Global Issues
News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 436
Myanmar Ethnic Strife Spills Over to Malaysia
- Inter Press Service
SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (IPS) - Two Myanmar Buddhist politicians who were visiting Malaysia narrowly escaped a late night assassination attempt outside a leading shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur this month. The incident has raised fears of an overseas spillover of the religious violence that has engulfed their state of Rakhine in recent years.
Chagos Islanders ‘Will Not Give Up’ Fight to Return Home
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Feb 20 (IPS) - "The Marine Protected Area (MPA) created around the Chagos archipelago is a new obstacle that the British government has placed in our path to prevent us from going back to our homeland," claims Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugees Group (CRG).
Hope for HIV Positive Teenagers in Northern Ghana
- Inter Press Service
TAMALE, Feb 19 (IPS) - With tears rolling down her cheeks, Zainab Salifu queued at the fevers unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital in northern Ghana. Earlier in the day, the 18-year-old had been diagnosed HIV positive.
Climate Change Triggers Disease Risk in Tanzania
- Inter Press Service
, Feb 18 (IPS) - Residents in low-lying areas in Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, are potentially at risk of contracting waterborne diseases as heavy rains, which started last week, continue to pound the city.
Students Take On the Army
- Inter Press Service
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Feb 17 (IPS) - Disturbed by civilian casualties and moved by the plight of people living like refugees in their own country, students from Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are demanding an end to army operations against militants on their native soil.
Somalia Powerless to Stop Al-Shabaab Mobile Internet Shutdown
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Feb 16 (IPS) - Osman Ali, the owner of an electronics shop in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, has been hard-hit since Al-Shabaab forced the biggest telecoms company to switch off its mobile internet service in this Horn of Africa nation.
South Africa’s Law to Stop Hate Crimes Against Gays
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Feb 14 (IPS) - "Every day I live in fear that I will be raped," said Thembela*, one of thousands of lesbians across South Africa being terrorised by the scourge of "corrective rape".
Internet Holds a Presidential Hope
- Inter Press Service
ANKARA, Feb 14 (IPS) - Turkey is waiting to see if President Abdullah Gul will ratify the government's controversial Internet bill, which opposition parties, civil society and the international community call a major restriction on freedom of expression.
Waiting for Justice for Mali’s Missing Soldiers
- Inter Press Service
BAMAKO, Feb 13 (IPS) - Aminata Diarra last saw her brother, Malamine, a member of the Malian Red Berets, special forces loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure, alive on national television almost two years ago.
Plugging South Africa’s Post-Apartheid Leaks
- Inter Press Service
CAPE TOWN, Feb 12 (IPS) - The South African government's earnest rush to provide water to millions of people post-apartheid may have jeopardised its attempts to provide services to the country in the long run.
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