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News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 402
U.S. Proposes Major Debt Relief for Ebola-Hit Countries
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (IPS) - The United States proposed Tuesday that the international community write off 100 million dollars in debt owed by West African countries hit hardest by the current Ebola outbreak. The money would be re-invested in health and other public programming.
Ebola and ISIS: A Learning Exchange Between U.N. and Faith-based Organisations
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Nov 13 (IPS) - The simultaneity presented by the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus on one hand and militant barbarism ostensibly in the name of Islam on the other present the international development community - particularly the United Nations and international NGOs – with challenges, as well as opportunities.
Braving Dust storms, Women Plant Seeds of Hope
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (IPS) - In the world's largest refugee complex – the sprawling Dadaab settlement in Kenya's North Eastern Province – women listen attentively during a business management workshop held at a hospital in one of its newest camps, Ifo 2.
How SADC is Fighting Wildlife Crime
- Inter Press Service
LILONGWE, Nov 12 (IPS) - "We are underpaid, have no guns and in most instances are outnumbered by the poachers," says Stain Phiri, a ranger at Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve — a 986 km reserve said to have the most abundant and a variety of wildlife in Malawi — which also happens to be one of the country's biggest game parks under siege by poachers.
Kenya on the Right Economic Path But Challenges Abound
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 11 (IPS) - Each year on Dec. 10, Lucy Mwende and her two children hop aboard a night bus and travel to the white sandy beaches and warm waters of Kenya's Indian Ocean, some 441 km from the capital, Nairobi.
OPINION: Bringing More International Pressure to Bear on Wildlife Crime
- Inter Press Service
QUITO, Ecuador, Nov 08 (IPS) - A surge in wildlife crime is fuelling criminal syndicates, perpetuating terrorism, and resulting in the loss of major revenues from tourism and industries dependent on iconic species while also endangering the livelihoods of the rural poor.
But this surge in wildlife crime is not only threatening iconic species, which include elephants, rhinos and tigers, but also lesser-known animals that are also on the brink of extinction.
Disciples of John the Baptist also flee ISIS
- Inter Press Service
KIRKUK, Iraq, Nov 08 (IPS) - "Going back home? That would be suicide. The Islamists would cut our throats straight away," says Khalil Hafif Ismam. The fear of this Mandaean refugee sums up that of one of the oldest yet most decimated communities in Mesopotamia.
The Young, Female Face of HIV in East and Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 07 (IPS) - Experts are raising alarm that years of HIV interventions throughout Africa have failed to stop infection among young women 15 to 24 years old.
Choosing Between Death and Death in Pakistan
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 06 (IPS) - Residents of the Khyber Agency, one of seven administrative districts that comprise northern Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), are in the worst possible predicament: either course of action they choose now, they say, could result in death.
Hopes of Controlling Sierra Leone’s Ebola Outbreak Remain Grim
- Inter Press Service
FREETOWN, Nov 06 (IPS) - The fight against the deadly Ebola epidemic ravaging West Africa seems to be hanging in the balance as Sierra Leone's Minister of Health and Sanitation Dr Abubakar Fofana told IPS that the government is overwhelmed by the outbreak.
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