Source: Save the Children Country: Mali The number of people in need of humanitarian support rose from 3.2 million in January 2019 to 3.9 million in December 2019, or one fifth of the population. Children in Mali are being hit hardest by the deepening crisis in the north and the […]

Few people would think that chewing their nails is tantamount to taking medicine, yet many practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine believe something equally unscientific. They assume that rhino horns, which are made from the same form of protein (keratin) as fingernails and hair, have medicinal value. Yet consuming rhino horns […]

Dec 11, 2019 In the News Climate change increases food prices for billions in Sub-Saharan Africa (Inside Over) Health Nutrition Inside Over reported on food prices and climate change. Worsening climate change is likely to push prices of staple foods much higher. Senior Research Fellows Kalle Hirvonen and Derek Headey […]

Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo In the territories of Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale, more than 687,500 displaced people now live in camps or are hosted by local families, with worrying levels of malnutrition and sexual violence. Far from the cameras, a humanitarian crisis is affecting […]

Few people have risen so high in the international imagination only to fall as dramatically as Aung San Suu Kyi.

Another police report from New South Wales (NSW) in Australia underscores just how desperate the drought conditions have become: people are stealing water, lots of it, and they’re even taking it from firefighters battling the region’s severe wildfires. Last week, the NSW police said someone with a water tanker and […]