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The greatest coping strategy is helping others — a conversation with Liberian activist B. Abel Learwellie
By Bryan Farrell for Waging Nonviolence Liberian human rights activist B. Abel Learwellie has seen more death and destruction than any person should have to endure. He’s lived through two civil wars, during which he lost family members, witnessed brutal…
An Unprofitable Disease: In the Political Economy of Ebola, Who Lives and Who Dies?
We look at the political and economic circumstances of the spread of Ebola with science writer Leigh Phillips, who calls for a socialization of pharmaceutical research and production. Phillips says that using revenues from profitable drugs to subsidize research for…
Rescuing Migrants in the Sea — Tunisian Fishermen Unlikely Heroes
Human Rights Watch males Túnez, 14 de octubre 2014 ( IRIN ) * – En Zarzis, una pequeña ciudad portuaria de unos 70.000 en el sureste de Túnez, los pescadores que navegan por el Mediterráneo se han convertido en…
West African Leaders Plead for Aid to Combat Ebola
Leaders from West African countries ravaged by an outbreak of Ebola have pleaded for more international aid. Speaking by video conference at a meeting of the World Bank, Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma said help was needed on the…
In South Sudan, a Single Mother’s Fight For Survival
Human Wrongs Watch ‘Forced to flee violence and struggling to feed her three children, a woman in South Sudan is one of thousands to get help from a UNICEF/WFP Rapid Response Mission – and one of millions still trying…
An Additional 1.4 Million Teachers Needed to Achieve Universal Primary Education by 2015
Human Wrongs Watch Investing in teachers is urgently needed to provide the best possible opportunities for millions of children, youth and adults worldwide, the heads of various United Nations agencies on 5 October 2014 said in a joint statement marking…
Seven Key Facts about Family Farms that You Should Know But that You Probably Do Not
Human Wrongs Watch Rome, 9 October 2014 — Seven key facts about fans and family farms appear, among other, in the UN Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) Background paper for The State of Food and Agriculture 2014. These are: • There are more…
Cash Grants Transform Life in Congo Camp for Central African Republic Refugees, But…
Human Wrongs Watch By Céline Schmitt in Mole Refugee Camp, Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHCR)* – The market in Mole refugee camp was buzzing on a recent Saturday morning, with stalls selling everything from fish, goat meat, cassava and vegetables…
South Sudan –the Youngest State on Earth– at a Crossroad
Human Wrongs Watch By Stephen Graham, Nairobi, 2 October 2014 (IRIN)* – The failure of peace talks and the end of South Sudan’s wet season could unleash fresh fighting between government forces and rebel factions, propelling millions of people in…
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