More people have died because Yemen’s main airport is closed than from the conflict directly Mark Leon Goldberg August 10, 2017 It has been one year since the Saudi-led international coalition stopped all commercial traffic in and out of Sanaa International Airport. The results have been deadly -- perhaps even deadlier than the conflict itself. Marking the anniversary of the airport...
VIDEO: A BBC Journalist Snuck Into Yemen To Report on the Worst Humanitarian Crisis Mark Leon Goldberg July 28, 2017 Journalists routinely hitch rides on UN planes. If there is space on airlifts transporting humanitarian goods and personnel, the UN generally welcomes journalists to ride along and report on some forgotten humanitarian crisis. Such was the case last week when ...
After years of decline, child marriages are skyrocketing in Yemen. (Because, War) Penelope Starr March 29, 2017 The war in Yemen - which is now entering its third year of active conflict - is having a devastating impact on the population. Almost the entire country is affected, with alarming rates of food insecurity and malnutrition. The public health system is threateni...
The “Four Famines,” Explained Kimberly Curtis March 17, 2017 Hunger will be the humanitarian disaster of 2017. The UN already declared a full fledged famine in parts of South Sudan last month, and three other situations around the world are precariously close to crossing a threshold of food insecurity that leads to fa...
Trump seeks deep cuts to UN relief programs, just as 20 million people face famine Mark Leon Goldberg March 14, 2017 In a perfect storm, the Trump administration is reportedly seeking deep cuts to UN relief programs, just as 20 million people face famine. Colum Lynch reports in Foreign Policy that the White House has instructed the State Department and the US Mission to t...
Famine, Explained (VIDEO) Mark Leon Goldberg March 13, 2017 What three conditions trigger the United Nations to declare a "famine?" What causes a famine? And how do you stop a famine? These questions are acute right now as the world faces an unprecedented number of people living in famine or near famine conditions. ...
Famine Strikes South Sudan. UN Warns Three Other Countries Could be Next. One of the Biggest Catastrophes of a Generation Mark Leon Goldberg February 23, 2017 Famine kills children first. Famine does not simply mean "lack of food." Rather it is a threshold against which indicators like childhood mortality are measured to determine whether the lack of food is causing people to starve to death in large numbers. Whi...
Yemen is on the Brink of Famine Mark Leon Goldberg October 19, 2016 In UN-speak there are five levels of "food insecurity." This ranges from generally food secure to famine. The chart below, from the Food and Agriculture Organization, gives you a sense of the indicators that humanitarian agencies use to determine where peop...
New York Times Journalist Scott Shane Tells The Inside Story of President Obama’s Most Controversial Foreign Policy Decision Mark Leon Goldberg October 3, 2016 Scott Shane is a veteran reporter with the New York Times. His latest book is titled Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President and the Rise of the Drone. It tells the story of Anwar al-Awlaki and President Obama's decision to kill him. al-Awlaki was an A...
