Aid Must Go Where It Is Most Needed, Even Amid War and Disease

People from the Nuba Mountains in Sudan hide under boulders to escape from government bombing in April 2012.

Ideas Aid Must Go Where It Is Most Needed, Even Amid War and Disease The Nuba Mountains in southern Sudan is a rugged region the size of Austria and home to 750,00 men, women and children. It is also a conflict zone. Since 2011, a war has raged between the Government

World Bin Laden's Will Shows a Terror Leader Left Behind by Contemporary Jihad It’s been a tough few days for jihad’s old guard. On March 1, Osama bin Laden’s last will and testament were published, in a trove of documents that had the aging terrorist

World India Prepares to Host Sudan's al-Bashir Despite War-Crimes Charges As the Indian government gears up to host a major summit with more than 50 African countries, the four-day confab has already run into controversy as New Delhi faces pressure to arrest one of its expected guests — Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir

World Inside Calais's Deadly Migrant Crisis Europe has struggled to absorb the 137,000 asylum-seekers who have arrived on its shores in the first half of 2015 alone. The French port of Calais says it can no longer cope with the economic and security challenges of hosting so many migrants

Ideas The Sudanese President's Escape Highlights the Determination of African Lawyers Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who has been dodging an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for years, is now safely back in Khartoum. But he returns branded with the scarlet

World Sudan’s President Escapes War Crimes Arrest in South Africa The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague suffered a major blow on Monday when Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir escaped South Africa on his presidential jet, foiling yet again a six-year quest to bring him to justice

Jeremiah Heaton and his seven year-old daughter, Princess Emily, show the flag, July 2, 2014, in Abingdon, Va, that their family designed as they try to claim a piece of land in the Eastern African region of Bir Tawil.

Business World’s First 'Crowdsourced Country' Campaign Aims to Solve World Hunger A U.S. farmer who controversially established the "Kingdom of North Sudan" so his daughter could be a princess launched the world's first "crowdsourced country" campaign Tuesday to nail down his claim

A housing development on the edge of undeveloped desert in Cathedral City, Calif.

LightBox The 10 Best Photo Essays of the Month This month’s Photojournalism Links collection highlights 10 excellent photo essays from across the world, including The New York Times staff photographer Damon Winter’s stunning aerial

Members of the rebel group Sudan Liberation Army led by Abdul Wahid (SLA-AW) climb towards the front lines in Jebel Marra, Central Darfur, Sudan, on March 4, 2015. The mountainous area has been a stronghold of the SLA-AW since the conflict between the neglected population and the Sudanese government broke out in 2003.

LightBox Inside Sudan's War-Torn Darfur The outcome had been all but certain. On April 27, two weeks after polls opened in Sudan, election organizers announced that President Omar al-Bashir, the 71-year-old incumbent, had won 94% of the

A woman rides a donkey past a convoy of government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan, Nov, 2014.

World Sudan Finance Minister Pushes Washington to Lift Sanctions Sudanese minister of finance and national economy Bader Eldin Mahmmoud Abbas Mukhtar visited Washington recently to lobby the United States to lift sanctions and remove the country from a list of

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