sub-Saharan Africa

JERUSALEM

Despite Halt in Deportations, Refugees in Israel Live in Fear

By Mel Frykberg
Since Israel secretly deported over 1,000 Sudanese refugees several months ago, sending them back to Sudan and threatening to deport hundreds more Sub-Saharan African refugees, Israeli authorities have suspended this practise in the face of international outrage and condemnation by the United Nations.

No Woman Should Die Giving Life

By Blain Biset
Every single day, 452 women in sub-Saharan Africa die from pregnancy-related causes; that’s 18 women every hour.

Development Targets Ride on Vitamins

By Justine Leone
One hundred and ninety million – that’s more than the populations of Germany, France and Poland combined. It is also the number of children affected by vitamin A deficiency around the world.