Alex Thomson
Syria: ‘It’s just getting worse and worse’
The UN has a vital job in Syria, but with violence increasing, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the organisation to operate there and staff are being pulled out.
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Alex Thomson
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Terror prompts ‘alarming’ rise in Syrian refugees to Jordan
As thousands of Syrian refugees cross the Jordanian border fleeing extreme violence and bombing, Jordan’s foreign minister tells Channel 4 News there is a lack of funds to cope with the influx.
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The other side of Sandy – Caribbean victims count the cost
While the world’s media focuses on the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the United States, parts of Cuba and much of Haiti have been devastated by the storm.
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A changing North Korea awaits Kim Jong-un
As North Korea’s official news agency names Kim Jong-un as his father’s “Great Successor”, Channel 4 News looks at the state he has inherited.
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Three months of famine in southern Somalia
The death of one of the world’s worst tyrants on Thursday made it impossible for me to report that we are now three months on since the UN declared a famine in southern Somalia, writes Jonathan Rugman.
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FactCheck: Jamie Oliver’s super-sized obesity claims
As leaders of the world convene in New York for the UN’s annual assembly, Jamie has thrown his Food Revolution under their noses. But is he right that obesity kills more than under-nutrition? FactCheck investigates.
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Just 27 per cent of drought aid money going to Somalia
The Disasters Emergency Committee tells Channel 4 News that just over a quarter of money it has raised towards the Horn of Africa Appeal is going to Somalia, the epicentre of the drought crisis.
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No famine in Somalia, claims al-Shabaab
In the first interview with a western news organisation since the UN declared famine in Somalia, a spokesman for the al-Shabaab Islamist group tells Channel 4 News there is no famine, only drought.
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Beleaguered Haiti braced for Tropical Storm Emily
With Tropical Storm Emily on course to hit Haiti, the country is bracing itself for further misery as it struggles to recover from last year’s devastating earthquake.
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Famine's awkward truths
And here’s an awkward truth: the more help international aid agencies pour into these refugee camps, the more permanent they will become. A dependency culture is being created here, for want of any internal solution to Somalia’s problems.
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‘Stop talking and act now’ on Africa drought
As ministers meet in Rome to discuss how to get aid to the drought-hit Horn of Africa region, an aid worker in Somalia tells Channel 4 News they should “stop talking and act now” or children will die.
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A new generation dying in Somalia's famine
Jonathan Rugman blogs on the appalling famine in Somalia – and what the world can do to help.
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Somalia famine: US withholds aid to rebel-held areas
The US gives $28 million in aid but says the money won’t be used in rebel-held famine regions, unless it receives assurances from militants. Channel 4 News talks to the head of the UN in Somalia.
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Government: more money for East Africa drought sufferers
A £52.25m emergency aid package is being put together to help millions of starving people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya hit by Africa’s worst drought in 50 years.
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Aid agencies broadcast crisis appeal for drought victims
Leading aid agencies launch an appeal to help 10 million people in the grip of Africa’s worst drought in decades, as Oxfam tells Channel 4 News soaring local food prices are compounding the crisis.
