One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban
Reuters A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government. After four decades of war and the deaths of tens of thousands of people, security has largely improved, but Afghanistan’s economy is in ruins despite hundreds of billions of dollars […]
US aid chief says emergency food in Ethiopia’s Tigray to run out this week
Nairobi, KenyaReuters For the first time in nine months of war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, aid workers will this week run out of food to deliver to millions of people who are going hungry there, the head of the US Government’s humanitarian agency said. “USAID and its partners as well as other humanitarian organisations have […]
The Long Read: “No safety nets” – debts weigh on grieving Indian families
ROLI SRIVASTAVA AND ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the dramatic impacts the coronavirus pandemic has has on many living in India…
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are blocking food deliveries and other assistance. Francis called for an immediate end to the fighting in Tigray, the return of social harmony and for “all food aid and health […]
The Long Read: UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray
In a Reuters exclusive, KATHARINE HOURELD and GIULIA PARAVICINI report on the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region…
Sexual violence being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia’s Tigray, UN says
New York City, USReuters Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where girls as young as eight are being targeted and some women have reported being gang-raped over several days, UN aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Thursday. He told the UN Security Council that the humanitarian crisis […]
270 million people face starvation, says WFP as it receives Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, NorwayReuters Some 270 million people worldwide – equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, Britain, France and Italy – stand on the brink of starvation, the head of the United Nations’ World Food Programme said on Thursday upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. The WFP, which has coordinated medical logistics during the coronavirus pandemic, […]
Drought leaves 366,000 “one step away from famine” in Madagascar – UN
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Recurring drought in Madagascar’s south has left more than 360,000 people on the brink of famine, a top United Nations official warned on Thursday, urging donors to do more to help people prepare for climate shocks. Ursula Mueller, UN deputy humanitarian chief, said the impoverished Indian Ocean island was witnessing more […]
With photos, Kenyans say #WeCannotIgnore one million hungry people
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Prominent Kenyans shared pictures of drought-hit communities on Twitter on Tuesday, calling for greater government action to end a hunger crisis which has left one million people short of food. #WeCannotIgnore was trending in the east African nation as human rights activists, journalists and ordinary citizens shared images of a child […]
Yemeni mothers forced to choose which child starves, says aid group
Thomson Reuters Foundation Mothers are being forced to leave their children to starve as they face a “catastrophic” shortage of food in war-torn Yemen, a humanitarian group said on Thursday. As the warring parties pledged a ceasefire over a key entry port for supplies, Action Against Hunger said many civilians were struggling to survive in a conflict […]