life would look like, she went to a backdoor clinic for an abortion.
Islamophobia: Why Are So Many People So Frightened?
- Inter Press Service
Daylesford, Australia, Jun 01 (IPS) - Islamophobia has become a significant factor driving politics in many Western countries.
Islamophobia – fear of Muslims – is now highly visible among European populations concerned about terrorist responses from Islamic groups claiming Jihadi links.
African Leaders Make an Economic Case for Increased Nutrition Investments
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 31 (IPS) - Africa's contribution to global malnutrition statistics is miserably high, with 58 million children under the age of five said to be too short for their age, while 13.9 million weigh too little for their height.
Achieving Universal Access to Energy; Africa Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Inter Press Service
LUSAKA, May 30 (IPS) - "It is unacceptable that 138 years after Thomas Edison developed the light bulb, hundreds of millions of people cannot have access to electricity to simply light up the bulb in Africa," says Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, mourning the gloomy statistics showing that over 645 million people in Africa lack access to electricity, while over 700 million are without clean energy for cooking.
Malawi's Drought Leaves Millions High and Dry
- Inter Press Service
BLANTYRE, May 27 (IPS) - It's Saturday, market day at the popular Bvumbwe market in Thyolo district. About 40 kilometers away in Chiradzulu district, a vegetable vendor and mother of five, Esnart Nthawa, 35, has woken up at three a.m. to prepare for the journey to the market.
The Humanitarian Clock Is Ticking, The Powerful Feign Deafness
- Inter Press Service
ROME, May 26 (IPS) - The humanitarian clock is now ticking away faster than ever, with over 130 million of the world's most vulnerable people in dire need of assistance. But the most powerful, richest countries—those who have largely contributed to manufacturing it and can therefore stop it, continue to pretend not hearing nor seeing the signals.
New and Old Vaccines Still Out of Reach for Many
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (IPS) - While long-awaited new vaccines for malaria and dengue may finally be within reach, many of the world's existing vaccines have remained unreachable for many of the people who need them most.
Humanitarian Summit, The Big Fiasco
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 24 (IPS) - The World Humanitarian Summit held in Istanbul on May 23-24, failed to achieve its fund raising goals. With the exception of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, none from the Group of the richest courtiers or of the UN Security Council attended. And the Summit could not mobilise the much-needed resources it had hoped for.
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