Last week the UN declared a famine in two regions of Southern Somalia and warned that it could spread to other parts of the Horn of Africa. That is a big deal. As Mark Leon Goldberg of UN Dispatch pointed out, a …
Last week the UN declared a famine in two regions of Southern Somalia and warned that it could spread to other parts of the Horn of Africa. That is a big deal. As Mark Leon Goldberg of UN Dispatch pointed out, a …
The plight of Somali children, whose families are fleeing the country’s ongoing 20 year conflict and continuing drought, attempting to reach refugee camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, is ringing alarm bells at the United Nations. Somali children are dying in great numbers- aid workers have begun to discover that …
Last Thursday the Syrian Presidential Guard, led by President Assad’s brother, approached the Turkish border, causing a brief standoff between the two countries’ armed forces. As hundreds more Syrian refugees crossed the border, Turkey opted to move back its patrols slightly, avoiding direct engagement. The encounter epitomizes the now omnipresent …
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