Our Silence in the Face of Genocide
The world’s worst humanitarian crisis today is probably the web of famine, civil war, mass rape and other atrocities in Sudan ...
The challenging but compelling political case for USAID
Rarely if ever does a newspaper headline include the words “crisis averted,” yet, that is what investments in development ...
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After decades of progress, USAID cuts could blind the world to famine
The Trump administration's dismantling of USAID threatens the international system for forecasting and tracking extreme ...
U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Hit Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Violence and Famine in Darfur
Just weeks after the U.S. government suspended its work in massive foreign aid cuts announced in January, humanitarians say ...
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The Trump funding cuts will backfire if they are not stopped
the global Famine Early Warning System, which I helped create 40 years ago and initially directed. FEWS NET monitors 30 countries across Africa, Central America, the Caribbean and South Asia ...
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A US-run system alerts the world to famines. It’s gone dark after Trump slashed foreign aid
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors drought, crop production, food prices and other indicators in order to forecast food insecurity in more than 30 countries. Funded by ...
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UN rights chief warns of 'mass deaths from famine' in Sudan
Volker Türk's warning came a day after the U.N. World Food Program has temporarily stopped distributing food aid in a famine-struck camp for displaced people in Sudan's North Darfur amid ...