Feb 24, 2017
Mankind’s future ability to feed itself is in jeopardy due to intensifying pressures on natural resources, mounting inequality, and the fallout from a changing climate, warns a new United Nations’ report. Though very real and significant progress in reducing global...
Dec 2, 2016
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon avoided any mention of who brought the disease to Haiti, and critics said his mea culpa came too late. Source: U.N. Apologizes for Role in Haiti’s 2010 Cholera...
Oct 16, 2016
ipsnews.net, by Baher Kamal, ROME, Oct 13 2016 – Now that world attention is focused on the fast growing process of urbanisation, with 2 in 3 people estimated to be living in towns and cities by the year 2030, an old “equation” jumps rapidly to mind: each time a...
Sep 29, 2016
By haitisupportgroup.org, September 17th, 2016 Our new Haiti Briefing No. 81 entitled Unwanted Gifts: A Concise History of Harming Haiti is out now! The Briefing gives a historical insight into centuries of international meddling in Haiti often marred by mishaps,...
Sep 10, 2016
washingtonpost.com, Opinion by Joel Dreyfuss, Aug. 23, 2016 Joel Dreyfuss is a Washington Post Global Opinions contributing columnist. Haiti won a rare victory on the international stage last week. After five years of evading accountability, the United Nations finally...