Vatican envoy slams Lebanese politicians during visit to Beirut
Beirut, LebanonReuters A Vatican envoy criticised Lebanon’s politicians on his visit to Beirut on Tuesday, calling for an end to “the few profiting of the suffering of many” in a financial crisis which has plunged the bulk of the country into poverty. Vatican’s foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, […]
Essay: In Afghanistan, heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving
UK researchers JONATHAN GOODHAND and JAN KOEHLER look – in an article first published on The Conversation – look at why the trade in people and drugs is growing in importance in Afghanistan…
VENEZUELAN MIGRATION CRISIS: IS SOUTH AMERICA CLOSING ITS ‘OPEN DOOR’?
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how nations are imposing new entry restrictions in the midst of South America’s largest migration crisis…
Venezuela’s crisis boosts trafficking risk for women, children – experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation Migrant women and children fleeing Venezuela’s economic collapse are at heightened risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking on their journeys seeking refuge across South America, aid agencies said on Wednesday. More than 1.6 million Venezuelans have abandoned the oil-rich nation since 2015 to seek better lives in neighbouring Colombia and across the […]