Venezuelan Refugees in Curaçao are Facing Abuse, Detention and DeportationEd note. This is a special guest post from Izza Leghtas and Jessica Thea of Refugees International. “I’ve been here...
Libya is Lurching Towards a Full Blown Civil WarBattles are raging in Tripoli between forces aligned with the UN-backed government and a renegade general named Khalifa Haftar. Haftar...
At the UN, the Trump Administration Seeks to Roll Back Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for Victims of Sexual Violence in ConflictTwo Nobel Peace Prize laureates and one of the world’s highest profile human rights lawyers were on hand at the...
Mozambique After Cyclone Idai, One Month OnIn mid-march, Cyclone Idai struck southern Africa, ravaging parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Of these countries, Mozambique was hardest...
There Has Been a 300% Increase in Measles Cases This YearIt is not usual that the heads of UNICEF and the World Health Organization would team up to jointly warn...
A Revolution in Sudan. What Comes Next?Protesters in Sudan have secured the ouster of longtime ruler Omar al Bashir. The protests began in earnest in December...
Map of the Day: The 13 Most Overlooked Global Humanitarian CrisesHow do we know which humanitarian crises are most overlooked, ignored or otherwise off the radar? One measure is how...
A Revolution in Access to Medicine is Underway in Five African CountriesAmong the many barriers to quality healthcare in the developing world is the high cost of medicine. This is due,...
How to Prevent a Demographic “Youth Bulge” From Causing Widespread UnemploymentSouth Africa is experiencing what demographers call a “youth bulge” which occurs when young people make up a disproportionately large...