September 30, 2021 5:39 PM Margaret Besheer UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations’ top humanitarian official in Yemen says that while widespread famine was averted in the country earlier this year with...
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With media blocked, Burkina Faso's displaced denied a voice, journalists say
By Henry Wilkins In the West African country of Burkina Faso, a de facto ban is preventing journalists from visiting sites for internally displaced people. For at least a year, the Ministry of Women,...
Sudan religious leaders hold talks aimed at ending intercommunal fighting
By Daniel Friday Martin YEI, SOUTH SUDAN - With an eye toward ending intercommunal violence that killed dozens of people last month in Central Equatoria state, South Sudanese religious leaders and...
Hit by Historic Monsoon, N. Korea Warns of More Floods
By William Gallo August 11, 2020 04:10 AM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea continues to see historic levels of rainfall, further threatening an economy already battered by a coronavirus-related...
Cinco fallecidos por sismo en el Pacífico Sur de México
El sismo magnitud 7.1 que este martes sacudió a varias zonas de México y que luego provocara una alerta de tsunami, de 5 fallecidos, según anunció el gobierno del estado de Oaxaca. El gobernador...
Deadly Quake Hits Southern Mexico
A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake shook southern Mexico Tuesday, killing at least two people and damaging several buildings. The quake was centered near the Pacific coast resort of Huatulco and was...
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Expertas analizan altos índices de feminicidios en América Latina
El aumento de feminicidios en América Latina está asociado a "barreras estructurales", así como al tratamiento legal de los países al grave fenómeno contra la vida de las mujeres. México, Brasil y El...
Colombia + 1 more
Dos caras de un mismo dilema: Colombia entre desplazados y migrantes
Colombia está ante el reto de encarar la situación de unos ocho millones de desplazados internos y cerca de dos millones de migrantes venezolanos. Por Manuel Arias Naranjo 19 Junio 2020 10:37 AM ...
Thailand Faces Record Drought
By VOA News March 29, 2020 01:04 PM For some Thais who are turning on their faucets this month, what they are getting in return is a stream of salty water. The seawater intrusion, into Thailand’s...
Haitian Immigrants in Bahamas Struggle After Hurricane Dorian
March 20, 2020 11:51 PM Five months after Hurricane Dorian devastated Marsh Harbour, Abaco, the sounds of children giggling and running echo through the once eerily silent island air. The children...
Amid Challenges, South Sudan Vaccination Drive Tackles Measles
By Chika Oduah Updated March 19, 2020 02:59 PM JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN - Shejirina Moni sits beside her children in front of their makeshift home in a shanty community in South Sudan's capital Juba. Six of...
Attack in Cameroon by Anglophone Separatists Sows Panic
By Moki Edwin Kindzeka March 10, 2020 09:58 AM MBOUDA CAMEROON — There is an uneasy calm in Cameroon's French-speaking towns and villages that share a border with the English-speaking regions after...
El Salvador + 2 more
Centroamérica una de las regiones más violentas en el mundo contra las mujeres
Por Lenny Castro Marta es salvadoreña, tiene 27 años y dos hijos (una adolescente de 15 años y un niño de 9). Creció con su abuela, nunca conoció a su padre y la mamá la dejó porque su nuevo esposo...
En El Salvador el 75 por ciento de víctimas de agresión sexual son menores: Medicina Legal
Por Lenny Castro, Enrique López SAN SALVADOR — Solo durante el 2019 el Instituto de Medicina Legal de El Salvador atendió cerca de 3,000 reconocimientos por violencia sexual en menores de edad. Esta...
Violence Continues in Mali Despite Negotiation Efforts
By Sirwan Kajjo March 03, 2020 09:45 PM WASHINGTON - Attacks carried out by Islamist militants against military personnel in central Mali could hamper government efforts to start a dialogue process...
Over 50 Killed as Armed Men Attack Villages in Northern Nigeria
By VOA News Updated March 02, 2020 10:10 AM Armed men killed at least 50 people Sunday in attacks on villages in the Nigerian state of Kaduna, according to local officials and residents. According to...
UN Calls for End to Idlib Carnage
By Lisa Schlein February 25, 2020 08:07 AM GENEVA - The United Nations is appealing for $500 million to provide humanitarian, life-saving assistance for 1.1 million civilians trapped in a war zone in...
Dozens of Victims Escaping Fresh Violence in Cameroon
By Moki Edwin Kindzeka February 24, 2020 12:42 PM BAMENDA, CAMEROON - Renewed fighting in Cameroon's restive English-speaking region has forced more than 70 people, mainly women and children, to flee...
Türkiye + 1 more
Earthquake Kills at Least 9 in Iran Turkey Border Region
At least nine people died and 37 were injured on Sunday in Turkey when a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck the border region with Iran, authorities said. Tehran University's Seismological Center...
Inundaciones ponen en alerta a Bolivia, se moviliza ayuda
Fabiola Chambi Las fuertes lluvias registradas en los últimos días han puesto en alerta a varias zonas de Bolivia que hasta la fecha reporta más de 10.000 familias afectadas y 18 personas fallecidas,...