In the News- Drought and Famine in North Africa

In the News

A devastating drought and famine are threatening millions of lives in North Africa and the Middle East. South Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen are experiencing record drought conditions. What is worse, political instability limits the amount of aid that can be distributed. Millions of people have migrated out of these regions which could potentially cause instability in other regions. The health consequences are already deadly illness to children and the elderly. 

Learn more about the causes of this humanitarian disaster here:

You can also check out these books for more background.

Hirsch, Rebecca E. Climate migrants : on the move in a warming world. Minneapolis: Twenty-First Century Books, 2017.

Kolbert, Elizabeth. Field notes from a catastrophe : man, nature, and climate change. New York: Bloomsbury Pub., 2006.

Rawlence, Ben. City of thorns : nine lives in the world's largest refugee camp. New York: Picador, 2017.

Singer, Peter, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates. Famine, affluence, and morality ; foreword by Bill and Melinda Gates. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Singer, Peter. One world : the ethics of globalization. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.

Turse, Nick. Next Time They'll Come to Count the Dead. Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2016. Print.

Withington, John. Disaster! : a history of earthquakes, floods, plagues, and other catastrophes. New York: Skyhorse Pub., 2010.