Our politicians are consumed with the crisis in Syria and the suffering there, but I would like to draw their attention to the crisis in Sudan, too. I know we can't police the world, but there is a simply solution worth exploring.
William Brindley | Posted 04.25.2012
Why is it so important that data be widely accessible during a disaster? Imagine that you're in a coastal region reeling from the aftermath of a tsunami. You may be trapped under rubble or in desperate need of medical attention, food and water.
AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.16.2012
WASHINGTON — George Clooney and his father were arrested Friday during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy, and the actor said he has asked P...
Louis Belanger | Posted 04.07.2012
The international humanitarian response system will fail to cope with the expected rise in the number of people exposed to crises unless there are more resources closer to where disasters happen and there is more investment in preventing and reducing the risk of disasters.
Amarnath Amarasingam | Posted 02.18.2012
Little has been written about North Korea's driving state ideology - the "Juche idea" - and the clues it may hold for predicting the nature of post-Kim Jong Il North Korea
Princess Haya Al Hussein | Posted 01.29.2012
If in the last few years you got out your checkbook or credit card and donated to help rebuild Haiti, rescue Pakistanis from floods or fund a school in Tanzania, your contribution did not make its way into global aid figures.
Erin Patrick | Posted 01.04.2012
One of war's consequences -- and sometimes its cause -- is the destruction of natural resources.
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.26.2011
In gut-wrenching testimonies on the economic costs and humanitarian crisis related to mountaintop removal operations, two Appalachian coalfield leaders turned the tables on an EPA-bashing Natural Resources House Committee hearing in Charleston today.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.28.2011
The number of refugees pouring out of famine-stricken Somalia has greatly reduced in recent days, aid workers in the region say -- and that may not be...
Mark Canavera | Posted 09.27.2011
It was a stuffy, windowless broom closet like any other -- replete with empty cardboard boxes, threadbare rags, mops, and of course brooms. "This is where we counsel rape victims," said the center manager.
Donald Steinberg | Posted 09.14.2011
The sight of families stumbling into the camps after days of exodus through the desert and receiving their first nutritious meals in months is heart-breaking. We will pursue a coordinated, forceful and comprehensive response.
HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.12.2011
The long-suffering nations in the Horn of East Africa are enduring the worst drought conditions in more than half a century, and are at risk of "massi...
Posted 07.19.2011
When disaster strikes, the need for quality, updated information becomes crucial to the success of relief efforts. Map Action speeds this process al...
Georgina Miranda | Posted 06.19.2011
The climb to and on the glacier was grueling. It took three hours to climb up the glacier and 1.5 hours down. The sun beat down on the ice and practically baked us in our climbing gear.
Allan Gerson | Posted 06.06.2011
In considering the response of President Obama and the State Department to the Libya crisis, immediate parallels to Ronald Reagan's Grenada experience come to mind.
Jean G. Tompihé | Posted 06.01.2011
The dilemma in world politics today is that the UN remains unable to produce a coherent blueprint to face legitimacy conflicts in the developing world.
Aol News | Betwa Sharma | Posted 05.25.2011
UNITED NATIONS -- Though the world's attention is fixed on Libya, the fighting in another hot spot -- Ivory Coast -- is escalating. The power struggle...
Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011
Location: Sodhari Masijib village, Dadu, Sindh Province, Pakistan Shortly after leaving the town of Dadu we are soon driving along roads cutting thr...
John Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite the floods and the shedding of blood, Burma's politics is as dry as tinder, and few really know what the spark of real change will be.
AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The floods tearing through Pakistan's breadbasket have further weakened this already unstable country, inflicting more economic...
Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 05.25.2011
The faces of Pakistan comprise its true treasure: the unlimited potential of what it means to be human.
Sara Reef | Posted 05.25.2011
One of the least talked about aspects of the 2003 US-led allied incursion into Iraq is the Iraqi refugee crisis. Over the past seven years, over four million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes.
Hani Almadhoun | Posted 05.25.2011
The Israeli government's easing of the siege on Gaza was approve on Sunday days after Jerusalem had issued a non-binding declaration supporting such a move last week; whether the siege itself will end is another question.
Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011
More than ten million people across West Africa are facing severe hunger and malnutrition because of drought, poor harvests and rising food prices.
Howard Schweber | Posted 05.25.2011
It would be very interesting to hear a response from the Israeli government in the form of an actual list of excluded items other than the now-permitted soda, juice, jam, spices, shaving cream, potato chips, cookies and candy.
Greta Van Susteren | Posted 05.29.2012