Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa. The UN is very worried. Joanne Lu February 19, 2020 Massive swarms of desert locusts are devouring their way through East Africa and have just made landfall in South Sudan, the country’s agriculture minister announced on Tuesday, sparking fears of a severe food ...
There Has Been a Staggering Increase in Hunger in the Sahel Region. Violence and Climate Change are to Blame Joanne Lu February 5, 2020 While the world’s attention is turned to the coronavirus outbreak, three UN agencies warned on Tuesday about another crisis that has been looming in the background: an alarming hunger spike in Burkina Faso, Mal...
In the New UN Human Development Report Norway Tops the List as the Country With the Highest Quality of Life Joanne Lu December 11, 2019 Compared to 20 years ago, the world’s poorest are doing far better. But millions of people are still anxious about their present conditions and future prospects; and they’re taking to the streets in Hong Kong, ...
The Most Food Insecure Countries in the World, Ranked Joanne Lu November 5, 2019 With just 10 more years to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, 43 countries in the world are still facing “serious” levels of hunger, and five have hit “alarming” or “extremely alarming” levels. That’s a...
How a vaccine scare caused polio to re-emerge in the Philippines after 19 years Joanne Lu October 15, 2019 Nineteen years after polio was officially eradicated in the Philippines, the incurable disease has made a resurgence due to widespread fears about vaccines. On September 14, health officials in the Philippin...
The Safest Countries in the World, Ranked According to the United Nations Joanne Lu September 6, 2019 Nordic countries may top the lists of happiest, most peaceful and cleanest countries in the world. But according to the UN, Japan and Singapore are actually the safest. In the latest comprehensive report on ho...
The Most Innovative Countries in the World, As Ranked By the UN Joanne Lu August 21, 2019 The United Nations agency that guards intellectual property rights has ranked countries according to how innovative they are. Switzerland is the most innovative country in the world, according to the latest Gl...
Today is World Humanitarian Day. Here’s What that Means Joanne Lu August 19, 2019 It’s World Humanitarian Day, and this year, the UN is highlighting the hard work and sacrifice of tens of thousands of women humanitarian aid workers in crises around the world. According to the UN, there are ...
Four Ways We Can Use Land Better to Avoid Food Shortages and Prevent a Climate Crisis Joanne Lu August 9, 2019 The verdict is in: Humans and climate change are putting the land on which we live under immense and growing pressure. But that same land could be part of the solution. On Thursday the UN’s Intergovernmental P...
