Malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable in Afghanistan
By Elena Becatoros and Abdul Qahar Afghan October 16, 2026 Malika, 25, tends to her 3-year-old daughter, Kalsoum, who has symptoms of malnutrition, in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children’s hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Lying in her hospital cot, the 3-year-old girl roamed the room with her gray-green eyes, but her body was listless. Her mother sat by her bedside, quietly weeping. Just
AFP, AP and Reuters
Oct 17
Afghanistan Country Report
Country Report: Afghanistan October 2026 By Holly Swiglo Afghan women wearing burqas, as mandated by Taliban law. (Photo: Faruk Tokluoglu) August 15, 2026, marked five years since the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist group, took power in Afghanistan after the United States withdrew its troops from the country. The Taliban has since eliminated all political and civic rights, dissolved representative bodies, and imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic law. Independent jou
Genocide Watch
Oct 12
Special report: Gaza and the Ten Stages of Genocide
By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch October 2026 Palestinian woman in Gaza rubble credit:Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images Genocide is one of the most severe crimes in international law, defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This crime does not begin with mass graves. It begins with language, law, and the slow erasure of a people's humanity. Dr. Gregory Stanton maps that process in Ten
Genocide Watch
Oct 2
Super El Niño May Push 26,000 Somalians Into Hunger
By Save the Children September 24, 2026 Source: Save the Children More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as families already struggling with drought brace for heavy rains and flooding. MOGADISHU, 24 September 2026 – More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as
Save the Children
Sep 24
Thousands In Somalia Could Be In Famine By Year-End
By Reuters September 23, 202610:14 AM NAIROBI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of displaced people in Somalia's southwest could experience famine between October and December if El Nino causes worse-than-expected flooding and humanitarian aid remains insufficient, a global hunger monitor said on Wednesday. Baidoa, one of Somalia's biggest cities, is home to hundreds of thousands displaced by conflict and hunger. A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
Reuters
Sep 23
Somali army clashes with rebel forces for control of key city Baidoa
Civilians gather as smoke billows from a shop hit by artillery following clashes between Somalia's federal troops and armed opposition groups, in Baidoa, Somalia [Reuters] Somalia’s army has said it has driven opposition fighters out of Baidoa, the largest city in Somalia’s South West State, after hours of heavy fighting. The clashes erupted before dawn on Monday, when fighters loyal to the state’s former president, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, attacked positions held
Al Jazeera
Aug 17
SUDAN: ALL TALK. NO ACTION. Handwringing and Empty Words
Joint Statement of G7 Foreign Ministers on El-Obeid (Sudan) 07/16/2026 03:24 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson Joint Statement of G7 Foreign Ministers on El-Obeid (Sudan) © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman who fled fighting in El Fasher, holds her daughter who was treated for malnutrition. "Obeid, Sudan must not become the next crime scene, warn UN investigators." July 16, 2026 The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America,
Genocide Watch
Jul 17
THE CALL, TEDX TALK BY Dr. GREGORY STANTON, 2017
Dr. Gregory H Stanton The Call By Gregory Stanton TEDx Talk April 22, 2017 George Washington University Washington, DC The first time I saw Genocide was in Cambodia in 1980. Church World Service and CARE asked me and my wife, Mary Ellen, to go to Cambodia to set up a relief program. I had not sought the job. At first I didn't want to go. We wanted to start a family and thought that service in Cambodia would postpone our dream. Little did we know. But I made a fateful p
Genocide Watch
Jul 15
Let’s Name the Country That’s Financing Mass Murder
Credit...Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Let’s Name the Country That’s Financing Mass Murder The New York Times July 11, 2026 By Nicholas Kristof Opinion Columnist Last year, human rights experts warned for many months that a brutal militia was about to overrun a major Sudanese city, El Fasher, and massacre inhabitants. President Trump and other world leaders mostly shrugged. The militia went ahead and overran El Fasher, slaughtering some 60,000 people in a few weeks. Now the same m
Somalia's Conflicts Are Fueling Hunger More Than Drought
by: Said Yusuf Warsame | 11 July 2026 16:29 Photo of Darul Amiin camp in Baidoa. Photo: Nuurto Mohamed Hussein Mogadishu, Somalia (Horn Observer) In recent years, drought and climate change have been widely recognized as the primary drivers of hunger in Somalia. However, the current situation suggests that armed conflict—whether stemming from clan disputes or insurgent violence—is increasingly becoming the greater obstacle to food security and recovery. This year, as the Gu p
Horn Observer
Jul 11
Rohingya starvation is Myanmar's genocidal state policy
Rohingya Hunger as State Policy: Food Deprivation and the Question of Genocide
Yousuf Syed Khan
Jun 26
