News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 86
Orlando Bloom describes ‘devastating impact’ of DR Congo violence on women and children
- UN News
As violence escalates and millions of people continue to be displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), grave violations against children are reaching an all-time high, said UN Children’s Fund UNICEF on Wednesday.
Bringing Drought and Floods, El Niño Hits the Most Fragile in Southern Africa
- Inter Press Service
ROME, Jun 04 (IPS) - Kaponde Likando does not know how his family will survive until the next farming season. “We are not going to have anything (to harvest),” said the 60-year-old from Chingobe village in southern Zambia after his maize, sorghum, groundnut and sweet potato crops failed. “This has been the very opposite of what we expected.”
Unregulated Autonomous Weapons Systems Pose Risk to Africa
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA, Jun 04 (IPS) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on countries to conclude by 2026 negotiations on a legally binding instrument to prohibit Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS).
Little protection for the vulnerable, even on major migration routes: UNHCR
- UN News
Conflicts in Sudan and across the Sahel region have compromised protection for migrants who continue to face “unimaginable horrors” on major migration routes to Europe, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN project empowers refugees in Angola
- UN News
In the lush fields of Angola’s northeastern Lunda Norte province, a transformative project initiated by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) is not only about cultivating rice, maize, and vegetables – but also nurturing self-reliance and dignity among refugee communities.
Chad: Dictatorship Continues by Other Means
- Inter Press Service
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 31 (IPS) - On 6 May, people went to the polls in Chad, ostensibly to elect a president who’d usher in democratic civilian rule. Ten days later, the Constitutional Council confirmed there’d be no change: the elected president was the leader of the military-backed transitional government supposedly handing over power, Mahamat Idriss Déby.
UN human rights chief sounds alarm over rising violence in Burkina Faso
- UN News
The UN’s top human rights official on Friday voiced serious concern over the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Burkina Faso, where almost 1,800 people are reported to have been unlawfully killed between November last year and April.
Sudan: as millions face famine, humanitarians plead for aid access
- UN News
Famine in Sudan is “imminent” if aid agencies continue to be prevented from providing relief, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
Cabo Verde beats back climate change through South-South cooperation
- UN News
The small island developing State of Cabo Verde is fighting back against climate change with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Sudan: ‘Noose of war’ tightens on civilians in El Fasher, UN official warns
- UN News
The top UN aid official in Sudan warned on Thursday that “the noose of war is tightening its stranglehold” on civilians in El Fasher, expressing her profound distress at the dire humanitarian situation there.
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