About Jane @JaneFerguson5
Jane is a Beirut-based special correspondent for the NewsHour, reporting from across the Middle East, Africa and beyond. Reporting highlights include front-line dispatches from the war against ISIS in Iraq, an up-close look at Houthi-controlled Yemen, and reports on the war and famine in South Sudan. Areas of particular interest are the ongoing cold war between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, Islamist groups around the world, and US foreign policy.
Her reporting on the brutal civil war in Yemen was honored with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, a News and Documentary Emmy Award and a Peabody Award nomination. In February 2019, Ferguson was named the George Polk Award recipient for Foreign Television reporting.
Before coming to the NewsHour Jane reported extensively for Al Jazeera English and CNN International. Ferguson is a guest professor at Princeton University, where she teaches a course on war reporting. She has lived in the Middle East for 12 years and is fluent in Arabic.
Jane’s Recent Stories
World Dec 08
Afghanistan is on the brink of mass starvation. Where is international aid?In the nearly four months since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the world has witnessed the collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban takeover. The country is now in freefall, with millions in danger and a spiraling humanitarian crisis.
World Nov 16
Aid groups struggle to continue humanitarian aid for starving, injured AfghansWinter has come to Afghanistan, and brought with it a skyrocketing need for aid to millions of desperate Afghans. International humanitarian groups are working to stave off widespread hunger, while providing other services under a Taliban regime widely considered a…
World Nov 08
14 million Afghans need food assistance to survive, but most foreign aid remains frozenSince the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August, the country's economy and infrastructure is collapsing. Hundreds of thousands are hungry; millions more are jobless and impoverished; and the hard afghan winter is bearing down. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports from…
World Nov 05
Dwindling aid, crumbling economy and ISIS add to Afghans’ hardships under Taliban ruleIt's been nearly three months since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and the country is in economic and humanitarian free fall. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson was in Kabul during the U.S. withdrawal in August, and has returned to report on…
World Oct 29
What we know about Taliban rule in Afghanistan, classified documents about the U.S. warIt's been two-and-a-half months since the Afghan government's collapse and the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Since the U.S. withdrawal, the country's economy has cratered, and a major humanitarian crisis is underway. The threat of famine looms and the hard afghan…
World Aug 30
What’s left behind in Afghanistan after ‘heartbreak’ of U.S. departureThe final flight of American troops left Afghanistan just before midnight on what is now Tuesday, August 31, in Kabul, after 20 years of war. The U.S. airlifted more than 120,000 American civilians and Afghan allies from Kabul, but thousands…
World Aug 30
How veterans helped extract Afghan allies in face of ‘inconsistent’ evacuation planAs the Afghanistan withdrawal began, thousands of images of people scrambling to escape Afghanistan surfaced. Tonight, the NewsHour looks at a Herculean effort by former U.S. service members, diplomats and private citizens to help afghans leave the country. Jane Ferguson…
World Aug 27
As Afghans bury those killed in Kabul attack, sense of abandonment and anger at U.S. risesThe death toll in Thursday's suicide bombing outside Kabul's airport has risen. At least 169 Afghan civilians were killed, along with 13 U.S. service members. The Defense Department said Friday it was the work of one Islamic State bomber, not…
World Aug 26
Thursday’s attack ‘is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America,’ Jane Ferguson reportsThe Taliban's control over Kabul "is not necessarily secure. It's not necessarily guaranteed," @JaneFerguson5 reports. Thursday's attack "is a message from ISIS to the Taliban, as much as it is America," she tells…
World Aug 26
Biden vows to ‘hunt’ ISIS-K as evacuations continue amid Kabul blast chaosThursday was an awful and bloody day in Kabul as multiple suicide bombings at the airport killed 11 U.S. Marines, a navy corpsman and at least 90 Afghan civilians. Hundreds were injured, many critically. It was the deadliest day for…