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The prolonged conflict in Yemen has created an urgent humanitarian and development crisis, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths, as well as significant damage to the country’s economy, physical infrastructure and education system. Now a new report details the devastating impact of the conflict and what is required to steer Yemen’s future in a positive direction.
The University of Denver’s Frederick S. Pardee Center of International Futures at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to research the human and economic cost of the war. Findings show the conflict is responsible for 377,000 deaths, a majority of which are indirectly attributed to the war due to diminished access to food, water and health care. If the conflict continues through 2030, the research indicates the death toll could climb to 1.3 million.
“Our research shows that the conflict’s full death toll is much higher than what is often
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The Congolese population is impatient for change. The lack of visionary and accountable leadership has made the country a classic case of the ‘paradox of abundance’.
In December 2018, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) saw its first peaceful transfer of power since independence in 1960. The shaky coalition government that emerged has however, done little to improve the population’s living conditions.