Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 389
Opinion: Arab Youth Have No Trust in Democracy
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 27 (IPS) - The results of a survey of what 3,500 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 – in all Arab countries except Syria – feel about the current situation in the Middle East and North Africa have just been released.
New Anti-Terrorism Law Batters Cameroonians Seeking Secession
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Apr 26 (IPS) - Cameroon's government under President Paul Biya is bearing down on a separatist movement fighting for the rights of a minority English-language region, using as its weapon a sweeping new anti-terrorism law introduced at the end of last year.
Swelling Ethiopian Migration Casts Doubt on its Economic Miracle
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Apr 25 (IPS) - The 28 Ethiopian migrants of Christian faith murdered by the Islamic State (IS) on Apr. 19 in Libya had planned to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of work in Europe.
Kenyan Pastoralists Protest Wanton Destruction of Indigenous Forest
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 25 (IPS) - Armed with twigs and placards, enraged residents from a semi-pastoral community 360 km north of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, protested this week against wanton destruction of indigenous forest – their alternative source of livelihood.
Opinion: To Solve Hunger, Start with Soil
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Apr 24 (IPS) - Peter looked confused as he recounted how he'd painstakingly planted potatoes to sell and to feed his family of eight, only to find that when harvest time rolled around he had been greeted with tiny tubers not much bigger than golf balls.
Opinion: Burundi – Fragile Peace at Risk Ahead of Elections
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 24 (IPS) - Pierre Claver Mbonimpa is not permitted to get close to an airport, train station or port without authorisation from a judge. He cannot travel outside of the capital of his native Burundi, Bujumbura. Whenever called upon, he must present himself before judicial authorities.
East African Environmental Activist Wins Major Prize
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Apr 22 (IPS) - On Earth Day, Apr. 22, Kenyan activist Phyllis Omido takes the stage in Washington DC to receive the Goldman Environmental Prize for her efforts to defend her community from lead poisoning and force the closure of a lead smelting plant that was emitting fumes and spewing untreated acid wastewater into streams, poisoning the neighbourhood – including her own baby.
Backlash Follows South Africa’s Xenophobic Attacks on Africans
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21 (IPS) - Shocking images of South Africans beating foreign-born residents residing in Durban, Johannesburg and other parts stunned the continent which had taken a message of brotherhood from former president Nelson Mandela.
Giving African Artists Their Names
- Inter Press Service
PARIS, Apr 19 (IPS) - Quick now, can you name a famous African sculptor from the 1800s or even the early 20th century?
Tribunal Ruling Could Dent “Monster Boat” Trawling in West African Waters
- Inter Press Service
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