'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
Nor has Trump been able to point the way to the establishment of more positive diplomatic relations with American rivals that could guarantee global peace in the long term. After a full year in office, Trump’s dealings with both US allies and rivals have not yet appeared to possess any discernible “method.”
Over the past 25 years, Somalia has experienced a cycle of protracted droughts, culminating in the most recent one in 2016 and 2017, when rains failed for three seasons in a row.
Tragically, drought images from the country are so familiar that they rarely make the headlines.
But the situation in Somalia has grown desperate. The recent drought has caused spikes in food scarcity, malnutrition, and cholera and other diseases; it has also driven people from the rural areas into the cities. In 2017, 1.2 million children were projected to be acutely malnourished; 80,000 children were forced to stop attending school; and 120,000 risked dropping out.
8 February 2018 – Bollywood is highlighting the issue of menstrual hygiene in a new comedy-drama that aims to break taboos around sanitary pads.
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Actor Akshay Kumar on the set of Pad Man. Courtesy of Pad Man
Ongoing conflicts and climate-related shocks have left millions of people on the brink of starvation, the United Nations agriculture agency on 8 February 2018 warned as it launched a $1.06 billion appeal to save lives and livelihoods, and tackle acute hunger in 26 countries.
An elderly woman begs for food at a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Dinsoor, Somalia. Photo: Giles Clarke for Getty/OCHA
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