"I cannot sleep at night now, I cannot eat, I am just afraid" said Rania Hamed, an eight-year-old Palestinian refugee, who fled the Nahr al Bared camp on foot with her family in May (Fleeing Palestinian children speak of horrors). In armed conflict, children always pay the heaviest price from the fighting, displacement, lack of […]
Regarding the war in Iraq, the U.S. military has prosecuted more than 200 cases against its own personnel for crimes against humanity and the violations of the laws of war, including murder, rape, and kidnapping. Christian conservative groups, in coordination with some veterans associations, have established a grass-roots funding campaign to defend the accused and […]
Omar al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, has concluded that Darfur is now safe and secure and that “people are leading a normal daily life.” The comments came after the president embarked on a three-day tour across the Darfur region, which is roughly the size of France. Al-Bashir returned from the trip noting reconstruction projects such […]
Somalia – Residents of Mogadishu, who had returned after recent fighting between government forces and insurgents, find themselves leaving again, as the violence worsens. Children are the worst effected in the fighting, and suffer most in IDP camps. Sudan – Darfur hasn't become any safer since the signing of a peace treaty was signed a […]
Pastorial Child in Tanzania (Photo by VetAid) Pastoralism is a form of farming, or ranching, where one raises and tends to herd animals, including camels, goats, cattle, yaks, llamas and sheep. Pastoralism, especially in Africa is very nomadic, as one needs to move their herds in search of grazing land and water. Pastoralist, such as […]
10 month old-child, suffering from malnutrition in 2005 food crisis in Niger Radhika Chalasani/Unicef via Getty Images Crisis looms for many African nations, as increasing food shortages seem inevitable. Africa's poorest will again pay for the failure to eliminate the crisis at its very core, as a new report, Beyond any Drought, warns of […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Police said they had arrested two Rwandans living in exile in France who are wanted by an international court trying suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Cleric Wenceslas Munyeshyaka was detained in Gisors, some 60 km (38 miles) northwest of Paris, where he has been living since 2001. Munyeshyaka, formerly head of the […]
Burma (Myanmar) – UNICEF has begun distributing emergency supplies such as medicines, clothing, cooking utensils and water purification tablets in Myanmar in the wake of flooding that has struck the country. Media reports say thousands of people have been left homeless by the floods, which come two weeks after the start of the annual monsoon […]
Brothers and Sisters All Love Our World “Many holding hands represent people from different races, countries, and cultures bringing their love and care to each other. There is no boundary between them. They sing a song for peace and friendship as they share their knowledge and happiness. A world full of joy and harmony is […]
I’m working on an article now for a print publication on "green airports." As Mr. Spock would say: "Fascinating." Here's an informative video clip from the European Union on aviation and climate change. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/tX1WfZ_Wrq4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Really well done. Also, here's an article from a recent number of "The Economist" – Travelling […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush, under fire over the treatment of terrorism suspects, has issued new rules to ensure that detention and interrogation by the CIA comply with the Geneva Conventions’ ban on torture. An executive order from Bush set out how to deal with detainees and gives interrogators from the U.S. […]
Sierra Leone jails militiamen: (Reuters) Three militiamen were sentenced to decades long prison sentences for human rights violations committed during the civil war that spanned from 1991 – 2002 in Sierra Leone. The U.N. backed Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted the men for “some of the most heinous, brutal and atrocious crimes ever recorded.” […]
The oldest conflict in Africa has taken more than 30,000 children as child soldiers, many others used as sex slaves, almost all have been abducted from their families. All 30,000 plus children, some as young as eight, have suffered in the violent hands of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), in northern Uganda. According to the […]
National Petroleum Council Report – Okay, I will admit it: Because this was a report by the National Petroleum Council, from a task force led by ex-Exxon chief and vociferous global warming “skeptic” Lee Raymond, commissioned by a presidential administration that has been famously indifferent, if not hostile, to the environment, I didn’t take much […]
On November 19, 2005, a Marine unit encountered a roadside bomb, killing one U.S. soldier. Following the event, Marine squads underwent a house to house search for insurgents. Instead, the Marines allegedly killed several Iraqi civilians, including woman and children – some of which were in their beds. Lance Cpl. Stephen B. Tatum is undergoing […]