Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 378
Pope Francis Joins Battle Against Transgenic Crops
- Inter Press Service
MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (IPS) - A few centuries ago, the biotechnology industry would have been able to buy a papal bull to expiate its sins and grant it redemption. But in his encyclical on the environment, "Laudato Si", Pope Francis condemns genetically modified organisms (GMOs) without leaving room for a pardon.
Head of State Who Keeps U.N. Guessing in Annual Ritual
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 07 (IPS) - As part of a politically-amusing annual ritual, the guessing game is on at the United Nations: will he, or will he not, address the General Assembly, along with more than 150 heads of state who are due in New York next month?
Ugandan Women Hail Partial Success Over “Bride Price” System
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Aug 07 (IPS) - After years of a protracted battle against Uganda's "bride price" practice, the country's Supreme Court this week ruled that husbands can no longer demand that it be returned in the event of dissolution of a customary marriage but has stopped short of declaring the practice itself unconstitutional.
Half a Million U.S. Women and Girls at Risk of Genital Cutting
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Aug 05 (IPS) - Jaha Dukureh knows firsthand the barbaric effects of undergoing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). Now a resident of the United States, she was mutilated as a baby in the Gambia in West Africa. Her sister bled to death after enduring the same procedure.
Fish Farming Now a Big Hit in Africa
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 05 (IPS) - Hillary Thompson, aged 62, throws some grains of left-over rice from his last meal, mixed with some beer dregs from his sorghum brew, into a swimming pool that he has converted into a fish pond.
Mandela Prizewinner from Namibia Still Bringing Sight to the Blind
- Inter Press Service
WINDHOEK, Aug 04 (IPS) - There was pure emotion in the face of Dr. Helena Ndume, more used to bringing sight to the blind than wiping away tears of her own.
Pakistan One of the World’s First Safe Havens for Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 04 (IPS) - The United Nations has declared that 2015 is already "the deadliest year" for millions of migrants and asylum seekers fleeing war and persecution in their countries.
Churches Seek to Amplify Echo of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Aug 03 (IPS) - The accounts of survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki will serve as inspiration for leaders of Christian churches grouped in the World Council of Churches (WCC), which advocates the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Opinion: Peace and Friendship Remain at Core of South Africa’s Foreign Policy
- Inter Press Service
PRETORIA, Aug 03 (IPS) - The Freedom Charter, which turned 60 this year, envisaged that a free and democratic South Africa would be guided in its relations with the rest of the African continent and the world by a desire to seek "peace and friendship".
Zimbabwe's Climate Change Ambitions May be Too Tall
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Aug 02 (IPS) - With the U.N. Climate Change conference later this year in Paris fast approaching, Zimbabwe's climate change commitments face the slow progress on an issue that continues to stalk other developing countries – climate finance.
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