More than half the world’s children are at risk of poverty, conflict and discrimination against girls, according to a global report by the charity Save the Children.The organization’s second End of Childhood Index says 1 billion children live in countr…
Day: June 7, 2018
‘We Don’t Need Men’: Widows and Rebel Wives Rebuild War-scarred Uganda
PAICHO, UGANDA, At the entrance to a round mud and elephant-grass hut in rural northern Uganda, Rose Lamwaka, 58, pauses and looks up at the ceiling of her new dwelling as if she cannot quite believe it is really there.After her old home was burned dow…
UN Sanctions Six Human Traffickers in Libya
UNITED NATIONS, The U.N. Security Council has designated six human traffickers for international sanctions for their exploitation of thousands of migrants off Libya’s coast.The six men � four Libyans and two Eritreans � head up criminal networks and mi…
Africans Fleeing War Top List of World’s Most Neglected, Says Charity
NAIROBI, Six of the world’s 10 most neglected crises are in Africa, where conflict has uprooted millions of people, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Thursday, attributing the continent’s dominance to a lack of media attention, aid and political will….