Alex Klaushofer
Alex Klaushofer is a freelance journalist writing on social affairs and politics in Britain and the Middle East. She has previously worked as Middle East communications manager for Christian Aid, and has a particular interest in humanitarian issues. She is author of "Paradise Divided: A Portrait of Lebanon".
Climate change policy needs traditional wisdom
Author: Megan Rowling
Northeastern Uganda's Karamojong people - a semi-nomadic tribe who make their living from cattle herding - look at the stars to work out the flux of the wet and dry seasons. And when warm weather comes early, they know that if it isn't followed by heavy rains, their crops will fail and they'll face hunger.
"I wish the government would use these indicators to prepare relief instead of just relying on satellite imagery," said David Pulkol, a Karamojong community leader and former Ugandan government minister, at a press conference in London last week.
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Author: Megan Rowling
Northeastern Uganda's Karamojong people - a semi-nomadic tribe who make their living from cattle herding - look at the stars to work out the flux of the wet and dry seasons. And when warm weather comes early, they know that if it isn't followed by heavy rains, their crops will fail and they'll face hunger.
"I wish the government would use these indicators to prepare relief instead of just relying on satellite imagery," said David Pulkol, a Karamojong community leader and former Ugandan government minister, at a press conference in London last week.
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The untold story of Iraq's refugee crisis
Author: Alex Klaushofer
Coming back on the train from a news-free holiday earlier this week, idly flicking through the papers abandoned by commuters, I found myself plunged into the tabloid world of Iraq Five Years On.
One paper devoted half a dozen pages to the anniversary. There was extensive reporting of the ongoing discussion about when 'we' will withdraw our forces, an 'I told-you-so' piece by a vexed defence correspondent about politicians' failure to listen when it mattered, and a heart-rending account by a childhood friend of a promising young Englishman killed in the battle against Saddam.
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Author: Alex Klaushofer
Coming back on the train from a news-free holiday earlier this week, idly flicking through the papers abandoned by commuters, I found myself plunged into the tabloid world of Iraq Five Years On.
One paper devoted half a dozen pages to the anniversary. There was extensive reporting of the ongoing discussion about when 'we' will withdraw our forces, an 'I told-you-so' piece by a vexed defence correspondent about politicians' failure to listen when it mattered, and a heart-rending account by a childhood friend of a promising young Englishman killed in the battle against Saddam.
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Should aid agencies be more open about corruption?
Author: Alex Klaushofer
Sierra Leone may be entering unusual times. At his inauguration last week, newly-elected President Ernest Bai Koroma promised his people "zero tolerance" for the country's endemic culture of corruption.
Accompanying the pledge is the discovery, by BBC correspondent Mark Doyle, of a confidential, presidential audit that candidly reveals widespread corruption, including a case in which almost $500,000 given by an international donor never reached the intended recipients. Corruption, the report argued, is "the greatest impediment to the country's development."
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Author: Alex Klaushofer
Sierra Leone may be entering unusual times. At his inauguration last week, newly-elected President Ernest Bai Koroma promised his people "zero tolerance" for the country's endemic culture of corruption.
Accompanying the pledge is the discovery, by BBC correspondent Mark Doyle, of a confidential, presidential audit that candidly reveals widespread corruption, including a case in which almost $500,000 given by an international donor never reached the intended recipients. Corruption, the report argued, is "the greatest impediment to the country's development."
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Is there too much talk and too little action on the plight of the Palestinians?
Author: Alex Klaushofer
Is there such a thing as report fatigue? Earlier this month, Amnesty International entered the murky waters of what's arguably the world's longest-running and most intractable refugee crisis with a hard-hitting report. 'Exiled and Suffering' highlights the plight of Lebanon's estimated 300,000 Palestinian refugees, and calls on the Lebanese government to clean up its act and lift the restrictions that exclude them from access to work, housing, healthcare and education. ...
Author: Alex Klaushofer
Is there such a thing as report fatigue? Earlier this month, Amnesty International entered the murky waters of what's arguably the world's longest-running and most intractable refugee crisis with a hard-hitting report. 'Exiled and Suffering' highlights the plight of Lebanon's estimated 300,000 Palestinian refugees, and calls on the Lebanese government to clean up its act and lift the restrictions that exclude them from access to work, housing, healthcare and education. ...
Global plan tackles neglected issue of desertification
Author: Alex Klaushofer
If you were to put the main humanitarian story of the summer in a nutshell, you might describe it as just "Too Much Water".
But, ironically, one of the main threats facing the developing world in the next few years is the opposite problem of "Too Much Dry", or - to put it more technically - desertification.
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Author: Alex Klaushofer
If you were to put the main humanitarian story of the summer in a nutshell, you might describe it as just "Too Much Water".
But, ironically, one of the main threats facing the developing world in the next few years is the opposite problem of "Too Much Dry", or - to put it more technically - desertification.
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