Commentary / World Aug 16, 2017
Weathering the violence caused by climate change
As world leaders grapple with the environmental effects of climate change, they also need to confront the direct threat that it poses to global security.
World / Social Issues Aug 10, 2017
U.N. for first time links war to famine threatening 20 million in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria
The U.N. Security Council for the first time on Wednesday linked conflict to the threat of famine facing more than 20 million people in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and northeast Nigeria. The council said in a presidential statement approved by all 15 members that it ...
World Aug 1, 2017
Yemen regime vows to wrest vital aid port of Hodeidah out of Houthi hands, give it to neutral party
The Saudi-backed Yemeni government will not allow its Houthi foes to keep the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, the information minister said, underlining its intention to remove the vital aid delivery point from the control of the Iran-aligned group. The United Nations has proposed that ...
World / Social Issues Jul 25, 2017
ICRC chief visits besieged Taiz on Yemen's front lines to assess humanitarian crisis
The chief of the international Red Cross made a rare visit to the front lines in Yemen Monday, taking a dirt road to reach the besieged western city of Taiz, devastated by more than two years of fighting. The visit by Peter Maurer, the head ...
Editorials Jul 24, 2017
North Korea faces famine again
Even if North Korean priorities are misplaced, the rest of the world should do what it can to ease the suffering of a public that is battered by the indifference of its leaders and the vicissitudes of nature?
World / Science & Health Jul 24, 2017
600,000 Yemenis forecast to contract cholera in 2017, 10 million face famine: ICRC
More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Sunday as the war-torn country's healthcare system faces collapse. Separately, the United Nations warned that 10 million Yemeni civilians are in acute need of ...
Asia Pacific / Social Issues May 28, 2017
Expert at escaping North Korea has a message for Trump
by Pierre-henry Deshayes
"I'm good at escaping," says Grace Jo, a slender 25-year-old who managed to flee North Korea and its authoritarian regime not just once but three times, though most of her family was not so lucky. Even as the reclusive Asian nation steps up its military ...
World / Social Issues May 16, 2017
Rebels in famine-hit Yemen declare emergency as cholera deaths top 180, more cases surging
Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in the war-torn country, calling for urgent international assistance. The International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday said 184 people had died of cholera since April ...
Commentary / World May 15, 2017
Memories of a trip to Malawi
by Cesar Chelala
Sometimes the most surprising and endearing memories are created when you least expect it.
World Mar 27, 2017
Six aid workers ambushed, slain in government-held area in South Sudan
A U.N. official says that six aid workers were ambushed and killed in South Sudan, the deadliest attack on humanitarian workers since the East African nation's civil war began in 2013. Eugene Owusu, the top U.N. humanitarian official in South Sudan, said in a statement ...
World Mar 16, 2017
Attack on aid convoy in South Sudan kills two, wounds three
Gunmen in famine-hit South Sudan killed two people and wounded three when they attacked a humanitarian convoy in the center of the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Thursday. South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, has been mired in ...
Editorials Mar 13, 2017
A humanitarian crisis is imminent
More than 20 million people in four countries in Africa and the Middle East are at risk of starving to death.