Medecins Sans Frontieres-USA released an interesting list of top 10 underreported humanitarian stories — stories with a major humanitarian angle that went practically unreported in the United States. The 10 stories they chose were,
- Tens of thousands seek refuge in Chad from fighting in Sudan and Central African Republic
- Ongoing oppression of Chechen civilians
- Unrelenting violence in Burundi
- Massive displacement and isolation in Colombia
- War and neglect in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Malaria death count soars
- Punishing cycles of violence in Somalia
- Repression of North Korean refugees
- Trading away the health of millions (restriction of generic AIDS drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean by U.S.)
- Collapse of health care in western Ivory Coast
MSF-USA has more details on each story on its web site.
Sources:
The Top Ten Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2003. MSF-USA, January 6, 2004.
MSF issues “Top Ten” list of the year’s most underreported humanitarian stories. Press Release, MSF-USA, January 6, 2004.