Longread of the Day…Shrinking State DepartmentThis is a longread by Julia Ioffe. Don’t miss the kicker. “With the State Department demonstratively shut out of meetings...
WHO Needs 12 New AntibioticsThe World Health Organization released what is a essentially a ‘most wanted list’ of the 12 families of bacteria that...
UN Agencies Issue Dire warning on S. Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen and SomaliaA rare joint press conference the Secretary General and heads of the UNDP, OCHA and WFP. “Sounding the alarm on...
Trump Unveils New Deportation PolicyThis move will have broad international implications. “President Trump has directed his administration to more aggressively enforce the nation’s immigration...
UN Officially Declares “Famine” in South SudanThe last major famine to strike killed over 200,000 people in Somalia in 2011. ”War and a collapsing economy have...
Beware the ArmywormThe warning from FAO follows a three day meeting in Harare. “Zimbabwe is likely to be the country hardest hit...
Good News on Yellow FeverThe outbreak killed nearly 1,000 people in DRC and Angola. “Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst yellow fever outbreak in decades...
Kenyan Docs Go to JailSeven union leaders involved in an ongoing strike have been sentenced to a month in Jail. “The nationwide strike involving...
North Korea Clearly Wants to Test TrumpThe timing is key. “North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off its eastern coast on Sunday, in...