Nov 15 Watch 6:11 Yemen’s war must end to address starvation, UN food aid chief says In Yemen, 10,000 are estimated to have been killed in the war that's been raging for three and a half years. But millions are suffering from an acute hunger crisis and the United Nations warns that Yemen is on the… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch 3:00 Yemen on brink of catastrophic famine orchestrated by Saudis By PBS News Hour In addition to thousands of civilians in Yemen who have already died in a war between a Saudi-led coalition and Iran-backed Houthi rebels, less documented war tactics may also push the poorest Arab country into a catastrophic famine. Declan Walsh… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 11:33 Yemen’s spiraling hunger crisis is a man-made disaster By Jane Ferguson One of the poorest countries in the Middle East, Yemen's war has pushed it to the brink of famine. A Saudi blockade has slowed the flow of food and helped push prices up. Markets and businesses are ruined from airstrikes. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 22:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 3, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 3, Florida considers gun restrictions, and how political conflict contributes to famine. Also, female jazz musicians bring attention to sexism in the music industry. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 4:18 How political and military conflict caused the return of famine By Mori Rothman, Megan Thompson South Sudan and Yemen are at the brink of a severe food crisis, with over 400,000 malnourished children in Yemen, the United Nations estimates. Alex de Waal, a professor at the Tufts Fletcher School who spent years in the Horn… Continue watching
Jul 20 Watch 17:32 Yemen is in ‘complete meltdown’ and civilians are paying the price By PBS News Hour The almost three-year conflict in Yemen has killed thousands, and spurred a severe cholera outbreak, plus critical food and medical care shortages. We take a look at the crisis with a documentary excerpt from PBS's Frontline, then Judy Woodruff learns… Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch 8:10 Drought and famine threaten life for nomadic Somali herders By PBS News Hour Many regions in East Africa are at risk of famine for the third time in 25 years. Twenty million people in the war-torn countries of Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia, as well as drought-stricken neighbors like Ethiopia are at risk. Continue watching
Jun 16 Column: The only conquerors of inequality are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse By Walter Scheidel Walter Scheidel argues that economic inequality is not only inevitable, but that whenever inequality has been reduced, the reasons forcing inequality down have been nothing short of horrific. Continue reading
May 04 Watch Long welcoming to refugees, hostility toward newcomers is growing in Uganda By PBS News Hour Nearly 600,000 refugees have entered Uganda since July, fleeing violence and war in neighboring South Sudan, and the flow continues unabated. The overwhelming numbers are straining relief efforts and inciting tensions between newcomers and Ugandans from nearby communities. Special correspondent… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 7:37 Millions are on the brink of war-driven starvation in South Sudan By PBS News Hour Countless numbers of people in South Sudan are on the run from government troops, targeted because of their tribe amid a brutal civil war. Communities hide in the wilderness to avoid violence, but there is nothing to eat, fueling a… Continue watching