Yemen: Descending Into Despair
From the Fall 2011 Innovation issueBy Jennifer Steilread more
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Lede: Yemini activist Tawakel Karman was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Thursday, thrusting Yemen into the international spotlight. In the Fall 2011 issue of World Policy Journal, Jennifer Steil...
View Article'Living Hell': Somalia's Hidden Rape Epidemic
Lede: In Somalia, a dark narrative of sexual violence lurks beneath the crossfires of war, terrorism, and mass famine. Internationals forces are focused on food aid and counter-terrorism, when they...
View ArticleYemen: Descending into Despair
Lede: After 33 years of autocratic rule, President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed over power, but the violence in Yemen hasn't ended. On Thursday, five protesters were killed by Saleh loyalists. In the...
View ArticlePassing Out Sandwiches at the Gates of Hell
Lede: From the world's largest refugee camp, Dewaine Farria looks at the work of the UN. While acknowledging its failures, Farria says the UN's aid programs often buy enough time for real political...
View ArticleSomalia: Between the Clan and Nationhood
Lede: With al-Shabaab on the retreat in Somalia, it seems like the conflict-torn country might be able to find peace. But, Dewaine Farria says that the country's clan system remains the main obstacle...
View ArticleAre Turks in Somalia for the Hajj or to Sell Beads?
Lede: International organizations are now saying that Somalia is on the mend. Its markets are beginning to recover, there is money moving throughout the impoverished country—and it's all thanks to...
View ArticleKenya and the Somali Question
Lede: In a repost of an article that first appeared in the Fall 2013 edition of the World Policy Journal, Mwaura Samora reports on growing Kenyan distrust toward Somali immigrants in and around...
View ArticleWPJ Live | Twitter Chat with Jason Cone of Médecins Sans Frontières
October 7, 2013 - 12:00pmLede: Join us on Monday, October 7 at 12 p.m. for a Twitter Chat with Jason Cone, author of Don't Shoot the Ambulance: Medicine in the Crossfire, from our Fall 2013 issue....
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