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The British Red Cross uses mobile cinema to tackle cholera in Sierra Leone
It is a far cry from the glamour of Hollywood, but through the power of film the British Red Cross is tackling the deadly cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone.
By Sharon Reader | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 14 September 2012 at 2:35 pm
Adopting an effective Arms Trade Treaty: A humanitarian imperative
In many parts of the world, weapons are easy to obtain and armed violence is pervasive as a result of the poorly regulated international trade in conventional arms
By Sir Nicholas Young | Notebook | Monday, 2 July 2012 at 4:00 am
Refugees and scarce resources: A humanitarian crisis in West Africa
Drought in the Sahel region of West Africa is fast becoming a humanitarian crisis; Henry Makiwa travels to Burkina Faso to see how the lack of rain and an influx of refugees have affected the country.
By Henry Makiwa | Notebook, The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 15 May 2012 at 3:55 am
Preparing for Disasters: Our Collective Responsibilities
It has been one year since monsoon rains triggered landslides and flooding, the likes of which Pakistan has not experienced in 80 years. In its wake, hundreds of thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed, millions of acres of valuable farmland were left water-logged, and infrastructure such as roads and bridges were swept away. One fifth of the country was submerged, and a staggering 20 million people were affected.
By Nilofar Bakhtiar | The Foreign Desk | Tuesday, 26 July 2011 at 5:00 pm
A difficult birth in South Sudan
We are on the verge of seeing the birth of a new African nation, one that will have emerged through the will of its people. It will be a time of optimism, a time of risk, and a time of opportunities that we should not miss.
By Sir Nicholas Young | Notebook | Friday, 8 July 2011 at 4:51 pm
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