Refugee camp is icon of past and present African crises
Please help me, said a desperate-looking woman coming towards me. "I have been raped and beaten several times in this camp but no one seems to hear me out," added the woman, Maria Mutetsi. Mutetsi is a Rwandan widow who fled her country soon after the 19
Building homes from sticks and twigs in South Sudan
This blog is written by Helen Mould of Islamic Relief who recently visited Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan to report on the drought and food shortages in the region. While in South Sudan she visited Wau and Tonj North County in Warrap State. Islamic Relief
After Copenhagen: Sadder but wiser and looking to justice and China
Tom Athanasiou, the director of EcoEquity, a U.S.-based activist think tank on climate justice issues, has written a thoughtful reflection on the Copenhagen climate talks and where global efforts to curb climate change may go from here. An abbreviated vers