Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 429
Trauma Still Fresh for Rwanda’s Survivors of Genocidal Rape
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 11 (IPS) - Claudine Umuhoza's son turned 19 this Apr. 1. And while he may be one of at least thousands of children who were conceived during the Rwandan genocide, he's not officially classified as a survivor of it. But his mother is.
Zimbabwe’s Urban Farmers Combat Food Insecurity — But it’s Illegal
- Inter Press Service
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Apr 10 (IPS) - It is harvest season in Zimbabwe and Janet Zondo is pressed to find space on the piece land she is farming to erect a makeshift granary. Zando says she could very well build a miniature silo, judging by the size of the maize crop that she is preparing to harvest.
Kenya’s Pastoralists Show their Green Thumbs
- Inter Press Service
ISIOLO COUNTY, Kenya, Apr 09 (IPS) - For more than a decade Dima Wario from Rupa, a village in Merti division, northern Kenya, escaped death and watched helplessly as many in his community died in a spate of fatal clashes over receding resources.
To Tell or Not to Tell? Ugandan Teens Grapple with HIV Disclosure
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA, Apr 08 (IPS) - Silence is golden, it is said. But not for Ugandan Constance Nansamba*, who paid a dear price for keeping silent about being HIV positive and pregnant at age 18.
IFC-Negotiated Privately Run Hospital Sapping Lesotho Budget
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 07 (IPS) - The world's first hospital to be built and run in a developing country under a public-private partnership is taking up more than half of the health budget in Lesotho, according to new estimates, diverting resources from populations outside of the capital.
On 20th Anniversary of Genocide, Rwanda’s Women Lead
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 07 (IPS) - When Rwandan Member of Parliament Veneranda Nyirahirwa was just a girl, she wasn't allowed to attend secondary school because of her ethnicity.
Taliban Provokes New Hunger for Education
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Apr 07 (IPS) - Following scattered defiance of the Taliban earlier, a new wave of students is now heading for education in schools and colleges across the troubled north of Pakistan.
Biofortified Beans to Fight ‘Hidden Hunger’ in Rwanda
- Inter Press Service
KIGALI, Apr 06 (IPS) - Joane Nkuliye considers herself an activist. She is part of a select group of farmers producing biofortified crops on a commercial scale in Rwanda.
Italian Doctors Abort a Law
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Apr 05 (IPS) - Two out of three doctors in Italy are ‘conscientious objectors' to abortion, according to new data. The Italian Ministry of Health reveals that in 2011, 69.3 percent of doctors refused to carry out abortions, with peaks of over 85 percent in some regions.
Getting into CAR, When so Many Want to Get Out
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 04 (IPS) - In a country suffering from what the U.N. has called "ethno-religious cleansing", a "disappeared" state structure and "unacceptable sectarian brutality," gaining access to the population of the Central African Republic has proven a difficult and sometimes deadly task for humanitarian workers.
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