Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa. The UN is very worried.Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa and have just made landfall in South Sudan,...
These are the Top Hunger Crises to Watch in 2020 According to the UN World Food ProgramAt the start of the year, the World Food Program issued a forecast of where it expects to find the...
How Community Health Workers Prevent Conflict in KenyaDr. Roseanne Njiru is a sociologist at the University of Nairobi who has conducted cutting edge field research that finds...
The Trump Administration Seeks Massive Cuts to the World Health Organization and UN Peacekeeping. Also, the Total Elimination of Funding for UNICEFThe budget request released this week by the White House recommends large cuts to US payments to several United Nations...
The Crisis in Yemen is Getting WorseFor a brief period this fall, it appeared that the crisis in Yemen was de-escalating. Fighting had reached some of...
The Fight Against ‘Neglected Tropical Diseases’ Gets a BoostExplanation of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and its Impact January 30th, 2020 marked the very first World NTD Day, a...
There Has Been a Staggering Increase in Hunger in the Sahel Region. Violence and Climate Change are to BlameWhile the world’s attention is turned to the coronavirus outbreak, three UN agencies warned on Tuesday about another crisis that...
A Key UN Committee Ruled that Climate Refugees Deserve Special Protection. Here’s Why That MattersThis article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Yvonne Su, University of...
Why Are So Many Aid Workers Being Killed in the Line of Duty?Aid work can be a dangerous business. According to the latest verified data, 131 aid workers were killed in the...
