Tens of Thousands Flee Fighting in South Sudan
Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting in northwestern South Sudan between government troops and a newly formed rebel group, as food shortages in the country hit their highest levels in two years. The Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday that nearly 70,000 people have fled their homes in the […]
US Military Kills More Than 20 As They Bomb Doctors Without Borders Hospital In Afghanistan
The US airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan may have been a war crime, according to a UN human rights chief. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that if an investigation found the hospital was purposefully targeted, the incident could constitute a war crime. Calling the bombing which killed 19 ‘tragic, inexcusable and […]
Two Doctors Without Borders Killed In South Sudan
Two Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff have been killed in South Sudan, the medical agency said Tuesday, taking the number of aid workers killed in the 20-month conflict to over 30. MSF said Gawar Top Puoy, a logistician, and James Gatluak Gatpieny, a community health worker, were killed during separate attacks on villages in the […]
Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built 6 Homes
THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CAMPECHE sprawls up a steep hillside in Haiti’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. Goats rustle in trash that goes forever uncollected. Children kick a deflated volleyball in a dusty lot below a wall with a hand-painted logo of the American Red Cross. In late 2011, the Red Cross launched a multimillion-dollar project to transform […]
