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The Global Cost of Childhood Malnutrition

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Childhood malnutrition has lifelong consequences for individuals and the global community. Here’s what you can do to help.

Shyamakali and her children.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

In Sudan, Many Hands Could Make Heavy War—or Peace

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"The longer the conflict goes on, the more likely neighbors start choosing sides, raising the risk of sustained fighting in the long term," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

A Sudanese evacuee waits at Port Sudan before boarding a Saudi military ship
AP Photos
Global Politics

The Continent: Changing the Game in African Media

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Some of the most important innovations in the news media may be happening in Africa. What can we learn?

Man in Kenya reading his phone
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Culture

Diplomats Forced to Evacuate Sudan as Crisis Deepens

In the News
Sirius XM The Briefing
Elizabeth Shackelford

"Having our embassy shut down and all of our diplomats leave ... does reduce our leverage," Elizabeth Shackelford tells Steve Scully.

an airplane takes off from Sudan
Reuters
Defense and Security

Russia's Influence in Sudan Is "Bad News" for Ceasefire Possibility

In the News
MSNBC Andrea Mitchell Reports
Elizabeth Shackelford

“Not having enough supplies to continue fighting is probably the fastest way” to end the conflict, Lizzy Shackelford tells Andrea Mitchell.

Andrea Mitchell (L) speaking with Lizzy Shackelford (R) on MSNBC. Global Politics

Lula in China, Conflict in Sudan, and NATO Reborn

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Prashant Rao, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Brazil’s Lula Meets Xi in China
Reuters
Global Politics

Agricultural Investment: Foreign Aid for Global Prosperity

BLOG
Global Food for Thought by Cedric Habiyaremye

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

A woman purchases vegetables at an outdoor food market.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Food and Agriculture

Pan-African Attitudes on Gerontocracy

BLOG
Running Numbers by Emma Geiser

As the youngest continent in the world, Africans want upper age limits for elected officials while still respecting elders.

Protesters demonstrate against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outside Uganda House in London
Reuters
Public Opinion

Beating the Odds: The Mothers and Children of the 1,000 Days Movement

BLOG
Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Shyamkali sits cross legged and holds her young daughter.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

1,000 Days: Revisiting the Mothers and Children of Uganda

Video Series
Featured Video

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book, we revisit Esther and her son Rodgers to see how they are faring.

Esther smiles as she holds her son Rodgers.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture