Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 422
Offsets to Cushion South African Carbon Tax
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, May 28 (IPS) - To curb greenhouse gas emissions, South Africa wants to put a tax on carbon emissions from big polluters.
Somalia Warns Kenyan Refugee Expulsion Will Lead to ‘Chaos and Anarchy'
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 27 (IPS) - Somalia's Minister for Interior and Federalism Affairs Mohamud Moalim Yahye has told IPS that the hasty repatriation and mass deportation of its citizens by Kenya could compromise recent, critical security improvements made by regional governments against the Islamic extremist group, Al-Shabaab.
Burundi Headed for Election Turmoil as Ruling Party Allegedly Arms Youth Wing
- Inter Press Service
BUJUMBURA, May 27 (IPS) - Burundi could be heading for political violence ahead of the 2015 elections amid allegations that the ruling National Council for the Defence of Democracy-Forces for Defence of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) has been arming its youth wing.
Divided Opinions on Feasibility of Kenya’s Option B+ Roll Out
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 26 (IPS) - Kenya's health sector has been facing significant challenges, ranging from a shortage of health care providers to a series of labor strikes. The problems have not only disrupted health services, but have HIV experts divided on whether to roll out Option B+ nationwide or just to pilot it in high volume facilities such as major referral hospitals.
African Union Takes Stock of 51 Years as Terrorism Spread Across Continent
- Inter Press Service
HARARE, May 25 (IPS) - As the African Union is set to celebrate its 51st birthday on May 25, it does so as the continent remains caught up in a tide of terrorist conflicts, which many analysts feel the AU has done little to resolve.
Vibrant Civil Society, A Must For South Sudan
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, May 21 (IPS) - I had the privilege of visiting South Sudan a few months after the world's youngest state had been born in July 2011. Then, most people were wondering what the future held for the country. The road has not been easy so far.
China Tightens Grip On Africa
- Inter Press Service
NAIROBI, May 21 (IPS) - Janice Gacheri imports handbags and shoes from China which she sells on social media sites and by word of mouth to customers in Nairobi and neighbouring towns.
Days After African Leaders Vow to Defeat Boko Haram, Bombings and Terror Continue
- Inter Press Service
ABUJA, May 20 (IPS) - Multiple car bombs killed dozens Tuesday in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Plateau state, days after a security summit in France where African leaders committed to a "war" on Nigeria's Islamist rebels, Boko Haram.
Tibetans Divided Over Cult of Martyrs
- Inter Press Service
DHARAMSALA, India, May 20 (IPS) - Nestled in the Kangra Valley in the shadow of the Dhauladhar Mountains in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala is beautiful to behold. But the scenic landscape belies a dark reality: the cult of martyrs that has developed in this town, home to the Tibetan government-in-exile since 1959.
Minorities in Pakistan Fear ‘Forced Conversion’ to Islam
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 19 (IPS) - Minority communities in Pakistan have long had a raw deal. Accounting for just 10 percent of this country's population of 180 million, they are no strangers to marginalisation, discrimination or even violence.
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