Food aid is due to stop in January in a country taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees from Sudan’s war. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says food aid to 1.4 million people in Chad, including newly arrived refugees fleeing violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, will end in January because of a shortage … Read more
Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – The tantalising smell of burning firewood and freshly baked bread fills the air. Fifty-three-year-old Inshirah Salem al-Aqra will swear to anyone who will listen that food cooked in a wood-fired taboon is just so much richer in flavour. She has been building these traditional clay ovens for whoever wants them … Read more
Demonstrators the world over have rallied in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, condemning the high rate of civilian casualties in Israeli attacks and calling for an immediate ceasefire. Protests were held on Thursday across Spain and in Mexico City, Rotterdam, New York, Rabat and elsewhere. People also showed solidarity with the Palestinian people and called … Read more
3. “Like most long-term friends, we knew a lot of each other’s secrets. Misdeeds, misadventures, and so forth. Nothing too criminal but also some youthful indiscretions that should stay in the ‘we don’t talk about this with others’ box.” “The friendship was waning. About a year prior, I had started questioning what I was getting … Read more