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South Sudan

UN Agency Decries 'Shocking Scale' of Attacks on Children in Conflict Zones

child in school in Yemen

Conflicts and Climate Change Fueling Rise in World Hunger

Julia Conley, staff writer

"This has set off alarm bells we cannot afford to ignore," according to U.N. report

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Violence and Persecution Uprooted Record 65.6 Million People in 2016, UN Agency Reports

UN News Centre

The figure equates to "one person displaced every three seconds –less than the...

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In a "World of Plenty," G7 Must Fight Famine

Tharanga Yakupitiyage, IPS News

A child from drought-stricken southern Somalia who survived the long journey to an aid camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu. (Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPS)

'Political failure has led to these crises—political leadership is needed to...

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From Rio, Olympic Refugee Team Urges Compassion for Displaced People

World on Fire: UN Helpless as Crises Rage in 10 Critical Hot Spots

UN Bodies Sound Alarm on Looming Famine

58 Killed, More Than 100 Injured After UN Base Attacked in South Sudan

UN Shows 'Shocking Indifference' Towards Displaced People: Doctors

Newswire

Oxfam International

One Month After South Sudan Famine Announced, It’s a Race Against the Rains to Save Lives

Doctors Without Borders

MSF to Pull out of World Humanitarian Summit

Amnesty International

South Sudan: Government Must End Arbitrary Detentions by the Intelligence Agency

Committee to Protect Journalists

Bangladesh, South Sudan join CPJ's Global Impunity Index...

Center for American Progress (CAP)

Gold from Sudan Fuels Atrocities, Requires Industry Red-Flags and New Sanctions

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Views

Nick Turse

The Journalist and the Fixer

Uju Okoye

Nikki Haley’s Trip to Africa Will Be Exercise in Hypocrisy

Kathy Kelly

Violence Spreads the Famine, and the Famine Will Spread Violence

Adam Parsons

It’s Time to Reawaken the Spirit of Occupy for the Starving Millions

Phoebe Wynn-Pope

People Are Looking Death In The Face While We Turn The Other Cheek

Kathy Kelly

Angry, Desperate, Rejected

Patrick Lawrence

Famine Could Kill 20 Million in Africa and Yemen—Why the Deafening Silence?

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan

Facing Famine, 20 Million People Need Food, Not Bombs

Nick Turse

A Perpetual Killing Field in the Worst Place on Earth

Gwynne Dyer

South Sudan is Not Africa

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