Podcasts about world food program

In a rare glimmer of hope, 115 Gazans have resettled in France through a university refugee programme, though many had to leave their families behind. Meanwhile, the situation in Gaza grows dire, with 2 million people facing famine, according to the World Health Organization. The World Food Program has exhausted its aid supplies, and while Israel allowed a small number of food trucks to enter on Sunday, humanitarian organisations say it's far from enough after two months of a complete blockade. France 2 has the full report.

Today on the show:  Jennifer Lowenstein, updates the latest news from the killing fields of Gaza, the West Bank and Syria. The World Food Program warns  that Israeli blockades have entirely depleted food stocks in Gaza and warned that thousands of Palestinians could die of starvation. Also hundreds of Sonoma County California immigrants & their allies will to march on May Day To denounce Trump's programs of mass deportations. And Unions continue their front line resistance to Trump's extremely anti union/pro- genocide policies The post The World Food Program Warn That Israeli Blockades Have Depleted Food Stocks in Gaza appeared first on KPFA.

Shirah Mansaray is the CEO and founding trustee of the international charity, I Am Somebody's Child Soldier, which provides mental health support to former child victims of war in Uganda. Shirah has over 15 years' experience working in the humanitarian field, with organisations ranging from the United Nations and the Human Rights and Economic Affairs Department at the Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Shirah is a Non-Executive Director and Trustee of Amnesty International UK.Shirah is passionate about advocating for mental health as a fundamental human right for populations in the Global South and worldwide.Shirah is currently a PhD scholar at University College London (UCL) conducting academic and industry research on healthcare policies and architectures that promote mental health through design responsibility and sustainable environmental design. She has a Master's degree in Development, Technology and Innovation Policy from UCL, where her thesis interrogated the efficacy of the World Food Program's Blockchain based digital identification system and the data privacy rights of refugees.Shirah is a trained lawyer and is currently seconded to Bates Wells LLP where she advises charities, non-profits and civil society organisations in the UK and internationally on governance matters, commercial agreements, charity law and human rights law.From child soldier to mental health advocate, Shirah shares her journey of compassion and change. Raised between the UK and Uganda, she founded I Am Somebody's Child Soldier to support former child soldiers. Now a vice chair at Amnesty International and a PhD researcher, she champions mental health as a human rights issue.In this conversation, Shirah discusses trauma, advocacy, and global injustices while balancing leadership and academia. Learn how she transforms personal experience into impact—and get a glimpse of her upcoming book!CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro00:30 - Shiro's Background05:15 - Mental Health as a Human Right07:50 - Child Soldiers and Conflict13:09 - The Impact of War on Children17:34 - Funding Challenges in Advocacy20:18 - Role at Amnesty International22:14 - Balancing Activism and Personal Life27:03 - Your Book and Its Messagehttps://www.themiscrown.com/https://iamsomebodyschildsoldier.org/https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirah-z-mansaray/ABOUT OUR HOST:Ken Eslick is an Entrepreneur, Author, Podcaster, Tony Robbins Trainer, Life Coach, Husband of 35+ Years, and Grandfather. Ken currently spends his time as the President & Founder of The Leaders Lab where he and his team focus on Leadership Talent Acquisition. They get founders the next level C-Suite Leaders they need to go from being an Inc. Magazine 5000 fastest growing company to $100,000,000 + in revenue.  You can learn more about Ken and his team attheleaderslab.coListen to more episodes on Mission Matters:https://missionmatters.com/author/ken-eslick/#education #socialjusticeeducation #mentalhealthadvocacy #socialjusticeactivism #internationallaw

"Nobody wins in trade wars," said António Guterres as he left a UN Security Council meeting this week. But it's clear there's at least one big loser: American diplomacy. This week, Anjali and Mark break down how the Trump tariffs are rippling through the UN — and how they're complicating diplomacy on issues that have nothing to do with trade. We also speculate on who Trump might tap as his next envoy now that Elise Stefanik is out. Plus, we dig into the UN's role in Gaza as both diplomacy and humanitarian aid grind to a halt, and what's next for the World Food Program after a stunning announcement — and sudden retraction — from a senior DOGE official. Get the full episode with your paid subscription. https://www.globaldispatches.org/  

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports the World Food Program calls on all parties involved in the Sudan conflict to end restrictions on aid, while attacks on famine-hit camps in the Darfur region have left at least 100 people dead.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.globaldispatches.org"Nobody wins in trade wars," said António Guterres as he left a UN Security Council meeting this week. But it's clear there's at least one big loser: American diplomacy. This week, Anjali and Mark break down how the Trump tariffs are rippling through the UN — and how they're complicating diplomacy on issues that have nothing to do with trade. We also speculate on who Trump might tap as his next envoy now that Elise Stefanik is out. Plus, we dig into the UN's role in Gaza as both diplomacy and humanitarian aid grind to a halt, and what's next for the World Food Program after a stunning announcement — and sudden retraction — from a senior DOGE official.

AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports the World Food program says the Trump administration is delivering a "death sentence" by ending food aid.

Earl contemplates his past and voices his worries about the changes in people and society, which he believes have led to a diminishing respect for humanity. He observes a concerning absence of empathy that could have dire long-term effects on our communities. Earl then addresses the Trump administration's choice to terminate essential food assistance for millions, a decision that the World Food Program has labeled a "death sentence." He expresses sorrow over the growing trend of selfishness and apathy, which he feels has been intensified by the current political environment under Trump, whom he claims has amplified societal insensitivity. Ingram, along with callers, discusses the decline of civility and accountability, calling for a revival of compassion and collective efforts to avert the moral decline of society. The Earl Ingram Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 8-10 am across the state. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook and X to keep up with Earl and the show!

On today's episode: More on Chinas response to President Donald Trump's tariffs; Florida defeats Houston for its third NCAA basketball championship; Kentucky residents continue dealing with the aftermath of severe storms; scientists have engineered a wolves similar to the now-extinct dire wolf. US ends life-saving food aid for millions. The World Food Program calls it a 'death sentence.' Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges' review. Chief Justice Roberts pauses deadline for return of Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador. Trump threatens more tariffs on China as global markets plunge. Trump says the US will hold direct talks with Iran as he insists Tehran can't get nuclear weapons. RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water. Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for the Supreme Court. The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here's what to know. Idaho mom who killed 2 of her kids goes on trial over death of her husband. American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India. US stocks dip after careening through a manic day following Trump's latest tariff threat. Will new Mega Million odds make you a jackpot winner Don't get your hopes up. Florida edges Houston to win third NCAA men’s hoops title, a key college sports NIL settlement is delayed, a multi-time All-Star agrees to a massive contract extension in baseball, an All-Star outfielder opens up about his suicide attempt and a member of the NBA’s East-leading Cavaliers is sidelined with an injury.  World Series champion L.A. Dodgers have visited the White House. Vladimir Putin congratulates Alex Ovechkin on ‘outstanding’ NHL goals record. Prince Harry appeals the loss of his UK security detail. Rescue efforts from Myanmar's deadly earthquake wind down as death toll hits 3,600. US bishops halt partnerships with federal government on aid programs, citing funding cuts. Garbage piles up on streets of UK's second-largest city after monthlong sanitation strike. 1 killed in Russian attack on Kyiv as death toll from earlier missile strike rises to 20. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. Theme music The News Tonight, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: ZR2MOTROGI4XAHRX

China sends about 400 people to assist rescue efforts in earthquake-hit Myanmar, where extensive damage hampers rescue operations and aid deliveries. The World Food Program warns about the risk of acute hunger and malnutrition in Gaza as food supplies have run out. The global trading system braces for U.S. President Donald Trump's impending tariffs on trading partners this week.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports a World Food Program spokesman describes the scale of destruction after an Israeli operation in the West Bank.

Today, we welcome Mick Mulroy to discuss Fogbow, his new humanitarian NGO, and their work in Gaza, Sudan, and Syria. We also discuss the growing number of veteran humanitarian organizations getting involved in some of the most distressed places on Earth. --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations.  To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com  or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Great news! Feedspot, the podcast industry ranking system rated One CA Podcast as one of the top 10 shows on foreign policy. Check it out at: https://podcast.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ --- Special Thanks to Businside for the sample of Upbeat Background Music - Dance and Electronic Music. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/1MzdQLTBPPo?si=6cJR4qPYoJUaohh3 --- Rough transcript:  00:00:05    Open Welcome to the 1CA podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. 1CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting at gmail dot com. or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www .civilaffairsassos .org. I'll have those in the show notes. Today, we welcome Mick Mulroy to discuss Fogbow, his new humanitarian NGO, and their work in Gaza, Sudan, and Syria. We also discuss the growing number of veteran humanitarian organizations getting involved in some of the most distressed places on Earth. So let's get started. 00:00:57    MIC MULROY I've been to Syria several times, but I haven't been there recently and not since all of the Assad regime. So we are looking at the potential for what we as a group who supports humanitarian efforts can do in Syria. 00:01:11    JACK GAINES I hope Syria straightens out. The new government actually does build out something representative for the population and the economy, that it becomes more centrist. I have a lot of hope. I think we all should, 00:01:21    MIC MULROY have a lot of hope. I think we all should, right? It's a good thing, obviously, that Assad's... gone. I mean, hundreds of thousands of deaths are on his hands. So certainly a good thing. The question is whether the incoming crowd who took government control by force are going to be the reformers they say they are, or are they going to go back to their roots? I think the verdict is still out. We should all hope that's the case. I think the incoming or now the team that's in place is a bit more skeptical than the last. You can tell by whether they call them Jelani or Al -Shirar. That's the first indicator when I was doing my rounds on both the Hill Congress and the Trump team. I think there's criticism on just how inclusive they're going to be. But we should all hope that that is the case and that there's an election soon rather than the four years that I think they've been saying. But certainly when it comes to sections that are more related to Assad. They should be reconsidered, and we should look at what we're doing there long term. With the SDF during the defeat of ISIS, the crisis, if we pull out precipitously, both for our partners, the SDF and for the counterterrorism effort, but also our strategy against Iran and Russia to a certain extent, which right now, I think everybody would stay on their backside, especially when it comes to Syria. But when it comes to humanitarian assistance, there is a dire need, for sure. And I think that is something that a lot of groups are looking at, how they can contribute to the rebuilding of Syria and the promotion of a stable country that looks more inward. Their own people vice becoming a client state to actors don't have best interests Syrians like Russia. 00:03:10    JACK GAINES And it's interesting that with their change of government and Lebanon being able to form a government because Hezbollah has their fingers out of the pie right now. I see it as a real strategic opportunity because if Lebanon can get on its foot, Syria can get on its feet, there could be a whole sea change of policy in that region to where Iran's behaviors are balanced, Russia's behavior are balanced, the nations down there can actually rebuild and have a more stable government and a healthier international relationship. I agree with you, 00:03:40    MIC MULROY I agree with you, Derek. I think this is a very big opportunity for the United States. I use boxing analogies because I used to box. I used to coach boxing in the Marine Corps. This is a point where you see your opponent on the ropes, right? You don't back up. You go in and try to end the fight. I know we're not going to end the fight or the competition between us and Russia, but Ayoun is a partner, obviously the former commander of Lebanese Armed Forces. We have supported them for a long period of time. They were a very effective partner with us, and he was the head of it. So that's a huge opportunity right there. Iran, I think, has many strategic mistakes, and they realize that now, and they've seen it both in their major losses with leadership across the board, their capability, and of course in Syria. I mean, their corridor to fund and supply groups like Hamas and Hezbollah has been cut off, and they just don't have the platform that they have. And I think we should capitalize on that. Our policy should be... The promotion of U .S. interests, part of that, I believe, I don't know if we're going to today, is the promotion of democracy and human rights. But certainly, this is an opportunity to do both, our strategic interests and promotion of democratic values. 00:04:55    JACK GAINES With Fog Bow, you have a pretty heady team. Some folks that I've recognized from other efforts, some new. Ambassador Smith is awesome. Roger Thompson, you've got a lot of great people here. 00:05:06    MIC MULROY of great people here. 00:05:08    JACK GAINES By name only. 00:05:08    MIC MULROY name only. 00:05:10    JACK GAINES Well, Chris, he'd be right there with him. 00:05:11    MIC MULROY be right there with him. Yeah, so FABO is primarily veterans, but we have our humanitarian. And the skills that we have that I think are additive to the whole endeavor, which are air delivery. We've done that in Sudan. We've done maritime delivery in Gaza. We know Austere Logistics. We're a very small company, but we really focused on doing that. And that's why I said Roger's the MVP, right? So we have a lot of former SOF folks. We have a lot of... former special operations veterans, whose skill includes all the delivery and the planning and kind of figuring out hard problems where there's no easy solution. But Roger's done Marine Infantry, but he was also a Marine Logistics Officer. So that's why I say he's the MVP, because that's what we do essentially is logistics. Our mission accomplished, it's food delivered, people in need. 00:06:03    JACK GAINES Right. I've had a couple people on talk about the Triton Pier. Some of the challenges with prepping in Cyprus for it, putting the peer out, getting as much aid as possible out, and how the thing broke up. But similar to that, Fogbo seems to be focused on some of the harder areas to reach with aid. It's not a typical aid organization. You go into very restrictive areas that have real security challenges, and you help make sure that humanitarian effort arrives. so that people can continue to survive until conflicts, until crisis or disasters are resolved. That's a tough space to work in. And that's why we get requested to come in. 00:06:42    MIC MULROY to work in. And that's why we get requested to come in. When it comes to the pier, I would say this. We, Sam Mundy, Ricard General, you probably saw on the site, we briefed the last administration several times on the idea of bringing in aid. The Ameritimese, they came up with the JLOPS, the Joint Logistics on the Shore system. To be frank, we didn't think it was the best. Because of the sea states at the time, it could have been done a different way. But we're Americans, and by God, if the U .S. military is going to push up here from Virginia to Gaza, we're going to support it out of pocket. There's not a whole lot of countries that do something. In the United States, it did something, and it might not have been perfect, but it did still over 33 ,000 tons of food into Gaza when it's needed. So that's done, and we're still working to build facilities that can assist the storage of... Critical food aid, medical aid. For NGOs. The other point on how difficult, just to give you a highlight, in Sudan there was a very substantial population that got cut off from ground delivery of food because of that. Primarily the rainy season cut off the roads and the fighting, of course. They were out of food. And all it took was somebody who could come in there and deliver food via air in a very tightly controlled area because of the conflict. And that's where we fit in. That's de -conflicting battle space and airdrops, austere environments. That's what not just people in Fogbo, but that's what the U .S. military is pretty damn good at. So that's what we did for three months, and I think we did a lot of good. And now the situation has changed. It can get ground to leverage. But that's just an example of what we're doing. We're also looking to expand in others. And it's certainly not just about us. There's a lot of groups doing this out there. And if they see a need for our skill set, Give us a call. 00:08:35    JACK GAINES And I'll put it on the show notes as well. I'm sure this must be an adrenaline rush for a lot of the veterans to actually be out in the mix delivering humanitarian supplies, which is a great reward for the skills that a lot of people have. What kind of feedback have you gotten from your logistics teams, your pilots, your air crew, about what it's like to work for the organization? It really comes down to a mission, 00:08:56    MIC MULROY It really comes down to a mission, right? So we're all there because of mission, which is to enable humanitarian operations. We are a private company. That's why it's really incumbent on us to assist NGOs that are out there doing great work. I think the most feedback I've gotten is actually taking the skills that they learned over 20, sometimes 30 years, in our case, the U .S. military, a lot of it in conflict, and do something like this. So it's, and myself included, have really taken this mission on as important as any mission I've ever had. And that's what I hear. But of course, it isn't about us. I mean, there's other groups that are doing this, and there's certainly other groups that can do this, that get veterans that are really looking for something other than your standard jobs. This is an area where they can really have an impact really quick. 00:09:50    JACK GAINES The reason I bring it up is that I had Scott Mann on, and one of the things he really challenged with, we're all cause -based in the military. We work to a cause. We have a bigger thing we're trying to reach. And people get out. Some go to church, some start a business, some start a pizzeria or a workout joint. But some just struggle with trying to find that sense of cause and how they place it, what they can do with it. And his challenge was it drove him to suicide because he couldn't find his place in life after getting out of the military. And so that's why he looked into other things like acting and writing books and lectures and veterans of care programs. Veterans Without Orders, who does water delivery, because I want to show veterans that there are opportunities out there. We can apply that sense of cause to make a difference so that they don't feel like they're alone in this world. When I was talking to the Veterans Without Orders folks, what they found is being on the ground, a lot of the NGOs were surprised at how fast and efficient they were. They went to Haiti and some of the World Food Program folks were like, wow, how long have you guys been working together? It seems like you've been friends for years. And he's like, no, actually, We had a phone call for 20 minutes, landed, met, got on it. But we just have a common language. We understand what each other's doing. We know we're both here for the right reasons. And you just build that instant trust in order to do a mission. And that's what I assume you guys are seeing there as well. I worked pretty closely with him on the Afghan evacuation. 00:11:15    MIC MULROY I worked pretty closely with him on the Afghan evacuation. My group was called Dunkirk. We weren't a Team America Elite. We also did a lot with Scott. Because that was such a cause near and dear to their heart, that was the first. foray into humanitarian work. And I think that's stuck with a lot of them. And we're seeing a lot of that continue around the world where veterans say, oh, we can really do something here. I think that's great. 00:11:41    JACK GAINES With Kabul on the midst of collapsing, I saw a lot of veterans rallying together to figure out how to get private logistics in there, getting buses, getting private planes. One thing that I bumped into was a lot of NGOs that were desperately trying to get help because they had people that were working with aid and with state and with the military that were not represented on those lists that needed to get out of there because they were part of the cigar report or they were part of distribution and the Taliban knew who they were and they were going to come after them. My part was just plugging those NGOs in with veterans who had logistics, who had access to help them get some of those folks out. But I did notice that... Once people got involved, it's just almost like there was a light came on and said, oh, I don't have to wait for the U .S. government to order me to do something. I can actually go make a difference. I can take my skills and help be a part of the whole foreign policy scheme and actually do stuff. I can do it without having to be a part of aid or state. I can just build an NGO and do it. So I'm glad to see that splintering because I think it's created a lot of opportunities for folks. Yeah, 00:12:47    MIC MULROY Yeah, and it just doesn't need to be about... FIBO, we're just one group of many. My preference would be more about the need, and that is where we're going, right, where the need is. And then to the extent that there's a secondary is the fact that veterans can get involved. They can start their own. They can get involved with us. They can get involved with other groups. We do want to be the promoter of that concept. We get a lot of veterans out there. They need a purpose, I think. But there's also a need out there. It's on both sides of the equation. And I think... The skills that they bring to the table, they are very value -added into this arena. And we've heard that from many humanitarians, quite frankly, who have not been able to figure this out. This is something that we would have put in the too difficult category. So it doesn't need to be about our particular group. I think it should be about the need, which is growing. And on that side, there is massive crises around the world. People should care that they're starving kids in Sudan. And on top of that, the consequences. are going to be felt by everybody in the world if there is massive migration of their ability to feed themselves or their fling and conflict that make it untenable to even exist there. So these are issues that are very human issues that I think anybody, whether they're in Europe or the United States or Japan, should care about, but also because it could dramatically impact where they live because this is not something that's just going to stay contained. There are conflicts that are growing, that are perpetuated in existence. And there are, of course, climate issues. Climate's changing, and that's going to cause mass migration. And not people that are coming with their own means to support themselves. So not just taking care of the immediate need, which is food to people that are farming, but building up their ability to feed themselves has to be part of the long -term equation, or we're never going to get out of that cycle. And then we create these permanent IDK camps. and no chance of a future. So that needs to be done, but there needs to be long -term planning in the international community. I think from the U .S. perspective, I think we should lead it, but I don't think we should be it. This needs to be a joint effort by the international community. Actions are what count. So that should be a collective effort of the international community, which the United States would be a part. It'd certainly lead, in my opinion, but it needs to be much more of a collective effort. Some people... I'm just not used to seeing a lot of veterans in the humanitarians here. And there has been some like, wow, you guys are military. What are you guys doing here? And for the groups, the veterans that are out there doing it, if they're asking my opinion, I'd say just be clear. Don't worry about justifying your purpose in the humanitarian. There's never going to be too many people trying to help people around the world. So just drive on, do good work, and they'll either appreciate it or they won't. But I do hear that from other veterans that get into the area. To your point. Very few people serve in the United States, just the way it is. It's a very small group. Not to be corny, but it is a family. It's almost like there's characteristics that you just notice immediately across the services that you just have a commonality. So you talk to say, why would you think? Generally the same way, you're very mission -oriented, and that's something that's covering to a lot of people when they get with other veterans. In veteran suicide, it is a serious problem, and there are people addressing it, and I think they're doing great work. But one of the things I found, and you referenced it when it comes to Scott, is you don't have a purpose. From what I've seen, people can go downhill pretty quick. You go into a pit. And I live in Montana. I love Montana on a veterans here and coming. Some of the guys live in a pretty remote area. Some, like myself, live pretty close there. And when we do vet events, you basically send guys out to get other guys and say, yeah, I'll tell you no for an answer. They need to come in. They need to be around their people. They need to... shoot the shit and rib each other's and smoke a cigar or add a bourbon or whatever their thing is. But you got to go out there and find these guys. And some of them, they might appear to be okay, but next day they're not. 00:16:49    JACK GAINES Let me know if I have this picture right. You've created the Lobos Institute, which is kind of a training and preparation for people who want to get out and work in the humanitarian space or do outreach or work with partner nations. Outreach. to enable people to either help you with your outreach and your programs or to create their own space. And then you have Fogbo, which is kind of your operational arm where you are focusing on humanitarian assistance through Fogbo as when a filter for people who come through the Lobos Institute or other volunteers, but it's also a way for you to get into helping support others in need around the world. Is that kind of a clear way that you align this? Lobos Institute, 00:17:30    MIC MULROY Lobos Institute, three main components. One's like a think tank. where people learn and discuss issues of national security. The second part is tactical training here in Montana. So it's, as you might catch, mountain warfare, because everybody thinks winter warfare when I think of Montana. But the main effort is the enabling of humanitarian operations. And we've worked with the UN and Yemen, with the State Department in Afghanistan after withdrawal. And we're doing a lot of this with FABO in Sudan. As I mentioned, we don't do security sort of thing. It's important and there's groups to do it. That's cool. But it's not us. So my perspective, I would like to see more attention on some of these international and humanitarian crises. It's not something that exists simply on the other side of the world. And I'd like to see the extent that veterans are looking for something to do post -career, of course, military veterans, but State Department, the agency, et cetera. This is a place that I think they'll find meaning and purpose. And I think we all need that. 00:18:32    JACK GAINES Right. Crisis and disasters also attracts opportunism. I think a lot of people realize that with Afghanistan, that we're just feeding the wrong animal in a lot of ways. And that we just have to understand that with our aid and our foreign policy, that anytime that we give something, every time we build something, we also attract opportunism. And we need to make sure that when we're handling the government's business, We're doing it in the right possible way with the right checks and balances so that we're not just passing off vaccines to someone who's going to just sell them on the black market so that they can go to London and party. There's a lot to be learned from the time we spent in Afghanistan on the military side and on the diplomatic side, 00:19:08    MIC MULROY There's a lot to be learned from the time we spent in Afghanistan on the military side and on the diplomatic side, but certainly on the aid side and foreign assistance. When it comes to that, a lot of great work done by a lot of great people. But we need to take the lessons learned from that as well, because I think there's a growing concern that... The United States is the biggest donor around the world, which I think we should be proud of, but it's almost taken for granted. And a lot of it is not actually getting to the people whose it's intended to. Which my humble opinion doesn't mean we stop, it just means we get better at. That needs to be better explained to the American taxpayer who ultimately are the ones paying the bill. That's, I think it should go without saying, but I am saying it because I think there's a backlash and we don't want that to be the case. from the American people on what they view as just like an endless credit card for crises around the world from the American people without proper safeguards. And I think we need to get to a place where they feel more confident that's the case and where they feel it's aligned with our overall interest. 00:20:12    Close Thanks for listening. If you get a chance, please like and subscribe and rate the show on your favorite podcast platform. Also, if you're interested in coming on the show or hosting an episode, email us at capodcasting at gmail .com. I'll have the email and CA Association website in the show notes. And now, most importantly, to those currently out in the field working with a partner nation's people or leadership to forward U .S. relations, thank you all for what you're doing. This is Jack, your host. Stay tuned for more great episodes. One CA Podcast.  

Dr. Michael Cairo is a Professor of Political Science and the Program Director of International Affairs at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky His most recent book is  “American Presidents and Israeli Settlements since 1967.”  American Presidents and Israeli Settlements since 1967Tracing presidential administrations since Lyndon B. Johnson, this book argues that the Trump administration's p...Since the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel, 90% of Gaza has been destroyed, 46,000 Palestinians were killed and 100,000 wounded. Given the continued development of many illegal settlements, it will be even more difficult for the US to be a neutral broker. UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) has 13,000 employees, but only 5 have been accused of collaborating with Hamas. UNRWA is critical to providing educational, nutritional and medical assistance to the Palestinians.   Without a two-state solution, it will be difficult not to have an official Apartheid System. Emphasis should focus on humanitarianism to get more aid and revitalize UN operations on the ground such as UNRWA and the World Food Progra

Concerns mount over a fragile Gaza ceasefire deal as Israel delays its release of 620 Palestinian detainees. Israel says West Bank raids are a security measure as the United Nations and European Union warn against mass displacement and violence. Food shortages persist in Gaza despite doubling of monthly World Food Program deliveries.

For today's episode, host Josh Sidman is joined by Dr. Will Ruddick.Dr. Ruddick is a development economist specializing in currency innovation. Before shifting his focus to economics and development, he conducted graduate research in high-energy physics as a collaboration member at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. Since 2008, he has lived in East Africa, leading initiatives in environmental sustainability, food security, and economic development.His work centers on Community Inclusion Currencies (CICs) as a tool for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Since 2010, he has pioneered CIC programs in Kenya, founding the Sarafu-Network and Bangla-Pesa, which provide alternative means of exchange to marginalized communities. He is also the founder of the Grassroots Economics Foundation, which supports local economies through innovative financial tools.Dr. Ruddick has worked with with organizations such as the World Food Program, the Red Cross, and the University of Cape Town's Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit. He is also an associate scholar with the University of Cumbria's Initiative for Leadership and Sustainability, where he contributes to research on alternative monetary systems and economic resilience. Dr. Ruddick earned his master's in high energy physics from the University of Colorado Boulder and his Ph.D. in Development Economics and International Development from the University of Cape Town.Together, we discussed Dr. Ruddick's introduction of alternative currencies to other countries, why he's hopeful about the elimination of USAID, and how his experience in Kenya shaped his future career.To check out more of our content, including our research and policy tools, visit our website: https://www.hgsss.org/

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast, we welcome Betty Lu, Founder and CEO of Confetti Snacks—a venture-backed company transforming imperfect produce into award-winning, plant-based snacks that celebrate global flavors while combating food waste. Betty shares her journey from launching in San Francisco, NYC, and Singapore to gaining distribution in major retailers like Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Whole Foods.Learn how Confetti Snacks partners with UNICEF, Red Cross, and the UN's World Food Program to fight global hunger and why their mission to turn surplus crops into gourmet snacks is gaining traction across the U.S. through distributors like UNFI, US Foods, and Gordon Food Service.Betty also dives into her experience as a finalist in Cartier's Women Initiative and her role as a guest lecturer on entrepreneurship at top universities. Don't miss this inspiring conversation blending sustainability, social impact, and the power of purpose-driven branding.

Dissolution of USAID and Its Global Impact on Humanitarian Aid In this week's episode of the Nonprofit News, George Weiner and Nick Azulay from Whole Whale dive into the troubling developments surrounding the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As the largest international development humanitarian donor, USAID's dissolution and potential absorption into the State Department is raising alarms across the nonprofit sector. The agency, responsible for 40% of global humanitarian funding, has seen mass layoffs and program freezes, affecting thousands of employees and contractors. The ripple effects are profound, with NGOs and international partners facing severe funding gaps. USAID's substantial contributions to the United Nations and its affiliates, such as UNICEF and the World Food Program, underscore the stakes involved. Despite criticisms of USAID's top-down approach, the abrupt halting of its operations is likened to pulling the rug from under life support systems globally. The discussion highlights the need for transparency and the catastrophic potential of cutting off essential aid without proper transition plans. Key Insights: USAID's role as a major funder of global humanitarian efforts is irreplaceable, making its dissolution a potential "philanthropic disaster." The agency accounts for a mere 1% of the U.S. federal budget but is heavily audited, contrary to some criticisms. The sudden program halts could irreversibly damage initiatives combating diseases, famine, and crises worldwide. Calls to Action: Nonprofits and stakeholders must advocate for transparency and continuity in humanitarian aid. Consider the broader implications of policy changes on global aid structures. Follow-Up: The episode also touches on the National Council on Nonprofits' legal victory against a U.S. executive order affecting funding, demonstrating the power of collective action. A Canadian postal strike serves as a case study for nonprofits on the importance of diversifying fundraising strategies. Closing Thought: The episode underscores the interconnectedness of global aid systems and the need for strategic planning and advocacy to navigate political changes that threaten humanitarian efforts.

Dissolution of USAID and Its Global Impact on Humanitarian Aid In this week's episode of the Nonprofit News, George Weiner and Nick Azulay from Whole Whale dive into the troubling developments surrounding the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). As the largest international development humanitarian donor, USAID's dissolution and potential absorption into the State Department is raising alarms across the nonprofit sector. The agency, responsible for 40% of global humanitarian funding, has seen mass layoffs and program freezes, affecting thousands of employees and contractors. The ripple effects are profound, with NGOs and international partners facing severe funding gaps. USAID's substantial contributions to the United Nations and its affiliates, such as UNICEF and the World Food Program, underscore the stakes involved. Despite criticisms of USAID's top-down approach, the abrupt halting of its operations is likened to pulling the rug from under life support systems globally. The discussion highlights the need for transparency and the catastrophic potential of cutting off essential aid without proper transition plans. Key Insights: USAID's role as a major funder of global humanitarian efforts is irreplaceable, making its dissolution a potential "philanthropic disaster." The agency accounts for a mere 1% of the U.S. federal budget but is heavily audited, contrary to some criticisms. The sudden program halts could irreversibly damage initiatives combating diseases, famine, and crises worldwide. Calls to Action: Nonprofits and stakeholders must advocate for transparency and continuity in humanitarian aid. Consider the broader implications of policy changes on global aid structures. Follow-Up: The episode also touches on the National Council on Nonprofits' legal victory against a U.S. executive order affecting funding, demonstrating the power of collective action. A Canadian postal strike serves as a case study for nonprofits on the importance of diversifying fundraising strategies. Closing Thought: The episode underscores the interconnectedness of global aid systems and the need for strategic planning and advocacy to navigate political changes that threaten humanitarian efforts.

(AURN News) — At least 14 United Nations peacekeepers were killed and many others wounded when M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, attacked U.N. positions in eastern Congo, the latest casualties in an escalating conflict that has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. The attacks took place between January 23 and 24, when M23 rebels fired on positions held by the U.N. stabilization mission known as MONUSCO. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned that attacks against U.N. personnel may constitute a war crime and called for an immediate investigation. He also demanded M23 cease hostilities and withdraw from occupied areas, while also calling on Rwandan defense forces to end their support of M23 and pull out of Congolese territory. The violence has triggered a humanitarian emergency in the region, with civilians facing dire conditions. "A major surge in violence in the eastern region of DRC has led to hundreds of thousands of people fleeing multiple active conflict zones," said Shelley Thakral, head of communications for the World Food Program in Congo. Thakral shared the updates during a special U.N. briefing on Tuesday. "WFP's priority is keeping staff and their dependents safe," Thakral said. "Only critical WFP staff remain in the area, and once the security situation improves, we can resume our emergency assistance and operations." The situation continues to deteriorate, according to Thakral. "There are growing protection concerns as hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in and around Goma," she said. "Many are exposed to gender-based violence and with limited access to food, safe clean water and income, the risks facing the populations hour by hour, day by day will only increase in these volatile conditions." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is produced in partnership with the CGIAR Research Initiative on Fragility, Conflict, and Migration for a series that examines what works to improve the well-being of people in Fragile and Conflict Affected Settings. CGIAR is a global partnership that unites international organizations engaged in research about food security. We are calling this series “From Fragility to Stability” and in today's episode we hold a roundtable discussion with three experts about Climate Security and Resilience in the Sahel. You will hear from: Ollo Sib, Head of the Research, Assessment Monitoring Division at the World Food Program's Regional Bureau for Western Africa Federico Doenhert: Deputy Head of the Research, Assessment Monitoring at the World Food Program's Regional Bureau for Western Africa Carolina Sarzana: Climate Security and Adaptation Specialist – Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, a center of (CGIAR) – who is seconded to WFP's West Africa Hub.

The World Food Program has warned that by 2025, about half of Nigeria's population may face severe food insecurity, rising prices, climate challenges and growing insecurity in critical agricultural regions. Our reporter in Abuja Nigeria has more

In Malawi, the U.N.'s World Food Program is working to address a rising number of malnourished children amid an ongoing drought, the worst to hit southern Africa in decades. The WFP's efforts include providing supplementary feeding for children in health facilities, and distributing emergency food items to affected households. Lameck Masina reports from Chikwawa district in southern Malawi

  On this week's Hemp Podcast, we talk to Geoff Whaling from the National Hemp Association, who recently returned from a trip to Africa. The trip, funded by a USDA Emerging Markets Program grant, focused on developing hemp exports to Malawi, Rwanda and Ghana. The purpose of the trip, Whaling said, “was to undertake a review and to report back to USDA as to the barriers for exporting American grown hemp products into those three countries.” In Malawi, he met with government officials, including President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, who Whaling said was impressed with the economic potential of hemp in improving food security and creating industry. One of the barriers Whaling found is that hemp is not on the World Food Program and USAID's ingredients list. That exclusion will hinder the export of hemp-based nutritional products from the U.S. to Africa, Whaling said. Whaling also talks about the Lancaster County Hemp Circuit that took place last month. Whaling was instrumental in bringing Betsy Londrigan, the administrator of USDA's Rural Business-Cooperative Service, to the event. Whaling said her presence at the circuit signaled USDA's interest in supporting the hemp industry, with potentially billions of dollars of funding available to the industry through Rural Development programs that Londrigan oversees. Also on this week's show, we follow up on that white deer Steve Groff saw on his way to the Cornell Hemp Field Day. As you might have guessed, there's more to the story. A lot more. An Army base. Nuclear warheads. An encampment of protesting women. A fence. A herd of inbred deer. Who knew one white doe would be such a can of worms. Thanks to our Sponsors IND HEMP King's Agriseeds

Hezbollah and Israel remain on the brink of all-out war. Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets into Israel and Israel says it killed a top Hezbollah commander. Joe Biden has delivered his final address as U.S. president to the U.N. General Assembly. Biden used his wide-ranging address on Tuesday to speak to the need to end the Middle East conflict and highlight U.S. and Western allies' support for Kyiv after Russia's invasion. The World Food Program warns that hundreds of thousands of starving Sudanese could die without urgent international assistance. And using dynamite to trim trees in Denmark.

Jean-Martin Bauer has been working at the World Food Program for over 20years, and the author of the “The New Breadline”. Most recently he was the Country Director for Haiti, in charge of helping make sure the country doesn't run out of food.Sponsor: SatCampSatCamp is a different kind of conference, from October 1st to October 3rd 2024, in Boulder ColoradoAbout Jean-MartinLinkedInJean-Martin's book: The New Breadline (Affiliate Link)ShownotesNote: Links to books are Amazon Affiliate links. I earn a small commission if you buy any of these books.WFP working with Mbala Pinda producersMasters of the Dew by Jacques Roumain (Affiliate Link)Jordan Habinger episode about Haiti's ongoing situationBook & Podcast recommendationThe one-straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka (Affiliate Link)Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Affiliate Link)FiveThirtyEight podcastsTimestamps(00:00) - Intro(01:15) - Sponsor: SatCamp(03:42) - Haiti's past 2 years(05:57) - Day to day in a humanitarian crisis(08:17) - Jean-Martin's ties to Haiti(18:27) - Stats versus Stories: The picture of a starving girl sparking uprise(21:30) - The Origins of Hunger(27:31) - Impact of Covid on Food Security in the US(35:05) - Europe's current food supplies after WWII(40:11) - Why write a book?(42:56) - Who is your book for?(45:22) - Finding local Solutions(53:39) - Creating a resilient food supply(55:33) - Technology is not the silver bullet(01:01:23) - Advice for Young Engineers & Data Scientists(01:05:28) - What's next for Jean-Martin(01:12:04) - Social Media Outreach(01:19:08) - Optimism(01:23:49) - Defining Acute Hunger(01:25:37) - Book & podcast Recommendation(01:31:07) - Support the podcast on PatreonSupport the podcast on PatreonMy TwitterPodcast TwitterRead Previous Issues of the NewsletterEdited by Peter XiongFind more of his work

In this episode, Ryan Djabbarah, Managing Director and Global Head of Sponsorships and Experiential at Citi discusses Citi's partnership strategies, focusing on maximizing brand impact and addressing social issues such as food insecurity. Key highlights include Citi's sponsorship of Aston Martin in Formula One, efforts in supporting Paralympians and their values, and long-term collaboration with Pete Alonso to fight food insecurity. The episode also covers career development, with Ryan sharing insights on personal growth, maintaining work-life balance, and the importance of partnerships in sports sponsorships.   Episode Highlights: 02:21 Ryan's Career Journey 06:46 Career Advice and Differentiation 10:00 Productivity Tips and Work-Life Balance 13:37 Citi's Formula One Sponsorship 22:33 Citi's Paralympic Sponsorship 27:05 Citi's Community Initiatives 33:10 Ryder Cup and Future Plans   Ryan Djabbarah is the Global Head of Sponsorships & Experiential at Citi. As part of the Global Brand Team, Ryan works with partners and colleagues across the enterprise in ensuring efficient and effective management of Citi's sponsorship investments, focused on purposeful partnerships that engage clients, consumers, and colleagues at their passion points. In addition to leading major sports sponsorships like Citi Field, the Ryder Cup, the Paralympics, and Aston Martin Formula One, Ryan also oversees Citi's non-sports sponsorship verticals like Global Citizen Festival (music). In his career, Ryan has worked extensively with North American sports properties like the NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL, PGA TOUR, and NASCAR but currently continues to work on more global properties as Citi's portfolio diversifies in sponsorship.   You can connect with Ryan in the following ways: Citi's World Food Programme (WFP) Sweepstakes: https://secure.wfpusa.org/donate/citi-world-food-program-usa-wfp-usa-sweepstakes Citi's Involvement with PARA SPORT: https://www.citigroup.com/global/parasport Ryan's LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-djabbarah-2b182930/   Don't just listen to the podcast, it's time to take action and dominate your game!  

Watch the video version of this conversation on our YouTube channel ►/ @flamebearers Marzieh, the daughter of two Afghan parents, grew up as a refugee in Iran. "They treated us differently" she shares, which eventually led her family to move back home to Afghanistan. In her home country, Marzieh joined the Taekwondo national team and quickly climbed the ranks, where she remained until the 2021 Taliban takeover. That's when everything changed... Women can no longer go to school, the gym, or even outside without a male chaperone. As Marzieh shares, "The Taliban told me not to come back to the gym and if I did, they would do what they wanted with me." She had to flee the country and has since lived in France, where once again, she's a refugee. Despite settling into a new country, home is always on her mind; "I have to use my freedom to talk about Afghan women...Nobody will kill me here if I talk about the Taliban and the problems." So that's what she's doing. In today's episode, Marzieh shares what she wants the world to know about Afghan women (+ shares three asks below). As Marzieh looks to the future, she's not going to sugar coat things. Right now, no she's not hopeful for the future of Afghan women, but she shares that "after the dark, always comes light." Marzieh has three asks of you: 1. Write about Afghan women in your social media. Flame Bearers has graphics that you can share to support Marzieh and other Afghan women. DM us and we will share so you can post. 2. Donate to nonprofits working on the ground in Afghanistan. A few organizations to consider: World Food Program, International Rescue Committee, and Save the Children 3. If you're in a position to hire, employ or support a refugee in your community, do so. Episodes drop every Wednesday at 5am Eastern Standard Time through the Paralympics. Photo credit: Laura Sciacovelli ---- Flame Bearers is the world's first media and production company specifically illuminating the unsung stories of resilient women Olympians & Paralympians. We tell stories via podcast, video, and live events and are working towards a world where people feel more represented, empowered, and enlightened about the power of community. Learn more on our website: flamebearers.com Watch & subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch a video version of this episode ► / @flamebearers Follow us on social media for exclusive behind the scenes content: Instagram: /flamebearers Facebook: /flamebearerspodcast Linkedin: /flame-bearers Tiktok: /flame_bearers X: /flame_bearers

Content warning for discussion of genocide, torture, mutilation, rape, and slavery Hey, Hi, Hello, this is the History Wizard and welcome back for Day 15 of Have a Day w/ The History Wizard. Thank you to everyone who tuned in for Day 14 last week, and especially thank you to everyone who rated and/or reviewed the podcast. I hope you all learned something last week and I hope the same for this week. This week marks the 6th part of our mini series of currently ongoing genocides and humanitarian crises. Episode 2 was on Palestine, Episode 11 was on Congo, episode 12 was on Sudan, episode 13 was on Xinjiang, episode 14 was on Rakhine State, and today's episode will cover the genocide that is ongoing in Tigray in Ethiopia. Let's see what the Alchemist's Table has in store for us this time. Today's libation is called Memories of Summer. Muddle some mint and strawberries in the bottom of your shaker, add .5 oz of simple syrup, 2 oz of gunpowder gin, stir well for about 30 seconds before double straining over ice and topping with lemonade. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint and enjoy. Now it's time for everyone's favorite part, it's time for the historical context. Tigray is both the northernmost regional state in Ethiopia, as well as an ethnicity. Tigray is known as the birthplace of Ethiopian civilization and their motto is “There is no mountain we would not climb.” That's fucking badass. When the Scramble for Africa began at the end of the 19th century CE barely 10% of africa was under EUropean colonial control, and by the time World War 1 broke out more than 90% of the country had been colonized, with only Liberia and Ethiopia remaining free states. While Ethiopia remained under its own sovereign control, this was in large part because they willingly allied themselves with Great Britain. In fact many Ethiopian troops fought on the side of Britain during the Mahdist War in Sudan that we discussed on Day 12. Part of Ethiopia's independence also came from their alliances with Italy. King Menelik II of Ethiopia signed the Treaty of Wuchale with Italy in 1889. This treaty guaranteed Ethiopian sovereignty as long as Italy could control areas north of Ethiopia's currently held territory (in areas that are now the nation of Eritrea) and in return Ethiopia would receive arms and munitions and Menelik would have Italian support as emperor. Menelik would remain emperor from 1889 until his death in 1913. Though, it is worth noting that Etiopia was only able to maintain its sovereignty because of their victory during the Italo-Ethiopian War that ran from January 1895 until October 1896. The beginning of Menelik's rule was marked by severe tragedy though as it coincided with the 1890s African rinderpest epizootic. Which is a very fancy way of saying that disease killed 90% of Ethiopia's cattle and that this, combined with a drought caused by reduced rainfall killed about 1/3rd of the country's population. The virus, known as Rinderpest, is potentially thought to have been introduced into Eritrea in 1887 by Indian cattle brought by the Italians for their campaign against Somalia. Lack of rainfall from as early as 16 November 1888 led to famine in all but southernmost provinces; locusts and caterpillar infestations destroy crops in Akele Guzay, Begemder, Shewa, and around Harar. Conditions worsened with a typhus epidemic, a major smallpox epidemic (1889–90), and cholera outbreaks (1889–92). Making the beginning of Melenik's rule really fucking bad. Near the end of his life Melenik was filled with with concern over issues of succession. He hadn't yet picked an heir and if he died without one his nation would descend into civil war and would become ripe for the picking for European colonial powers. He would eventually settle on one of his grandchildren Lij Iyasu, as his heir. Iyasu would only reign for about 3 years before being deposed on charges of converting to Islam. Ethiopia had been a Christian kingdom since King Ezana of the Aksumite Empire adopted Christianity as the official religion in the 4th century CE. There's no definitive proof that Iyasu converted to Islam at any point in his life, but there was enough “proof” that everyone felt comfortable stipping him of authority and giving it to Haile Selassie. He served as the Regent for Empress Zedwditu from 1916 until her death in 1930, and after her death served as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until he was deposed in 1974 by the Derg following the 1973 oil crisis. Derg or Dergue is Amharic (a Semitic language descended from Ge'ez, which is the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. It translates as committee or council. Now, Ethiopia would fall under partial Italian control during the 1930s as part of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War between Fascist Italy and Ethiopia, and while Italy would have some successes during this war, they'd never attain full control over Ethiopia, making Ethiopia the only African nation to not ever fall under colonial control. Some would argue that Liberia would fall under that umbrella as well, but considering that Liberia, as a nation, was artificially created by the US as a place for freed slaves to return to, I don't think it qualifies. Haile Selassie as the emperor of Ethiopia would be one of the founding members of the United Nations. Haile Selassie's rule ended on 12 September 1974, when he was deposed by the Derg, a committee made up of military and police officers. After the execution of 60 former government and military officials, the new Provisional Military Administrative Council abolished the monarchy in March 1975 and established Ethiopia as a Marxist-Leninist state. The abolition of feudalism, increased literacy, nationalization, and sweeping land reform including the resettlement and villagization from the Ethiopian Highlands became priorities. Mengistu Haile Mariam would become the ruler of Ethiopia following the fall of Haile Selassie until in May 1991, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) forces advanced on Addis Ababa from all sides, and Mengistu fled the country with 50 family and Derg members. He was granted asylum in Zimbabwe as an official guest of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Now the period of Derg rule is also known as the Ethiopian Civil War. It lasted from 1974 until 1991. The Derg in its attempt to introduce full-fledged socialist ideals, fulfilled its main slogan of "Land to the Tiller", by redistributing land in Ethiopia that once belonged to landlords to the peasants tilling the land. Although this was made to seem like a fair and just redistribution, the mismanagement, corruption, and general hostility to the Derg's violent and harsh rule coupled with the draining effects of constant warfare, separatist guerrilla movements in Eritrea and Tigray, resulted in a drastic decline in general productivity of food and cash crops. Although Ethiopia is often prone to chronic droughts, no one was prepared for the scale of drought and the 1983–1985 famine that struck the country in the mid-1980s, in which 400,000–590,000 people are estimated to have died.  Hundreds of thousands fled economic misery, conscription and political repression, and went to live in neighboring countries and all over the Western world, creating an Ethiopian diaspora community for the first time in its history. Insurrections against the Derg's rule sprang up with ferocity, particularly in the northern regions of Tigray and Eritrea which sought independence and in some regions in the Ogaden. The Ethiopian Civil War left at least 1.4 million people dead, with 1 million related to famine and the remainder from violence and conflicts, which is one third of population.  In July 1991, the EPRDF convened a National Conference to establish the Transitional Government of Ethiopia composed of an 87-member Council of Representatives and guided by a national charter that functioned as a transitional constitution. In 1994, a new constitution was written that established a parliamentary republic with a bicameral legislature and a judicial system. Mengistu's authoritarian military regime faced organized opposition for all of its fourteen years of rule. Opposition groups including the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP), a rival Marxist–Leninist group, and the Tigray-based Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of ethnic democratic forces, led armed resistance to the Derg in a conflict known as the Ethiopian Civil War. The Derg used violence, commonly enacted through military campaigns, to suppress dissidents. In 1976, the Derg instigated the Qey Shibir (Ethiopian Red Terror), a violent political repression campaign targeting the EPRP.  Under Mengistu's leadership, the Derg did not only rely on state personnel to carry out the Qey Shibir; it also armed militias and civilian supporters and granted "genuine revolutionaries and patriots" impunity, further localizing state violence.  The Qey Shibir resulted in 50,000 fatalities.  In addition, many victims of the Qey Shibir were subjected to torture, exile, and sexual assault. The Qey Shibir and the 1983-1985 famine, an event partly created and exacerbated by the government's military policies, increased popular support for the EPRDF, which successfully overthrew Mengistu's regime in 1991. As we entered the 21st century ethnic tensions began to increase between the people of northern Ethiopia, specifically in the Tigray region and the rest of the nation.  Data from the Minorities at Risk (MAR) project were used by Charles E. Riddle to study the degrees of discrimination by the dominant Amharas against the non-dominant ethnic groups in Ethiopia from 1950 to 1992, during the later reign of Emperor Haile Selassie and that of Mengistu Haile Mariam of the Derg. Amharas dominated during the Haile Selassie epoch.  Systematic discrimination against Afars occurred throughout the period. Tigrayans were initially culturally assimilated with the Amharas, speaking Amharic, and suffered little discrimination. Under the Haile Selassie government, the Oromo language was legally banned from education, public speaking and use in administration. During the Haile Selassie regime, the Harari people were persecuted. The imperial forces ordered the confiscation of Harari property and mass arrests of Harari men, as a result an estimated 10,000 Hararis fled their homeland in 1948. The Derg culturally rejected the Tigrayans, who decreased their usage of Amharic, reverting to Tigrinya, and discrimination against the Tigrayans became strong. Eritreans, treated by MAR and Riddle as an ethnic group, and Somalis were strongly discriminated against throughout the period. The Oromos were initially strongly discriminated against, but adopted Amharic as their official language when the Derg came to power, and discrimination against them dropped. Both the Haile Selassie and the Derg governments relocated numerous Amharas into southern Ethiopia where they served in government administration, courts, church and even in school, where Oromo texts were eliminated and replaced by Amharic. In the aftermath of the Ogaden War during the 70s, Hararis, Somalis and Oromo Muslims were targeted by the Derg Government. This leads us to needing to talk about the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front. The Tigray People's Liberation Front, also called the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, is a left-wing ethnic nationalist, paramilitary group, and the former ruling party of Ethiopia. The TPLF was in charge of Ethiopia from the time the Derg was overthrown in 1991 until 2018. Now it's finally time to get to the beginnings of the Tigray Wart and the Tigray genocide. To do that we need to discuss the 2020 Tigray regional election. As we stated previously, Tigray is a regional state of Ethiopia, and in 2020 Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia postponed the 2020 general election over concerns of COVID 19. Tigray decided to hold their elections anyway, regardless of the proclamation made by Ahmed. Their election was considered illegal by the Ethiopian federal government. The TPLF won 98.2 percent of the vote. After years of increased tensions and hostilities between the TPLF and the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, fighting began when TPLF forces attacked the Northern Command headquarters of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), alongside a number of other bases in Tigray. The ENDF counterattacked from the south – while Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) began launching attacks from the north – which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described as a "law enforcement operation". The war officially ended in November 2022. On 2 November 2022, the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan leaders signed a peace accord, with the African Union as a mediator, and agreed on "orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament". The agreement was made effective the next day on 3 November, marking the two-year anniversary of the war. As part of this process, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed TPLF's Getachew Reda as head of the Interim Regional Administration of Tigray, and the Ethiopian parliament removed the TPLF from its terrorism list. But where does the Tigray Genocide come into play? Why are we talking about this civil war in this podcast? Let's get into it. Issued on Tuesday, June 4th  by the United States-based New Lines Institute, aa 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that Ethiopian forces and their allies carried out “acts constituting the crime of genocide” during the conflict, which ran between 2020-22. The authors call for Ethiopia to be brought before the International Court of Justice. In a report issued in September 2023, the United Nations said war crimes and crimes against humanity were still being committed nearly a year after government and Tigrayan regional forces agreed to end the fighting. It says the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), alongside the allied Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) and assorted regional militia “possessed the intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group”. At least four acts constituting the crime of genocide are noted in the report: killing Tigrayans, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life upon Tigrayans calculated to bring about their destruction, and imposing measures intended to prevent births among Tigrayans. Additionally, the finger is pointed at social media posts made by “certain individuals” that constitute public incitement to genocide. Ethiopia, which has been accused of seeking to prevent international scrutiny, has repeatedly denied that its forces carried out war crimes during the conflict. Eritrea has claimed such accusations against it are defamatory. However, the new report, which took two years to compile and features the contribution of dozens of legal experts, backs up the findings of the UN by stating that there is “reasonable basis to believe” that the countries are responsible for war crimes and/or crimes against humanity. In conclusion, the authors call on the international community to put pressure on Ethiopia via bilateral relations, as well as bringing the country before the ICJ. The war had a devastating impact on the healthcare system of Tigray; of the 853 health facilities in the region, 86% were at least partially damaged; 232 of them were left "completely unusable", and 28 were destroyed entirely. It also led to a higher rate of maternal and infant mortality in the Tigray Region. In a study funded by UNFPA Ethiopia and UNICEF Ethiopia, it was estimated that maternal mortality rates had increased from 186 deaths per 100,000 people pre-war to 840 deaths per 100,000 people post-war. According to Tigrayan health official Tsegay Gidey, 81% of mothers in the Seharti Samre woreda had birth defects, and 32 newborn infants had died between January–June 2023. Although the war largely came to a halt after the peace agreement was signed, Eritrea continues to occupy parts of Tigray as of mid-2023. The EDF has been responsible for the deaths of thousands of people in northern Ethiopia since November 2022; from 17 to 25 November alone, Eritrea was reported to have destroyed 241 houses and killed at least 111 people. by 30 December, it was estimated that Eritrean and Amhara forces killed 3,700 since the signing of the peace deal. The Tigray Health Bureau noted that 852 cases of rape and sexual assault were reported between November and December 2022; according to aid workers and interviews with survivors, most of these were committed by Eritrean forces. As of January 2023, over half of Irob district was occupied by Eritrea. Irob advocacy groups and former residents have described it as a "de-facto annexation" of the area. A religious Irob leader told The Guardian in August 2023 that Eritrea was blocking off international aid to the area, and lamented that "there has been no improvement for us since the peace."  In January 2024, Human Rights Watch reported that authorities and regional forces were still forcibly expelling Tigrayans from their homes in the Western Tigray Zone, which is largely inaccessible to humanitarian agencies. Additionally, nearly 40% of the Tigrayan population is suffering from extreme food shortages, a situation made worse by the World Food Program's suspension of aid deliveries in May 2023. All the available evidence points to a continued genocide against the Tigray people from the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea as they as systematically denied food, water and access to medical care.  The Tigray Genocide is often described as “The War The World Forgot”, and based on the West's general attitude towards Africa this feels right. Especially when I account for the fact that I, a genocide studies scholar didn't even know about the Tigray Genocide until 2024. I account this a failure on my part, but also on the part of the global mainstream media that this never even came across any of the news websites I frequent, nor the social media websites I, more often, get reputable news from. That's it for this week folks. No new reviews, so let's get right into the outro. Have a Day! w/ The History Wizard is brought to you by me, The History Wizard. If you want to see/hear more of me you can find me on Tiktok @thehistorywizard or on Instagram @the_history_wizard. Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe to Have a Day! On your pod catcher of choice. The more you do, the more people will be able to listen and learn along with you. Thank you  for sticking around until the end and, as always, Have a Day, and Free Tigray.          

The Horn of Africa, home to over 200 million people, is experiencing high levels of fragility from both violence and climate change. The World Food Program says that the current conflict in Sudan is “risking the world's largest hunger crisis across the region." Jeffrey Feltman, visiting fellow in International Diplomacy in the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology at Brookings, joins The Current to talk about the humanitarian and security crisis unfolding in Sudan and the Horn of Africa. Show notes and transcript: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-can-be-done-about-sudans-deepening-humanitarian-catastrophe/ Follow The Current and all Brookings podcasts on Apple or Google podcasts, or on Spotify. Send feedback email to podcasts@brookings.edu.  

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Today on the Show: The case for Palestine: why it matters and why you should care. Also, Israel illegally using humanitarian cover for military operations causing The World Food Program to halt its aid efforts in in Gaza.  And our weekly Gaza news headlines with Nora Barrows Friedman and the electronic Intifada The post The Case For Palestine and Why You Should Care appeared first on KPFA.

Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty by a New York jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal in an effort to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The guilty verdict has sent the 2024 election — and the larger political world — into uncharted territory. Also: today's stories, including how Ukrainian farmers are supplying half of the World Food Program with its grain, Europe's far-right parties make gains ahead of EU elections, and how Indian journalists are using YouTube to evade new laws that curb press freedom. Join the Monitor's Clay Collins and Stephen Humphries for today's news. You can also visit csmonitor.com/daily for more information.

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/21/24). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src="https://rumble.com/embedJS/u2q643"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+"/?url="+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+"&args="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, "script", "Rumble");   Rumble("play", {"video":"v4u54al","div":"rumble_v4u54al"}); Video Source Links (In Chronological Order): (11) Disclose.tv on X: "NEW - Klaus Schwab will be stepping down as executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. https://t.co/PItYvddkfN" / X HPV Vaccination May Trigger Rare And Often Misdiagnosed Autoimmune Brain Disease | ZeroHedge Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis, Human Papillomavirus, and microRNA | Bentham Science Reevaluation of antibody-dependent enhancement of infection in anti-SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic antibodies and mRNA-vaccine antisera using FcR- and ACE2-positive cells | Scientific Reports How "Fact-Checkers" Are Ignoring A 'Specific & Significant' Risk Of Antibody-Dependent Enhancement Informed consent disclosure to vaccine trial subjects of risk of COVID‐19 vaccines worsening clinical disease - PMC New Tab (6) CODEPINK on X: "NOW: As @SecBlinken enters a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, this is how we greeted him: "SECRETARY OF GENOCIDE!" "WAR CRIMINAL!" "THE BLOOD OF 40,000 PALESTINIANS IS ON YOUR HANDS!" "EMBARASSMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW!" https://t.co/CGRUtwqT7a" / X (6) CODEPINK on X: "NOW: @SecBlinken continues to be disrupted during his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "Blinken is a war criminal! He is a war criminal! The blood of 40,000 Palestinians is on his hands!" https://t.co/bmx0CTfkrJ" / X (6) Ryan Grim on X: "Bilal Hammoud and a handful of Arab American leaders met with Antony Blinken Friday. Blinken told them that if Palestine became a state, federal law would mandate the defunding of the UN, which could then defund the World Food Program, causing global starvation." / X (7) Tiberius on X: "The US [lying blatantly]: We support a Palestinian state The US [the next day]: If Palestine becomes a state, we will starve the world" / X (6) Khalissee on X: "A BOMBSHELL leaked recording of Israeli Minister Gallant! He says the US doesn't really mean it when it speaks about a Palestinian state. "The Americans are not one immovable block. They know that there will be no Palestinian state... Believe me, ignore the public statements." https://t.co/cys2s2DjyV" / X (6) Bruno Maçães on X: "The US, which has resisted a ceasefire agreement tooth and nail, now complains the ICC decision could hinder a ceasefire agreement. You can't make this up" / X (6) UnCover on X: "Thousands of Israelis take to the streets demanding the overthrow of Netanyahu and his government to facilitate a ceasefire and an exchange deal with the resistance in Gaza.

Armed internal conflict  in Sudan has created a humanitarian crisis with millions of people displaced both internally and to neighboring countries. Dr. Salim Mohamednoor, a medical epidemiologist with expertise in emergency response and the national health coordinator at the WHO country office in Sudan, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the unfolding catastrophe and what needs to be done. Special thanks to Aseel Salih, Hassan Salih, and Laila Zomorodian, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students who assisted with the production of this podcast. A note that Dr. Mohamednoor is not representing the WHO on the podcast. Content warning: this episode contains depictions of violence. Listeners interested in contributing can consider supporting the World Food Program, the  Sudanese American Physicians Association, and Sadagaat.

Rescue teams are searching for Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi - after a helicopter transporting him crashed in a mountainous area. Also: CBC News is on the ground in Haiti - where the World Food Program is trying to bring food and aid to millions of people displaced by gang violence. Plus: For centuries, the Mona Lisa has been a bottomless source of mysteries for art lovers. Now, one scholar thinks she's solved one of the painting's many puzzles.

In our news wrap Saturday, the head of the UN's World Food Program said there is "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza and it is spreading south, tensions remain high on college campuses across the U.S. amid anti-war protests, new drone footage reveals the damage Russia inflicted on a village in eastern Ukraine, and hundreds of people have been rescued from severe flooding in the Houston area. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

The R-C-M-P says more arrests are possible in its investigation into the killing of Sikh advocate Hardeep Singh Nijjar.The director of the World Food Program, Cindy McCain says northern Gaza is in a "full-blown famine".The Eurovision song contest starts this week amid higher security and raised geopolitical tensions.

In our news wrap Saturday, the head of the UN's World Food Program said there is "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza and it is spreading south, tensions remain high on college campuses across the U.S. amid anti-war protests, new drone footage reveals the damage Russia inflicted on a village in eastern Ukraine, and hundreds of people have been rescued from severe flooding in the Houston area. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Gaza faces what the World Food Program is calling “catastrophic levels of hunger.” And the United Nations recently issued a report that said a famine is “imminent.” Ravi Agrawal is joined by two experts on the humanitarian situation in Gaza to discuss what the international community can do to prevent the worst outcomes. Sari Bashi is a program director for Human Rights Watch. Shira Efron is the director of research at the Israel Policy Forum. Suggested reading: Mohannad Sabry: How to Get More Aid Into Gaza Shira Efron: The Best Way to Deal With Gaza's Humanitarian Crisis Howard W. French: Why Aren't We Talking More About the Famine in Gaza? Human Rights Watch: Israel: Starvation Used as Weapon of War in Gaza

Would you move across the world to a country without ever having been there? That's what this week's guest did. We sit down with Brie Ripley to talk about her decision to take a 4-year contract with the World Food Program, which meant a relocation to Rome—a city she had never even visited.  She talks about the challenges of adjusting to life abroad as a brand-new expat, struggling to speak the language, searching for an apartment, missing her new husband who will be joining her soon, and quickly acquiring an unquenchable dependence on espresso. She also talks about what it was like to move her cats here, and how that came with its own set of challenges. ------------------------------------- ADVERTISE WITH US: Reach expats, future expats, and travelers all over the world. Send us an email to get the conversation started. BECOME A PATRON: Pledge your monthly support of The Bittersweet Life and receive awesome prizes in return for your generosity! Visit our Patreon site to find out more. TIP YOUR PODCASTER: Say thanks with a one-time donation to the podcast hosts you know and love. Click here to send financial support via PayPal. (You can also find a Donate button on the desktop version of our website.) The show needs your support to continue. START PODCASTING: If you are planning to start your own podcast, consider Libsyn for your hosting service! Use this affliliate link to get two months free, or use our promo code SWEET when you sign up. SUBSCRIBE: Subscribe to the podcast to make sure you never miss an episode. Click here to find us on a variety of podcast apps. WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. JOIN THE CONVERSATION: If you have a question or a topic you want us to address, send us an email here. You can also connect to us through Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Tag #thebittersweetlife with your expat story for a chance to be featured! NEW TO THE SHOW? Don't be afraid to start with Episode 1: OUTSET BOOK: Want to read Tiffany's book, Midnight in the Piazza? Learn more here or order on Amazon. TOUR ROME: If you're traveling to Rome, don't miss the chance to tour the city with Tiffany as your guide!  

A look at what CNN is seeing on the ground in Haiti with armed gangs controlling the capitol and the World Food Program saying a third of the population is experiencing acute hunger. Plus, Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis is staying on the case in Georgia but her lead prosecutor and romantic partner has quit. Also, key voters in a swing state share the issues they value most in the 2024 presidential election.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday discussed the brutal conflict in Sudan that has killed 14,000 people and displaced 8 million others. This as the World Food Program says what began as a power struggle in Africa's third-largest country may become the world's biggest hunger crisis. We hear from Sudanese people impacted by the war and Nick Schifrin speaks with WFP's Cindy McCain to learn more. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

US President Joe Biden touched down at one key Texas crossing point on the US-Mexico border today. His rival for the oval office, former President Donald Trump, visited another, showcasing a very different border environment. And, a new survey from the Pew Research Center says that representative democracy remains popular globally, but its appeal is also waning. Also, for the first time, the Cuban government has asked the UN's World Food Program for help providing powdered milk to children under 7 years old amid a crushing economic crisis in Cuba. Plus, the Disney merger with an Indian media giant is all about cricket.

There are major disagreements about a possible agreement for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The death toll in Gaza is fast approaching 30,000. And the U.N. warns of a looming famine as the World Food Program says it's suspended its aid deliveries amid a "collapse of civil order." Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, a major humanitarian organization, is in Gaza for the first time since the October 7th Hamas slaughter of Israelis. He joins the show from Rafah.  Also on today's show: Christiane reports from Bucha; actor Jodie Foster; author Alexander Ward  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world. Today is Day 141 of the war. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.The US is hoping that a hostage release deal and truce can be agreed upon before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. What do we know about the potential framework of the deal from today's talks? On Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the security cabinet with a document of principles regarding the management of Gaza after the war, aiming to install “local officials” unaffiliated with terrorism to administer services in the Strip instead of Hamas. We hear points from the plan. Following a deadly shooting near the West Banks city of Maale Adumim on Thursday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that permits would be released for the building of some 3,000 homes. How did the US react? The Biden administration is readying to issue a second round of sanctions in the coming weeks against Israeli settlers who carried out acts of violence in the West Bank. Who would be affected? Israel has agreed to a new arrangement with the World Food Program rather than the UNRWA relief agency for Palestinian refugees that will allow for a massive American shipment of flour for Gazan civilians to move forward. Magid gives a picture of the conditions on the ground. For the latest updates, please look at The Times of Israel's ongoing live blog. Discussed articles include: Live blog February 24, 2024 Netanyahu presents post-war plan to cabinet, aims for ‘local officials' to govern Gaza US revives policy deeming settlements illegal, pans Israel's plan for 3,000 new homes US readying to issue 2nd round of settler sanctions in coming weeks — sources Israel agrees to finally release American flour shipment for Gaza, says US official ‘Hunger is killing us': Gazans increasingly desperate amid growing humanitarian crisis THOSE WE HAVE LOST: Civilians and soldiers killed in Hamas's onslaught on Israel THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown Subscribe to The Times of Israel Daily Briefing on iTunes, Spotify, PlayerFM, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. IMAGE: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The UN has not declared a famine in gaza--not yet at least. But the World Food Program has said there are "pockets of famine" in Gaza. In December, the UN released its most comprehensive assessment of food security in Gaza and estimated that over half a million people are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity inside Gaza. For comparison's sake, in the entire rest of the world there are an estimated 129,000 people facing similarly catastrophic levels of food insecurity. My guest today, Tjada D'Oyen McKenna is the CEO of Mercy Corps, a large international humanitarian NGO that has long had a presence in Gaza. We discuss the food security landscape and prospect of famine, and then have an in depth discussion about the complex process of getting even limited humanitarian aid into Gaza.  

As Israel continues to wage its military campaign against Hamas, we break down why it has blocked humanitarian aid — including food — into Gaza. Hunger and disease now threaten hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza. Read more:More than 100 days into the Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip, the humanitarian crisis there continues to worsen. As Israel continues to block food and basic supplies from entering Gaza, the World Food Program estimates that 93 percent of people in Gaza are facing crisis levels of hunger. The World Health Organization warns that more Palestinian civilians could die from disease and starvation in the coming months than from Israeli military attacks. Washington Post Cairo bureau chief Claire Parker, who has reported extensively on the Israel-Gaza war, joins “Post Reports” to talk about why it has been so difficult to get supplies into Gaza, whether more aid is forthcoming and how a lack of aid has left Gazans on the brink of famine. Today's show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy, with help from Peter Bresnan. It was mixed by Sean Carter and edited by Monica Campbell. Thanks to Jesse Mesner-Hage. Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

The chief economist of the World Food Program tells the New Yorker how the scarcity of food in Gaza may tip the territory into famine. The Wall Street Journal has what you need to know about unsealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Predictions from Vox on how political and cultural events might shake out in 2024. And The Guardian explains how a 13-year-old beat Tetris.

In our news wrap Thursday, the U.N.'s World Food Program warned the war in Gaza has left more than 570,000 people starving, a new burst of fighting in Sudan's civil war forced up to 300,000 people to flee what had been a safe haven and Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy days after a federal jury ordered him to pay $148 million to two former election workers in Georgia. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

FBI Director Christopher Wray warns the Hamas attack in Israel could inspire attacks on the U.S. by terrorist and violent extremist groups. NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki breaks down the races to watch on Election Day 2023. Alex Seitz-Wald, NBC News senior digital politics reporter, explains how the Muslim-American voters in swing states are threatening to vote against President Biden. Steve Taravella, senior spokesperson for the U.N. World Food Program, discusses the urgent humanitarian crisis in Gaza.