Countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan Source: Action Against Hunger USA Action Against Hunger warns of a growing hunger crisis in Ethiopia. COVID-19 cases in the country have more than tripled in the past month, complicating hunger relief efforts.

Baoky Vu writes that with election day quickly approaching, there’s one voting bloc that President Trump can rely on: Vietnamese Americans. While younger generations have been abandoning the GOP, a recent survey finds that older generations are among the President’s most loyal voters.

On 31 July 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) upheld the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to allow the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a reduction of nearly 30 percent in reimbursement rates under […]

‘The Maldives is widely seen as a veritable beach paradise on earth with its picturesque azure blue waters. Yet lurking beneath the surface (literally) is a threat largely invisible to the naked eye: microplastics. Waters around the islands contain some of the highest levels of microplastic pollution on the planet, […]

Research Post August 7, 2020 New directions for agricultural value chain finance in Viet Nam Kate Ambler Alan de Brauw Sylvan Herskowitz Developing a better banking and credit system for smallholders.

Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Many of the newly displaced are now living in overcrowded, makeshift shelters constructed from old clothes, plastic bags, cardboard and sticks in already dire IDP sites.