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October 2, 2018

Nigeria
Nigerian and U.S. Flooding Similar, Linked to Climate Change

Nigerians fear that flooding in October 2018 could be as bad as or worse than it was in 2012, when two million Nigerians were displaced and 363 died. In 2015, floods displaced 100,000 and led to 53 deaths. In 2016, 92,000 were displaced 38 died. In 2017, floods affected 250,000. 

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May 20, 2011

North Korea
A Human Rights Envoy to Assess North Korea’s Food Situation

U.S. special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Robert King (L) and South Korea's top nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac talk at Wi's office in Seoul February 8, 2011 (Truth Leem/Courtesy Reuters…

U.S. special envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Robert King (L) and South Korea’s top nuclear negotiator Wi Sung-lac talk at Wi’s office in Seoul February 8, 2011

March 12, 2012

Politics and Government
Egypt: Being Fayza Aboulnaga

On Saturday, the Washington Post published an op-ed under the byline of Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation, Fayza Aboulnaga, titled, “Why Egypt moved against unregistered NGOs.”   The Mini…

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August 27, 2014

South Korea
Darcie Draudt: The Sewol Controversy and Parliamentary Deadlock in South Korea

Darcie Draudt is a research associate for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. On Tuesday, South Korea’s main opposition party, the New Politics Alliance for Democracy (NPAD), began a …

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October 19, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Floods and the Jonathan Administration

Floods resulting from the autumn rainy season have devastated central and southeastern Nigeria. According to Nigerian media, the flooding is the worst in fifty years, and has already killed more than…

Houses are submerged in floodwaters in Idah Local Government Area, in Nigeria's central state of Kogi. 29/09/2012