by David Mcfadden The Associated Press, 2 min read, original "We get a little bit to eat and drink each day, but it's never enough to get our...
ON HAITI: As drought hammers countryside, many in Haiti go hungry
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Issues and Analysis
ON HAITI: Haiti Rises-A Time for Solidarity
22 February 2016, Nia Imara and Robert Roth – Haiti Action Committee “Reflecting on struggles everywhere, we came to the conclusion that a people...
ON THE MEDIA; AFGHANISTAN: What next for media in Afghanistan?
By Helle Wahlberg, International Media Support, 18 Feb. 2016 An Afghan journalist at work. Photo: Lars Schmidt As private and independent media in...
ON DEVELOPMENT: It’s Not a Food Truck. It’s a Mobile Kitchen Feeding Refugees
globalvoices.org, by Public Radio International, Feb. 13, 2016, 3 min read, original This article by Adeline Sire for The World originally appeared...
ON HAITI: Persistent drought threatens millions with hunger in Haiti – U.N.
news.trust.org, 1 min read, original By Anastasia Moloney BOGOTA, Feb 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Around 3.6 million people in Haiti are...
ON DEVELOPMENT: Progress in the global war on poverty
csmonitor.com, by Steven Radelet, February 7, 2016, 13 min read, original Washington — The headlines on any given day suggest a world under siege....
ON HAITI: Haiti Has a President
newyorker.com, Feb. 17, 2016, 5 min read, original Jocelerme Privert has been appointed the interim President of Haiti, but an official successor to...
ON AFGHANISTAN: Profiting off of chaos: How the U.S. privatized its war in Afghanistan
salon.com, by Ben Norton, Feb. 16, 2016, 6 min read, original Journalist Antony Loewenstein tells Salon how corporations exploit violent conflicts...
ON THE MEDIA: Strong, independent media critical for good governance
devex.com, 03 February 2016, by Jeanne Bourgault, Kristin Lord, 3 min read, original A presenter reads the news at Radio Shabelle in Somalia. How...
ON DEVELOPMENT: Brazil’s School Lunch Program Is Putting Food on the Table for the Country’s Small Farmers
PRI The World, pulitzercenter.org, Feb. 10, 2016, 4 min read, original Two women walk between rows of pumpkin plants in the outskirts of Promissão,...
ON AFGHANISTAN: What Can Be Done to Revive Afghanistan’s Economy?
United States Institute of Peace, February 9, 2016, William A. Byrd Reviving the Afghan economy during a time of intensifying violent conflict,...
ON THE MEDIA: Sundance rundown: This year’s standout documentaries
Child gangs in Afghanistan, prostitutes in Mexico and two moviemakers kidnapped by Kim Jong Il are festival highlights January 27, 2016 5:30AM...