Yemen’s plunging economy threatens to kill more people than war – aid agency
Thomson Reuters Foundation Yemen’s tanking economy threatens to kill more people than bombs and guns, an aid agency warned on Tuesday as the currency hit its lowest level ever, compounding the world’s biggest hunger crisis. The Norwegian Refugee Council said soaring food prices were pushing many people closer to the brink in a country where […]
ESSAY: THE WORLD’S MOST DEADLY PLACE TO DELIVER AID
In an article first published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, JAN EGELAND, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, reflects on the dangers aid workers are facing in countries like South Sudan…
Africans fleeing war top list of world’s most neglected, says Norwegian Refugee Council
Thomson Reuters Foundation Six of the world’s 10 most neglected crises are in Africa, where conflict has uprooted millions of people, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday, attributing the continent’s dominance to a lack of media attention, aid and political will. Democratic Republic of Congo, where years of civil war have led more than […]