Ravaged by Ebola and war, Congo named most neglected crisis of 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation With an Ebola epidemic raging and millions caught in a forgotten “catastrophe” of conflict and hunger, Democratic Republic of Congo was the most neglected crisis of 2018, according to an annual Thomson Reuters Foundation poll of aid agencies. This year’s survey was unusual for the high number of “most forgotten crises”, with […]
New research highlights most “under-reported” humanitarian crises in 2016
Food crises in Eritrea and North Korea, ongoing fighting in the Lake Chad Basin nations of Chad, Cameroon and Niger, and floods in Bangladesh were among the most under-reported humanitarian crises in 2016, according to aid organisation CARE International. The top 10 list also includes food crises in Madagascar and Papua New Guinea as well […]
AFRICA: “WE ARE IN A CATASTROPHE” – BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY THREATENS FUTURE OF LAKE CHAD BASIN
ILLIA DJADI, of World Watch Monitor, reports on the humanitarian “catastrophe” affecting the Lake Chad Basin region…