Wounds of War
Wounds of War
Africa
War Comes for Harvest in Sudan As People Starve
Jan 2, 2024 After capturing Gezira, a State in central Sudan that was producing 40% of its wheat, the RSF is set to battle the Sudanese Armed Forces to consolidate control over the country’s agricultural heartland.
Africa
Millions at Risk for Disease in War-Torn Sudan
Nov 21, 2023 Rawia Kamal, a health activist displaced after the paramilitary attacked her home, recounts the travails of being in war-torn Sudan with looming threat of diseases.
‘Human Rights Champion’ John McCain Silent on Efforts to End War Crimes in Yemen
Mar 14, 2018 When will the senator acknowledge Saudi Arabia's abuses in the poorest country in the Arab world and act?Photo of the Week: The Latest Devastation of Haiti
Oct 9, 2016 Why is Haiti so vulnerable to disaster? In addition to geography, there's a legacy of debt, poverty, political instability, foreign exploitation and negligence, corruption and violence.
The U.N. in Haiti: Time to Adapt or Time to Go
Sep 1, 2011 After seven years in Haiti, it is time for the UN peacekeeping mission to either significantly refocus its mission or close its operation and leave the business of governing and reconstruction to the Haitians themselvesIt is time for the U peacekeeping mission in Haiti to either significantly refocus its mission or close its operation completely.
Haiti’s Cholera Death Toll Rising
Jan 1, 2011 The death toll in Haiti's cholera epidemic is rising. The toll now exceeds 3,300, official sources say, and the number of people infected has soared to 150,000 in just two months since the outbreak began.
Haiti Wraps Up an Unkind 2010
Dec 25, 2010 It’s been quite a year for Haiti. With election turmoil, a cholera epidemic and manifest misery almost a year after one of the most destructive earthquakes of recent times, Haiti still awaits reconstruction and many of the aid dollars promised to help it recover.
The Sower
Nov 20, 2010
More Than 1,000 Dead From Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
Nov 17, 2010 Over the last year, Haitians have been hit by a catastrophic earthquake and harsh tropical storms, and now another kind of trouble has hit the Caribbean country: a cholera scourge that has already claimed more than 1,000 lives.
Haiti Braces for Future Quakes
Nov 1, 2010 From earthquakes to cholera, Haiti can't seem to get a break. Geologists have now reported that the decimated country may be in serious risk of additional devastation. Scientists posit that “not all the geological strain that triggered the original quake” last Jan. 12 has been released.
