According to the fourth annual Global Report on Food Crises[1], the current number of human beings at risk of starvation is 135 million. This number is expected to double post-COVID, with an estimated 265 million people at risk of famine across the world.[2] Some of the main causes of food insecurity include conflict, environmental disasters, economic crises, diseases, and displacement. The region most at-risk is the African continent

It was in a spring sunny day in Bogota, Colombia, in a rather small waiting room, filled with a pleasant coffee aroma that I met former FARC combatant Rosa for the first time.

We must look for real solutions to the problems at hand. Determine the reality from the narrative and address the hard questions with proactive answers. If economic mismanagement is indeed undermining any political settlement, explore genuine financial accountability mechanisms that acknowledge the diverging financial streams in Libya.

Despite government measures to stop the spread of coronavirus, the poorly structured health system in Iraq forced civilians to take matters into their own hands. There is serious concern that with the lack of a strong public health sector, as well as the resentments of protesters, there will be a second wave of COVID-19 throughout the country

The inequitable response to the 2008 crisis laid the seeds for a decade of populism, instability, and violence around the world. With today’s ground fertile for populist narratives, unprecedented resource competition, and autocratic power-grabs, the scale of the COVID-19 crisis makes it clear that we can’t afford to make the same mistakes again.