Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 379
Nigeria to Balance GHG Emission Cuts with Development Peculiarities
- Inter Press Service
LAGOS, Aug 02 (IPS) - Nigeria seems in no haste to unveil its climate pledge with just four months to go before the U.N. Climate Conference scheduled for December in Paris.
‘Permaculture the African Way’ in Cameroon’s Only Eco-Village
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Aug 02 (IPS) - Marking a shift away from the growing trend of abandoning sustainable life styles and drifting from traditional customs and routines, Joshua Konkankoh is a Cameroonian farmer with a vision – that the answer to food insecurity lies in sustainable and organic methods of farming.
RIP Cecil the Lion. What Will Be His Legacy? And Who Should Decide?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 31 (IPS) - Cecil the lion, a magnificent senior male, much loved and part of a long-term research project, was lured out of a safe haven in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park last week and apparently illegally shot, to endure a protracted death.
U.N. Panel Spotlights Plight of Refugees
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 31 (IPS) - "Let us remember that behind every story, every figure, every number, there is a person - a girl, a boy, a parent, a family," Anne Christine Eriksson, Acting Director of the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), said at a panel discussion at the U.N. on Thursday.
Kenyan Pastoralists Fighting Climate Change Through Food Forests
- Inter Press Service
Birth Registrations Plummet in Wake of Ebola Epidemic
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 (IPS) - Liberia's Ebola epidemic may have subsided but the after effects are still being felt, with tens of thousands of infants going unregistered at birth, the U.N. children's agency UNICEF says.
World Population to Hit 8.5 Billion by 2030
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 30 (IPS) - The global population has now reached 7.3 billion. In the last 12 years, the world has added approximately one billion people, and in the next 15 years this is expected to occur again.
One Tune, Different Hymns – Tackling Climate Change in South Africa
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Jul 28 (IPS) - Anti-nuclear energy activists are up in arms, and have taken to vigils outside South Africa's parliament in Cape Town to protest against President Jacob Zuma's push for nuclear development.
Obama Seeks August Deadline for End to South Sudan War
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Jul 28 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama, in a meeting with regional African leaders, threatened new sanctions for the warring factions in South Sudan if a peace deal is not be reached by Aug. 17.
Kenya’s Climate Change Bill Aims to Promote Low Carbon Growth
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Jul 27 (IPS) - Alexander Muyekhi, a construction worker from Ebubayi village in the heart of Vihiga County in Western Kenya, and his school-going children can now enjoy a tiny solar kit supplied by the British-based Azuri Technologies to light their house and play their small FM radio.
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