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It was about two o’clock in the afternoon, on a warm December day in 2013, when the sound of gunshots and frantic shouting abruptly woke Ambroise Andet from his midday nap. Startled, the 27-year-old propped himself up where he had been sleeping and looked around for his wheelchair. It wasn’t there.
Andet, who lived in Central African Republic and who has been paralyzed from the waist down since the age of 14, began to panic.
Thousands have perished in the devastating earthquake in Nepal on April 25. As the world rightly reaches out to help the millions who are suffering, it is important that any help offered is based on a proper, needs-based assessment, and reaches the most vulnerable. See the Latest News in Asia »
Imagine the Hollywood blockbuster about one boat’s perilous journey in the Mediterranean. The Eritrean mother with her 5-year-old son, the 16-year-old Afghan boy traveling on his own, and the Syrian patriarch with his entire family — they would be the heroes. We would learn the horrors they are fleeing, and see their humanity as they defend themselves and others against a villainous smuggler.
The film’s main bad guys would be the European Union leaders who bicker behind closed doors about who should go rescue the migrants as their boat sinks. It would be one helluva movie — if it weren’t already a hellish reality. See the Latest News in Europe/Central Asia >>
The first trial of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was compromised by due process violations, the appearance of bias, and an absence of conclusive evidence.
Venezuela’s Health Care Crisis By Diederik Lohman Washington Post As her 3-month-old daughter was recovering from heart surgery at one of the leading public hospitals in Caracas, Venezuela, doctors told Yamila she needed to go out and buy basic medical supplies for her baby that the hospital had run out of. They gave her a list that included catheters, needles for administering IV fluids, antibiotics, and other medications.
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