Kony 2017? Mark Leon Goldberg March 31, 2017 Kony 2017? (Without the USA At Least)...”The Ugandan military says an aide to Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony has surrendered, a day after the United States said it will withdraw from the task force ch...
Somalia’s Drought Threatens Half the Population Mark Leon Goldberg March 30, 2017 Somalia's current drought is threatening half of the country's population, or about 6 million people, according to the United Nations. Aid agencies have scaled up efforts but say more support is urgently needed...
US Considering Big Escalation in Yemen Conflict Mark Leon Goldberg March 28, 2017 This week marks the two year anniversary of the Saudi-led intervention. “The Pentagon is reportedly considering ramping up US support for Saudi Arabia’s bloody war in Yemen, which has already killed at least 10...
A Massacre in Mosul Mark Leon Goldberg March 27, 2017 The U.S. military said on Saturday a U.S.-led coalition strike had hit an Islamic State-held area of Iraq's Mosul where residents and officials say as many as 200 civilians may have been killed as result of an ...
Massive Cuts Coming for UNICEF and UN Peacekeeping? Mark Leon Goldberg March 24, 2017 Colum Lynch has the scoop. “The White House budget office informed State Department officials this week that the administration plans to eliminate all U.S. funding to the $326 million International Organization...
Dozens of Civilians Killed in US Strike Mark Leon Goldberg March 23, 2017 This raises the question of whether or not certain US rules of engagement have changed with President Trump? “An airstrike by U.S.-led coalition forces leveled a school west of Raqqa and killed at least 33 peop...
Deaths from Starvation are Mounting in Somalia Mark Leon Goldberg March 22, 2017 A reminder that famine looms in Somalia. “At least 26 people died from hunger in the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region of southern Somalia in just a day and a half, federal government radio said on its website. ...
And the World’s “Happiest” Country Is… Mark Leon Goldberg March 21, 2017 From the new UN World Happiness Report...“Norway has jumped from 4th place in 2016 to 1st place this year, followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland in a tightly packed bunch. All of the top four countries r...
Aid Convoy Attacked in South Sudan Mark Leon Goldberg March 17, 2017 Parts of the country are besieged by famine and this happens...Gunmen attacked an aid convoy in famine-hit South Sudan, killing two people and wounding three, the International Organization for Migration said o...