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U.N. Warns of Impending Humanitarian Crisis in Somalia
A mother and daughter who survived the dangerous journey from south Somalia to an aid camp in Mogadishu during last year's famine. Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPSThe United Nations has called for...
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“Famine May Have Ended, But For Us Hunger Has Not”
Almost 400,000 famine victims who fled to the Mogadishu for aid at the height of famine, are still living in one of the many refugee camps outside Mogadishu. Credit: Abdurrahman...
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“The Truth is That All Problems Have Solutions” – Even Climate Change in...
A successful women’s farming project in Ethiopia is a model for training other urban farmer groups all over Africa on how to adapt to climate change. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPSEight years ago Kenbesh...
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U.N. Says Somalia Famine Killed Nearly 260,000
One of the millions of children in Somalia in need of food aid in 2011. Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPSAlmost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in...
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Refugees Eating Dogs to Beat Starvation
A resident in the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in Damascus prepares to slaughter a dog to feed his family as food supplies run out under siege. Credit: Mutawalli Abou Nasser/IPS.By Mutawalli Abou...
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No Silver Lining for Somalia’s Child Labourers
11-year-old Hassan Abdullahi Duale works 12-hour shifts at a car-repair shop in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Credit:Alinoor Salad/IPSBy Muhyadin Ahmed RobleNAIROBI/MOGADISHU, May 17 2014 (IPS)...
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El Niño Triggers Drought, Food Crisis in Nicaragua
The Las Canoas lake in Tipitapa, near Managua, dries up every time Nicaragua is visited by the El Niño phenomenon, leaving local people without fish or water for their crops. Credit: Guillermo...
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OPINION: Non-Violence and the Lost Message of Jesus
In this column, Mairead Maguire, peace activist from Northern Ireland and Nobel Peace Laureate 1976, argues that in a world that has moved far from the Christic life of non-violence, a clear message...
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Ethiopia’s First Film at Cannes Gives Moving View of Childhood, Gender
A boy, a sheep and a stunning mountain landscape – the three stars of 'Lamb', Ethiopia’s first entry in France’s prestigious Cannes International Film Festival, a film which subtly highlights gender...
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Opinion: Can Nuclear War be Avoided?
Gunnar Westberg, Professor of Medicine in Göteborg, Sweden, and Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) from 2004 to 2008, describes himself as “generally...
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Unrest Brings North-East Nigeria Next to Starvation
The military crackdown on Boko Haram has destroyed the economy around Lake Chad. Credit:Kristin Palitza/IPSBy Lyndal RowlandsUNITED NATIONS, Feb 24 2017 (IPS)Years of violence and unrest in North-East...
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Aid Groups Condemn Yemen Blockade, Warn of ‘Catastrophic’ Famine
Fatima Shooie sits between her 85-year-old mother and 22-year-old daughter who are both receiving treatment for cholera at a crowded hospital in Sana’a. Credit: WHO/S. HasanBy Tharanga...
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