Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 411
Churches at the Frontline of Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
LUSATIA, Germany, Aug 20 (IPS) - Johannes Kapelle has been playing the organ in the Protestant church of Proschim since he was 14. The 78-year-old is actively involved in his community, produces his own solar power and has raised three children with his wife on their farm in Proschim, a small village of 360 inhabitants in Lusatia, Germany.
In Saving a Forest, Kenyans Find a Better Quality of Life
- Inter Press Service
KASIGAU, Kenya, Aug 20 (IPS) - When Mercy Ngaruiya first settled in Kasigau in south eastern Kenya a decade ago, she found a depleted forest that was the result of years of tree felling and bush clearing.
Despite Current Debate, Police Militarisation Goes Beyond U.S. Borders
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (IPS) - The shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in the southern United States earlier this month has led to widespread public outrage around issues of race, class and police brutality.
One Woman’s Struggle to Find the Right Contraceptive
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (IPS) - Beatrice Njeri had just come home from her job as a janitor at a primary school in Nairobi. It was August 2009.
South Sudan Heads towards Famine and Descends into Lawlessness
- Inter Press Service
JUBA, South Sudan , Aug 14 (IPS) - Another deadline has passed. But instead of bringing about peace, the leaders of South Sudan's warring parties have allowed the country to continue its slide toward famine.
Adaptation Gaps Mean African Farmers Fork Out More Money for Reduced Harvests
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Aug 14 (IPS) - In Cameroon's Northwest Region, Judith Muma walks 9km from her home to her 300-square-metre farm. The vegetables she grows here are flourishing thanks to the money she has borrowed from her njangi (thrift group) and a local credit union to finance a small artisanal irrigation scheme.
OPINION: Islamic State in Iraq: Confronting the Threat
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (IPS) - The Islamic State's territorial expansion and barbaric executions in Iraq and Syria are a gathering threat and must be confronted. American air bombardment, however, is the wrong course of action, and will not necessarily weaken ISIS or DA'ISH, as it's known in Arabic.
Zimbabwe’s 'Casualisation of Labour' Leads to a New Form of Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, Aug 12 (IPS) - Ethel Maziriri, 27, holds an Honours Degree in Social Work from the University of Zimbabwe, but instead of working in her chosen profession, she works as a cashier in one of the country's leading clothing retail company. And it's not by choice.
Swamped by Rising Seas, Small Islands Seek a Lifeline
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 11 (IPS) - The world's 52 small island developing states (SIDS), some in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth because of sea-level rise triggered by climate change, will be the focus of an international conference in the South Pacific island nation of Samoa next month.
Qualified Backing for Obama’s Iraq Intervention
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 09 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's authorisation of limited military action in northern Iraq, announced in a national television address late Thursday night, has so far received support – albeit highly qualified in some cases -- from across the mainstream political spectrum.
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