News: The Most Under-reported Stories of 2007

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF or Doctors without Borders) just published the Top Ten Under-reported humanitarian stories of the year 2007:

• Displaced fleeing war in Somalia face a humanitarian crisis
• Political and economic turmoil sparks health-care crisis in Zimbabwe
• Drug-resistant Tuberculosis spreads as new drugs go untested
• Expanded use of nutrient dense ready-to-use foods crucial for reducing childhood malnutrition
• Civilians increasingly under fire in the Sri Lanka conflict
• Conditions worsen in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
• Living precariously in Colombia’s conflict zones
• Humanitarian aid restricted in Myanmar
• Civilians caught between armed groups in the Central African Republic
• As Chechen conflict ebbs, critical humanitarian needs still remain

The ten stories also come in pictures. Why not check also the 2006 top under-reported stories.

Picture courtesy Claude Mahoudeau/MSF.

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