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News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 413
U.S. Summit Seeks to Play Catch-Up in Africa
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug 03 (IPS) - Despite worsening crises in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere in the Middle East, the administration of President Barack Obama hopes next week to focus at least some more positive attention on Africa.
Children, the Biggest Losers in Senegal’s Fight Against AIDS
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Aug 02 (IPS) - Children living with HIV in Senegal suffer because of the taboo associated with this disease in a country which is, however, praised for its fight against the pandemic.
In Pakistan, Militants Wear Aid Workers’ Clothing
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 01 (IPS) - Muhammad Tufail, a 22-year-old resident of Mardan, one of 26 districts that comprise Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, has recently become a volunteer aid worker.
How Farming is Making Côte d’Ivoire’s Prisoners ‘Feel Like Being Human Again’
- Inter Press Service
SALIAKRO/ABDIJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, Aug 01 (IPS) - François Kouamé, prisoner Number 67, proudly shows off a sow and her four piglets. Dressed in his rubber boots, he passes by two new tractors as he happily makes his way to a field where pretty soon cassava and corn plants will start growing. "Look at those sprouts. It is a lot of work!"
Time Running Out for Refugees Seeking Asylum in Italy
- Inter Press Service
LUCCA, Italy, Aug 01 (IPS) - His journey started four years ago in Conakry, Guinea. Now that Mamoudou* has finally reached Italy, he hopes this will be his final stop.
Human Rights Low on U.S-Africa Policy Summit
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jul 31 (IPS) - As the White House prepares to host more than 40 African heads of state for the upcoming U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, civil society actors from the U.S., Africa and the international community are urging the Barack Obama administration to use the summit as an opportunity to more thoroughly address some of Africa's most pressing human rights violations.
Cameroon’s Muslim Clerics Turn to Education to Shun Boko Haram
- Inter Press Service
YAOUNDE, Jul 31 (IPS) - Motari Hamissou used to get along well with his pupils at the government primary school in Sabga, an area in Bamenda, the capital of Cameroon's North West Region.
In the past, Hamissou also lived in peace with his neighbours. No one was bothered by his long, thick beard or the veil his wife, Aisha Hamissou, wore, or the religion they followed.
Somali Refugees Find an Unlikely Home … In Istanbul
- Inter Press Service
ISTANBUL, Jul 29 (IPS) - Among the labyrinth of winding narrow streets just outside a major shopping centre in the Kumkapi neighbourhood of Istanbul is a rundown road, congested with shops and apartments stacked atop one another.
Trade Facilitation Will Support African Industrialisation
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jul 29 (IPS) - In the 1960s, there were high hopes for the development of the newly-independent sub-Saharan African countries but these hopes were quickly dashed following a series of shocks which began in the mid-70s, with the first oil price spikes, followed by a severe decline in growth and increase in poverty in the 80s and early 90s.
OPINION: The Affinity Between Iraqi Sunni Extremists and the Rulers of Saudi Arabia
- Inter Press Service
LEIDEN, Netherlands, Jul 27 (IPS) - Which story line sounds the more credible – that linking the rebel movement ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) to policies pursued by Iran or that linking the Sunni extremist force to Iran's adversary Saudi Arabia?
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