Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 372
Aflatoxins: Poisoning Health and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Inter Press Service
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Nov 20 (IPS) - Aflatoxin contamination is a growing threat to trade, food and health security in sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farmers are challenged by food production and now climate change, researchers said.
Where Technology and Medicine Meet in Rural Zambia
- Inter Press Service
Lusaka, Zambia, Nov 20 (IPS) - When health officer Kennedy Mulenga was faced with a male patient developing breasts at the remote Ngwerere Clinic 30km north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka, he logged onto Virtual Doctors to get help solving the medical mystery.
When the Rains Came in Dokolo and Karamoja
- Inter Press Service
DOKOLO, UGANDA, Nov 17 (IPS) - Households in Northern Uganda are recovering from a prolonged dry spell which has devastated harvests and led to food shortages. Long-awaited rains are expected to replenish pastures, and communities are being encouraged to plant short-term crops. But those that can, fear losing their produce again, when the rains stop.
Zimbabweans Align with Climate-Smart Agriculture Amid Food Deficits
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov 17 (IPS) - With droughts wreaking havoc in vast areas of Zimbabwe, a majority of people here are fast falling in line with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) as food deficits continue.
African Experts Say the Continent Must Address Livestock Methane Emissions
- Inter Press Service
NEW DELHI, India, Nov 14 (IPS) - Increasing calls for Africa to reduce methane emissions from livestock continue to be met with controversy, and livestock scientists say methane is a forgotten short-term climate pollutant with significant global warming potential that Africa cannot continue to overlook.
Africa Gears for Infrastructural Boom
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov 13 (IPS) - The upcoming week for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), which runs from November 13-17 in Abidjan, the capital city of Ivory Coast, is set to throw this continent into the full gear of infrastructural boom, development experts here say.
Improved Post-Harvest Fish Handling Brings Hope to Western Zambia
- Inter Press Service
MONGU, Zambia, Nov 12 (IPS) - Hadon Sichali has been in the fish trade for over 22 years. But he says only now does he feel a true businessman—but why?
Opinion: From Despair to Hope: Fulfilling a Promise to Mothers and Children in Mandera County
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 09 (IPS) - Mandera in northeastern Kenya, has often been described as "the worst place on earth to give birth." Mandera's maternal mortality ratio stands at 3,795 deaths per 100,000 live births, almost double that of wartime Sierra Leone at 2,000 deaths per 100,000 live births.
Zimbabwe's Mega Dam Project Could Flounder in the Face of Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE, Nov 03 (IPS) - Zimbabwe's planned Batoka Gorge power project on the Zambezi River is expected to generate 2,400 megawatts (MW) of electricity, upward from an initial 1,600 MW, but the worsening power cuts that are being blamed on low water levels have renewed concerns about the effects of climate change on mega dams.
IITA’s Solution Puts Smallholders’ Food, Nutrition and Income in a Bag
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Nigeria, Nov 02 (IPS) - Sometimes the best solutions can appear to be so simple that it's hard to imagine why they weren't invented centuries ago.
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