Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher R. Hill, has high hopes for the upcoming talks between Russia and the U.S., as they try to facilitate steps to ending the civil war in Syria. In his recent Op-Ed piece in the NY Times, he expressed these hopes while criticizing U.S. diplomacy early on in the crisis, [...]
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Press Review: Deadliest month of fighting in Syria & Pakistan’s first female canditate for Parliament
Six-thousand people were killed last month in Syria, making it the deadliest month of fighting since the conflict began two years ago. [BBC] Badam Zari becomes the first woman to run for parliament in Pakistan’s conservative tribal region. [Huffington Post] A new reforestation project in Haiti aims to counter the devastating deforestation of the country. [...]
Signs of the NY Times: The Harlem Shake in Tunis. Turkey and the Fertile Crescent. Cholera, Haiti and the U.N. Mexico is back. The decline of the Tibetan Nomads.
In an article titled Arab Spring Blues?, NY Times Latitude contributor Issandr El Amrani reported from Tunis on the new Harlem Shake meme that has gone viral. It began a few weeks ago in Queensland, Australia, and is most recently grabbing headlines in Tunisia, where the minister of education, Abdellatif Abid, in upping his conservative credentials [...]
Press Review: Failing relief efforts in Haiti & Predictions for Syria in 2013
Despite billions of dollars donated and huge relief efforts, reconstruction after the powerful earthquake that devastated Haiti three years ago has hardly begun. [The Guardian] Based on the daily deterioration of the Syria’s civil war, the U.N. envoy to Syria predicts 100,000 more deaths in 2013. [CNN] Assassinations of civilians in Nigeria are being carried [...]
FilmAid – Mit Filmen gegen Hoffnungslosigkeit
Während des Kosovokriegs im Jahr 1999 hört Caroline Baron eine Radioreportage über die Situation im Kriegsgebiet. Es wird berichtet, dass die Flüchtlinge alles Lebensnotwendige von der UNHCR bekämen: Essen, Medizin und Schutz. Das größte Problem jedoch sei, dass sich Langeweile und Hoffnungslosigkeit unter den Flüchtlingen breitmache. Caroline Baron, hauptberuflich in der Filmbranche tätig, kam eine [...]
Press Review: Lead poisoning crisis in Nigeria & 25,000 missing in Mexico
Extreme poverty pushes 4 million African children into human trafficking rings each year. But social acceptance of the practice in Benin are adding to the problem, which groups like UNICEF are desperately trying to fix. [The Guardian] An impoverish region of northern Nigeria is experiencing the “worst lead poisoning crisis in recorded history” after its [...]
Press Review: Haitians facing severe malnutrition after hurricane & New food security initiative in Niger
Aid agencies in Haiti are asking for an increase in funding after a string of natural disasters — including flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy — destroyed harvests and left 450,000 Haitians to face severe malnutrition. [The Guardian] Niger is asking international banks and private investors to fund its Nigeriens Nourish Nigeriens initiative, which seeks to [...]
Haitians bear brunt of Sandy
The extent of the destruction caused by hurricane Sandy was especially visible in the hard-hit coastal areas of New York and New Jersey. Many of the people who fled their homes to avoid the worst, were rendered speechless as they encountered almost unrecognizable streets and houses upon their return. Meanwhile, reports state that the death toll has reached [...]
Press Review: Donate to Hurricane Sandy relief & Haitian earthquake victims homeless after storm
Before reaching the eastern United States, Hurricane Sandy killed 67 in the Caribbean and left a huge wake of destruction. Here’s where you can donate to organizations working in all affected areas. [CNN] When victims of drought and conflict seek help in refugee camps, a new set of horrors await them; a photographer documents stories [...]
Press Review: Health crisis in Fallujah & Violence in Burma escalates
A health crisis in Fallujah fails to get press coverage in the United States despite the high probability that it can be traced back to the US military. [The Guardian] While former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo awaits trial in the Hague, exiled members of his government are accused of illegally detaining and torturing hundreds [...]
Press Review: Saving Central America’s rainforest from organized crime & Clean water solutions in Haiti
Conservationists are trying to save Central America’s largest piece of rainforest. which is severely threatened by international organized crime. Mexican and Salvadoran drug gangs are gutting it for money laundering schemes and secret airstrips, while the Chinese mafia is stripping it for endangered timber. [The Guardian] Hoping to find solutions to Haiti’s rampant water-related health [...]
Press Review: Severe flooding in Niger & Haitians seek housing rights
Almost three years after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 400,000 people are still living without permanent housing, prompting some Haitians to organize a housing rights movement. [The World] Severe flooding in Niger has displaced 400,000 people and ruined the last of the crops. Now malnutrition, a cholera epidemic, and conflict in neighboring Mail are threatening [...]
