News headlines for “Conflicts in Africa”, page 15

  1. TOGO: ‘The International Community Must Send a Clear Message That Power Grabs Won’t Be Tolerated’

    - Inter Press Service

    Sep 11 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the crackdown on civil society in Togo with a human rights defender who asked to stay anonymous for security reasons.

  2. Mpox: UNHCR launches $21.4 million appeal to support refugees in African countries

    - UN News

    The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, appealed on Wednesday for $21.4 million to urgently scale up health services for forcibly displaced people in African countries impacted by the mpox emergency.

  3. El Niño-Induced Water Crisis Drubbing Villagers in Zimbabwe

    - Inter Press Service

    MUDZI, Zimbabwe, Sep 09 (IPS) - Side-by-side with fellow male villagers, Enia Tambo uses a white 25-liter plastic bucket to dig out mounds of sand in the Vhombozi River, in Mudzi district located in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East Province.

  4. Nigeria: Protecting the Vulnerable on the Path to Progress

    - Inter Press Service

    ABUJA, Nigeria, Sep 09 (IPS) - Returning to Nigeria after five years, I was struck by the changes - both the challenges and the opportunities. To better understand these dynamics, I have been undertaking visits to states across Nigeria.

  5. Africa’s Strong Case for Reforms of UN Security Council Led by Sierra Leone Presidency

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Sep 09 (IPS) - At most international forums, including the annual UN General Assembly high-level debate, Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio consistently highlights the injustices of the global system, particularly Africa's absence in the permanent category and underrepresentation in the non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

  6. The world must ‘wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare of conflict’ says WHO’s Tedros

    - UN News

    Sudan’s health system is “near collapse” after 16 months of war have left the country and its people facing what the UN’s top health official described on Sunday as the “perfect storm of crises”, which the world is largely ignoring.

  7. Rural Survival: Guardians of Mother Earth Saving Mau, Revitalizing Native Lands

    - Inter Press Service

    GREAT RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Sep 06 (IPS) - Between 2001 and 2022, the Mau Forest's deforestation resulted in the loss of about 533 square kilometers of tree cover. Now, a group of women, under the aegis of the Paran Women Group, are preparing to plant 100,000 saplings this rainy season in an effort to restore the forest.The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. A breathtaking, diverse mix of natural beauty that includes dramatic escarpments, highland mountains, cliffs and gorges, lakes and savannas. It is also home to one of Africa's greatest wildlife reserves—the Maasai Mara National Reserve.

  8. Mpox: Equitable vaccine access crucial for Global South

    - UN News

    As African countries grapple with a deadly mpox outbreak, the UN independent expert on the right to health on Friday stressed that equitable access to vaccines is crucial in the race to save lives.

  9. Sudan war: Rights probe demands wider arms embargo to end ‘rampant’ abuse

    - UN News

    Top human rights investigators into Sudan’s brutal war called on Friday for a country-wide arms embargo as they recounted harrowing testimony of victims of horrific sexual attacks whose bodies are treated as a “theatre of operation” by fighters acting with total impunity.

  10. UN strongly condemns ‘tragic death’ of Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei

    - UN News

    The United Nations has mourned the loss of Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who died at a hospital in Eldoret, Kenya, on Thursday, just days after reportedly being set on fire by a boyfriend.

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