Taliban liars will never change
LUKE COFFEY January 13, 2023 The winter months are a time of hardship and hunger for many Afghans, of whom an estimated 97 percent are threatened with poverty. This winter, […]
When starvation the only means Palestinian prisoners can adopt to challenge Israel
Aug 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen If he survives until today, Khalil Awawda will have been on hunger strike for 172 days in protest against Israeli administrative detention […]
Operation Yemen
EDITORIAL Daily Times DECEMBER 27, 2021 Six years and innumerable rounds of strikes and counter-strikes later, Operation Decisive Storm is yet to establish the cherished peace it had set out […]
House Democrats call on Biden to unfreeze Afghan central bank reserves
BY JOSEPH CHOI – 12/20/21 by https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.493.0_en.html#goog_19588677581 second of 12 secondsVolume 0% More than 40 House Democrats on Monday called on President Biden to open up access to economic reserves for Afghanistan in order to […]
Who are Yemen’s Houthis?
Who are Yemen’s Houthis? Desember 14, 2018 Penulis Myriam Renaud Principal Investigator and Project Director of the Global Ethic Project, Parliament of the World’s Religions, University of Chicago Pengungkapan Myriam Renaud […]
Turn over UN management to Elon Musk, let it be done!
BY MELIH ALTINOK COLUMNS NOV 04, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A photo illustration by Daily Sabah’s Büşra Öztürk shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk with the U.N. logo seen at the right background. The […]
Taliban bans foreign currencies in Afghanistan
Published7 hours ago bbc.com The Taliban has banned the use of foreign currencies in Afghanistan, a move that could further disrupt an economy on the brink of collapse. “The economic […]
Babies found dumped as Lebanese grapple with poverty
A general view of the centre of Lebanon’s capital Beirut. (AFP file photo) Short Url https://arab.news/6xmrq Country has reached starvation stage, says ex-minister NAJIA HOUSSARISeptember 03, 2021 BEIRUT: Two babies […]
Peace and zero hunger go hand in hand
Author PRINCE FAISAL BIN FARHAN & DAVID BEASLEY December 28, 2020 About 300 children gather at Coronationville Secondary School as they wait for a food and goods distribution ahead of […]
‘Serious’ questions over SAS involvement in Yemen war
Minister promises to investigate report of firefight involving British personnel as claims swirl about child soldiers in Saudi-led force Patrick Wintour, diplomatic editor Wed 27 Mar 2019 Soldiers with a […]
South Sudan’s civil war may be over, but the need for humanitarian funding is ever more urgent
In 2019 a staggering 7.1 million, or around two thirds of South Sudan’s population, will require humanitarian assistance Bel Trew Gumuruk, South Sudan The Independent Voices A woman from Pibor, […]
History books will be harsh on us for ignoring Yemen
Please send your letters to letters@independent.co.uk Letters The Independent Voices A woman carries her son Imran Faraj, 8 years old, who is suffering from malnutrition in Yemen ( Abdul Jabbar […]
Cut Off: Starving Syrians Hope to Live Through Winter
By Christoph Reuter SpiegelOnline As the world focuses on Syria’s chemical disarmament, thousands of people in the country face a more pressing concern: starvation. Cut off by ongoing violence, they […]
Feeding hungry in Ramadan: Who will feed Rohingya Myanmar Muslims?
Source: Dawn.com AID groups have warned of an impending humanitarian catastrophe in western Myanmar as authorities attempt to isolate tens of thousands of the displaced ethnic Rohingya minority in camps described by one aid worker as “open air prisons”. Aid has struggled to reach those affected by sectarian unrest in […]
For Congo Children, Food Today Means None Tomorrow
NY Times: Today, the big children will eat, Cynthia, 15, and Guellor, 13. Tomorrow, it will be the turn of the little ones, Bénédicte, Josiane and Manassé, 3, 6, and 9. Of course, the small ones will fuss. “Yes, sure, they ask for food, but we don’t have any,” said […]