The Trump administration’s decision over the weekend to revoke visas for all South Sudanese passport holders adds to the mounting political and humanitarian challenges confronting the world’s youngest nation. South Sudan faces the risk of civil war as tensions between…
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has been placed under house arrest, according to his party, amid escalating tensions in the world’s youngest country that the United Nations has warned could blow up a peace deal and has pushed the…
The world’s youngest nation faces the threat of war yet again. This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission in a remote area in South Sudan, with one member of its crew killed and two others…
In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror…
In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror…
In the weeks since President Trump signed an executive order dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, Andrea Minaj Casablanca’s phone has been inundated with desperate pleas for help. A counselor who works with nonprofits catering to members of Uganda’s…
