Somalia is one of the poorest countries in Africa, with seven in 10 people living on less than 1.90 USD a day. A combination of factors has contributed to this increasingly dire situation; decades of conflict, foreign aid restrictions, rising domestic costs and recurring climate shocks have led to a prolonged humanitarian crisis that continues […]
Bangladesh is encountering significant obstacles in maternal and infant care, according to new documents that the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation released. Progress has been made since 1990, but Bangladesh still has one of the highest rates of stillbirths in South Asia, requiring urgent intervention. Factors Leading to Maternal Death Postpartum hemorrhage […]
USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, is a U.S. government agency that administers foreign development and humanitarian assistance. Its funding policy is aligned with U.S. foreign policy objectives. USAID began operations in Kazakhstan when it broke off from the Soviet Union in 1991. USAID’s core activities are global development assistance, global health, […]
Learn how thermal cameras detect heat after dark and how Kenyan conservation teams use the technology to strengthen black rhino protection efforts. Protecting black rhinos is difficult across Kenya’s large reserves. Without tools that improve visibility during nighttime patrols, rangers may struggle to detect threats to the animals. Standard cameras cannot produce details in the […]
On June 8, 2026, a Sudanese man stabbed another man in Belfast. Numerous videos captured the attack, and people quickly shared them across social media. By the following day, the footage had been viewed and reshared millions of times, fueling speculation and further undermining the already fragile rule of law in Northern Ireland. Social media […]
There will be another El Nino this 2026/27 season. El Nino is a recurring weather pattern that changes the normal predictable seasonal rain to potential extreme and unprecedented flood or drought to the world. It exacerbates food insecurity for millions of people on every continent. The predictions are looking more and more like this year […]
Outbreaks of infectious diseases are the primary health challenges impacting the population and shelter infrastructure in Venezuela. A June 24, 2026, 7.2 magnitude earthquake along Venezuela’s northern coast affected people significantly, along with a subsequent 7.5 magnitude earthquake that killed 32 people, injured 700 people and devastated areas as distant as La Guaira state 160 […]
Located between the Philippines and Hawaii, the Marshall Islands have a matrilineal tradition where women have historically inherited land and held important social status. Yet, women continue to face the gender wage gap in the Marshall Islands. About the Gender Wage Gap in the Marshall Islands The gender wage gap is most evident when looking […]
Technical vocational educational training (TVET) centers have emerged as pivotal tools to address poverty, empowering people with skills that support employment, financial independence, entrepreneurship and upward socioeconomic mobility. In Botswana, the government is actively promoting TVET to address high rates of unemployment among young people. According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the unemployment rate […]
After the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, the country was left with fractured public institutions such as the higher education system. The power vacuum gave rise to clan-based militias, violence and an absence of an effective national government. In the wake of this upheaval, universities closed, lecturers left the country and thousands of […]
