Global IssuesNews headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 91
WMO: Climate change in Africa can destabilize ‘countries and entire regions’
- UN News
Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a new report launched on Thursday by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Inequitable Global Health Responses Underscore Need for More Self-Sufficiency in Developing Countries
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 08 (IPS) - With the outbreak of Monkeypox in non-endemic countries leading to a scramble for vaccines, global health advocates are again calling for equity to be prioritized in the international response.
Zambian Parliamentarians Tackle Population Issues to Improve Quality of Life for Citizens
- Inter Press Service
Johannesburg, Sep 08 (IPS) - Parliamentarians play a decisive role in addressing population issues, as was demonstrated when the majority voted against a private member motion to end the teaching of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in Zambia in 2020.
Somalia: UN envoy calls for collaboration to achieve new administration’s goals
- UN News
Following the end of the “contentious” electoral process in May, the political climate in Somalia is now more conducive to addressing key national priorities, UN Special Representative James Swan told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Sand Poachers Fueling Environmental Harm in Zimbabwe
- Inter Press Service
CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe, Sep 07 (IPS) - In Chitungwiza, right next to the highway, 36-year-old Nesbit Gavanga and his five colleagues use shovels as they load trucks with sand.
COVID-19 Forced Ugandan Teachers to Go Digital, Teaching Them Important Lessons
- Inter Press Service
KAMPALA/KABALE, Sep 07 (IPS) - Before the outbreak of COVID-19, an education officer in the district neighbouring Uganda’s capital Kampala decreed that teachers could not take computers, mobile phones, or tablets into classrooms.
South Sudan: Human rights violations in Unity state committed with ‘impunity’
- UN News
As fighting continues in South Sudan, a new UN report released on Tuesday documents 173 civilian deaths over a four-month period along with widespread human rights violations committed without repercussion.
Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises
- UN News
Somalia is at a “tipping point”, with hundreds of thousands of people at immediate risk of famine, the heads of the UN’s highest-level humanitarian coordination forum have warned.
Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’
- UN News
As UN relief chief Martin Griffiths warned of an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it is delivering more food aid to Somalia than ever before.
Malawian Farmers Reap More from Sunflower, Chillies
- Inter Press Service
Blantyre, Sep 05 (IPS) - Having harvested and graded their sunflower crop instead of taking it to market, every member of Zikometso Productive and Innovation Centre (IPC) brings their produce to the factory for cooking oil production. The IPC falls under the National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (Nasfarm).
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