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Environment

Climate change effects in South Sudan fuel rising floods and droughts

by Alessandra Bajec November 26, 2024

South Sudan is continuing to struggle with the impacts of climate change, including floods and droughts, leaving many people without food, homes, or resources South Sudan is increasingly feeling the harsh effects …

November 26, 2024 839 views

Gaza’s health crisis worsens amid mass graves and garbage piles

by Alessandra Bajec May 2, 2024

Experts estimate that thousands of people are suffering from infectious diseases, as Israel’s war on Gaza hampers abilities to collect rubbish and bury dead bodies. Crippled by an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe amid …

May 2, 2024 913 views

Water Crisis in Iraq’s Kurdish Region Strains Food Security

by Alessandra Bajec August 29, 2022

SULAYMANIYAH, Iraqi Kurdistan—Standing outside his home in Chaqlawa village, a half-hour drive from the city of Sulaymaniyah, Latif Karim Ismael, wearing black baggy trousers and a light-blue shirt, greeted us and hinted …

August 29, 2022 519 views

Long-Running Mismanagement Behind Waste Disaster in Tunisia’s Sfax Region

by Alessandra Bajec January 19, 2022

SFAX, Tunisia—Until the first week of December, mountains of garbage littered the center of the coastal city of Sfax. For more than two months, locals put up with thousands of tons of …

January 19, 2022 541 views

Living without the state in Cairo’s slums

by Alessandra Bajec January 23, 2014

CAIRO, Egypt- For the residents of the Middle East and Africa’s largest city, Cairo, 2013 ended with the often repeated government promise to finally provide basic services and development in the slums, where …

January 23, 2014 488 views