Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People — Global Issues

Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People — Global Issues

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Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, October 27, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 27 (IPS) – In response to lawsuits brought by LGBTQI+ activists, the Mauritius Supreme Court has issued two landmark judgments striking down the criminalisation of consensual sex between adult men as unconstitutional. Its reasoning…

International support critical to forge lasting peace in Central African Republic — Global Issues

International support critical to forge lasting peace in Central African Republic — Global Issues

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Ms. Rugwabiza, who also heads the UN Mission in the country, MINUSCA, presented its latest report covering developments in the wake of the 31 July constitutional referendum. She said MINUSCA continues to support Government efforts to “decentralize” the peace process with armed groups, including recent initiatives to extend state presence…

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict — Global Issues

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Cattle carcass in Kenya’s Kitengela Maasai rangelands in the great drought of 2009. A new report shows that major river basis in Africa have become sources of conflict due to drying up thanks to climate change and environmental degradation. Credit: ILRI by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press…

To Attain the SDGs, We Must End Female Genital Mutilation — Global Issues

To Attain the SDGs, We Must End Female Genital Mutilation — Global Issues

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In Africa, an estimated 55 million girls under the age of 15 have experienced – or are at risk of experiencing – FGM. Credit: Shutterstock Opinion by Stephanie Musho, Esther M Passaris (nairobi) Friday, October 20, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct 20 (IPS) – The tips of our fingers have densely…

Mauritius Begins to Correct a Historic Wrong Towards LGBTQI+ People — Global Issues

Funds dry up for Afghan quake survivors, child deaths alert in Sudan, diphtheria outbreak in Guinea — Global Issues

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That’s the message from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which appealed on Wednesday for $19 million to provide emergency food assistance to those “in desperate need” in the country’s western Herat province. The agency’s deputy director in Afghanistan Ana Maria Salhuana stressed that to assist earthquake survivors WFP “is…

Egypt Sacrifices Part of UNESCO Site for Road Development — Global Issues

Egypt Sacrifices Part of UNESCO Site for Road Development — Global Issues

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Egypt is sacrificing a historic area to make way for a road network to assist with traffic flow in Cairo. Credit: Hisham Allam/IPS by Hisham Allam (cairo) Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Inter Press Service CAIRO, Oct 18 (IPS) – The Egyptian government is clearing a vast area in Historic Cairo, a…

Women hold the Key to Success of Pastoralism in Africa — Global Issues

Women hold the Key to Success of Pastoralism in Africa — Global Issues

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Cattle quench their thirst at a drying river as worsening drought conditions continue in Isiolo County, Kenya. Credit: ILRI/Geoffrey Njenga by Maina Waruru (nairobi) Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Oct 17 (IPS) – Women in pastoralist areas of East Africa are critical to the health of livestock in…

UN expert warns of child recruitment by armed forces — Global Issues

UN expert warns of child recruitment by armed forces — Global Issues

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Siobhán Mullally, UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, said unaccompanied children and children from poor families have reportedly been targeted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia in the outskirts of the capital Khartoum and elsewhere. They’ve forcibly recruited women and children especially, she warned. Girls have also reportedly…