Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 403
UNIDO Forum Expresses Cautious Optimism on Ethiopia’s Economic Strides
- Inter Press Service
VIENNA, Nov 05 (IPS) - With annual economic growth rates of over 10 percent and attractive investment conditions due to low infrastructural and labour costs, Ethiopia is eagerly trying to rise from the status of low-income to middle-income country in the next 10 years.
Middle-Income Kenya Still in Need of Aid
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Nov 04 (IPS) - Coffee farmer Gabriel Kimwaki from Nyeri County, in central Kenya, is considering "giving up farming altogether".
Uganda Still Grapples with Inadequate Funds to Tackle Climate Change
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Nov 03 (IPS) - Until last month, Allen Nambozo's only source of income was the cabbages, carrots and bananas she grew along the slopes of Uganda's Mount Elgon in the eastern district of Bulambuli.
OPINION: Rivalry Between Sunnis and Shiites Has Deep Roots
- Inter Press Service
OXFORD, Nov 02 (IPS) - When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) suddenly emerged in Iraq, it declared as one of its first targets the Shiites and what it called the Safavids. The Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) was one of the most powerful Iranian dynasties after the Islamic conquest.
OPINION: The Islamic State’s Ideology Is Grounded in Saudi Education
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (IPS) - According to an article published Oct. 21 on Al-Monitor, the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) has issued new regulations for the school systems under its control in Iraq and Syria. The announced purpose of the so-called guidelines, which carried the imprimatur of the group's "Amir al-Mu'minin," presumably leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is to "eradicate ignorance and disseminate Sharia sciences."
Iraqi Christians Seek Shelter in Jordan after IS Threats
- Inter Press Service
AMMAN, Oct 31 (IPS) - Watching videos and pictures on social media of the advance of the Islamic State (IS) inside Syria made it all seem far from reality to Iraqi Marvin Nafee.
Fossil Fuels Won’t Benefit Africa in Absence of Sound Environmental Policies
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Oct 30 (IPS) - Recent discoveries of sizeable natural gas reserves and barrels of oil in a number of African countries — including Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya — have economists hopeful that the continent can boost and diversify its largely agriculture-based economy.
OPINION: Keeping All Girls in School is One Way to Curb Child Marriage in Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Oct 29 (IPS) - "You cannot continue with your education. You have to get married because this man has already paid dowry for you," Matilda H's father told her. Matilda, from Tanzania, was 14 and had just passed her primary school exams and had been admitted to secondary school. She pleaded with her father to allow her to continue her education, but he refused.
OPINION: The West Prefers Military Order Against History
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (IPS) - More senseless bombing of Muslims, more defeats for the United States-West, more ISIS-type movements, more West-Islam polarisation. Any way out?
OPINION: Ebola, Human Rights, and Poverty – Making the Links
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, Massachussetts, Oct 27 (IPS) - The catastrophic Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa offers many lessons, not least for global anti-poverty efforts. These will culminate in a set of targets, to be agreed by the United Nations in 2015, known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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