Famine in Africa, Mideast is man-made
When his stepbrother starved to death in January, Matthew Yaw buried him in the sand next to the family’s shack of sticks and plastic,...
Kevin Seiff | Portland Press herald
Apr 1, 2017
Inside the “perfect storm” of famine
Like the four countries facing extreme hunger crises today, the famine that gripped Ethiopia from 1983 to 1985 struggled for attention...
IRIN News
Apr 1, 2017
Iraq: Plains of Nineveh – Christian churches unite to rebuild
Erbil (Iraqi Kurdistan): The idea can no longer be shrugged off as a mere pipe dream – the hope of the thousands of Iraqi Christians who...
Daniele Piccini | ANC News
Mar 31, 2017
Civilian death toll rises as fighting to retake Mosul from ISIL intensifies
LXLMS Fighting between Islamic State (ISIL) forces and the Iraqi military has intensified in recent weeks as the latter has pushed...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Mar 31, 2017
A diaspora’s dilemma: For Iraqi Christians at home and abroad, the road to reconstruction is long
An uphill struggle for Iraq’s Christians IN THEORY, this year should have been a time when the fortunes of Iraq’s Christian community,...
The Economist
Mar 30, 2017
UN: Military operations escalate in Yemen as famine looms
By Edith M. Lederer Military operations in Yemen are escalating and the humanitarian and economic situation is rapidly deteriorating in...
Washington Post
Mar 30, 2017
Freed from ISIS, but Iraq’s Qaraqosh is now a ghost town
Qaraqosh was ravaged by ISIS, who seized it in June 2014 as they rampaged across parts of northern Iraq. Although the group has been...
Al Arabiya English
Mar 29, 2017
Mosul: UN rights chief urges civilian protection as sniper fire, airstrikes kill dozens
A family climbs out of their destroyed home to flee minutes after an ISIS suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle on the street outside...
Genocide Watch
Mar 28, 2017
'My wounds still hurt and I am very afraid': Yemen's civil war in the words of its forgo
As MPs prepare to debate the worsening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the tragic suffering of some of the conflict's youngest victims has...
The Independent
Mar 28, 2017
UN urges political dialogue between warring parties to avoid famine in Yemen
The United Nations (UN) under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Stephen O’Brien has called upon the warring parties in Yemen to...
The Express Tribune
Mar 27, 2017
Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime
Body of a Somali refugee, killed in an attack by a helicopter while travelling in a vessel off the coast of Yemen, is carried at the Red...
Human Rights Watch
Mar 26, 2017
Goodbye, Islamic State. Hello, Anarchy.
On a quiet morning in late February, a convoy of black SUVs and pickups tore through the outskirts of east Mosul, at times nudging 75 mph...
Campbell MacDiarmid and David Kenner | Forgine
Mar 24, 2017
