Country: Yemen Source: World Food Programme More than 20 million people are food-insecure with 13 million requiring WFP aid to meet daily needs. Another three million are at risk of worsening hunger as COVID-19 sweeps unchecked across Yemen.

People continue to eat the meat of wild animals for various reasons. Some in poor rural communities in the developing world do so for sustenance. Others in better-off societies feast on so-called bushmeat for culinary reasons. Others still eat wild animals because they forage on their crops. An international team […]

The global COVID-19 outbreak has encouraged widespread orders to protect renters and owners of commercial and residential real property. In this 50 state-by-state survey we offer a summary of cities and states that have enacted policies or implemented moratoriums for evictions or foreclosures due to COVID-19. Click here for the full […]

Research Post September 22, 2020 Promoting nonfarm businesses in Papua New Guinea can improve rural diets Gracie Rosenbach Emily Schmidt A study provides insights into gender differences and welfare benefits in a wide array of enterprises.

Countries: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Niger, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, World, Zimbabwe Source: International Rescue Committee The International Rescue Committee has been responding to COVID-19 as well as the two outbreaks and is now calling for a rapid increase in funding to scale up its response and […]

Plenty of fish suffer from water pollution, which takes a toll on their health and reproductive abilities. Yet there is another often-overlooked form of manmade pollution that also affects them: noise pollution. The roar of boat engines and other manmade sources of loud noise can grate on our ears, but […]

Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, died of a lengthy illness on Monday, his family said, an event that fellow sherpas called a major loss to Nepal and the climbing community.