Humanitarian crisis

Noam Chomsky: Israel’s West Bank plans will leave Palestinians very little

Source: CNN Editor’s note: Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Among his recent books are Hegemony or Survival, Failed States, Power Systems, Occupy, and Hopes and Prospects. His web site is http://www.chomsky.info. (CNN) — The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks […]

Amnesty asks France to investigate deadly airstrike

France24. By Joseph BAMAT  .  Amnesty International said on Friday that Malian civilians have faced grave danger from warring Malian troops and Islamist fighters, but also potentially from French forces during the ongoing conflict in the West African country. Malian soldiers have committed human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, before […]

Wanted: better bridges between science and aid efforts

Imogen Mathers 17 August 2012 | EN Science and new technologies underpin many humanitarian products SunFire Solutions Aid innovators are calling for more interaction with research and development communities, ahead of World Humanitarian Day, reports Imogen Mathers. [LONDON] In the aftermath of the devastating bomb attack on the UN’s Baghdad […]