Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 384
Kidney Disease Treatment Not For All in Uganda
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Jun 15 (IPS) - Vincent Mugyenyi, a 65-year-old retired pilot from the Ugandan Air Force, has lost count of how many dialysis treatment slots he has had to attend in the eight years he has been fighting chronic kidney disease.
Rights Groups Call for Durable Solution for Europe’s Migrants
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Jun 13 (IPS) - Human rights groups are calling for a sustainable solution to the migrant crisis in Europe, especially following the dismantling of refugee camps in Paris and Calais, France, over the past two weeks.
Opinion: Journey Towards an African Taxation Renaissance
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 12 (IPS) - Africa is known as the ‘paradox of plenty'. How can a continent so rich in natural resources be so poor?
Infrastructure Boom in Emerging Economies Hits Record Levels – but at What Cost?
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 11 (IPS) - According to new data released by the World Bank Tuesday, investments in infrastructure in 139 emerging economies shot up to 107.5 billion dollars in 2014, with just five countries – Brazil, Colombia, India, Peru and Turkey – accounting for 73 percent of the total.
Africa on Threshold of Triple Energy Win for People, Power and Planet
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Jun 11 (IPS) - Renewable energy is at the forefront of the changes sweeping Africa, and a "triple win" is within the region's grasp to increase agricultural productivity, improve resilience to climate change, and contribute to long-term reductions in dangerous carbon emissions.
Cape Verde’s Newest Voice Sends Message to Girls
- Inter Press Service
PRAIA/PARIS, Jun 11 (IPS) - Elida Almeida is Cape Verde's newest star, with thousands of fans in Africa and Europe. She sings, dances, plays the guitar, tells jokes, and makes her audiences laugh as well as groove. But behind it all, her music carries a serious message, about the importance of overcoming setbacks, avoiding unplanned pregnancy and following one's dreams.
Cameroonian Women and Girls Saying No to Child Marriage
- Inter Press Service
MAROUA, Cameroon, Jun 10 (IPS) - Twelve-year-old Bienvienue Taguieke was expected to obey her parents and marry a man 40 years her senior, but an association of women in Cameroon's Far North Region, where child marriages are rife, put a stop to it in a sign that women are starting to speaking out against the practice.
Opinion: Why Are Threats to Civil Society Growing Around the World?
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Jun 10 (IPS) - Whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange are hounded – not by autocratic but by democratic governments – for revealing the truth about grave human rights violations. Nobel peace prize winner, writer and political activist Liu Xiaobo is currently languishing in a Chinese prison while the killing of Egyptian protestor, poet and mother Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, apparently by a masked policeman, in January this year continues to haunt us.
Why ACP Countries Matter for the EU Post-2015 Development Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BRUSSELS, Jun 09 (IPS) - We are witnessing a shift in the original rationale behind the unique relationship between the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries of the ACP group, which goes beyond the logic of "unilateral aid transfer", "donor-recipient approach" and "North-South dialogue".
U.N. Sets Up Independent Panel to Probe Sexual Abuses in CAR
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (IPS) - The United Nations, which came under heavy fire for its failure to act swiftly on charges of sexual abuse by French troops in the Central African Republic (CAR) last year, has decided to set up an External Independent Review (EIR) to probe these allegations.
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