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Anna Husarska
Anna Husarska is Senior Policy Adviser at the International Rescue Committee.
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Congo’s Infinite War
Anna Husarska Series: Into Africa 2008-11-26Paradoxically, the current flood of refugees in eastern Congo has helped to draw attention to the conflict there. This moment must be seized not only to beef up UN peacekeeping forces, but, more importantly, to use all existing leverage with the combatants and their backers to bring them back to the negotiating table.... read Comments: 1 Recommended: 0 Read: 11257
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An Afghan Homecoming
Anna Husarska Series: Human Rights 2008-07-01SInce the fall of the Taliban government in November 2001, more that 3.5 million Afghan refugees have come home, mainly from Pakistan. But their return is neither safe nor always voluntary.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 10259
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Somalia’s Endless Hell
Anna Husarska Series: Into Africa 2007-11-13It is easy to forget about Somalia, since security conditions make journalism almost impossible. But, with Ethiopia and Eritrea fighting a proxy war that threatens the entire Horn of Africa, ignoring the situation in the world's longest-standing anarchy is not an option.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 9985
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A Nation Kidnapped
Anna Husarska Series: Latin America 2007-07-12On July 5, Colombians throughout the country poured into the streets to show their outrage at the news that 11 provincial politicians had been killed while being held by leftist rebels. But kidnappings, landmines, and nearly three million internally displaced people are merely the most visible side-effects of Latin America's oldest and longest-running civil war.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 7708
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Iraq’s Refugee Crisis
Anna Husarska Series: Human Rights 2007-04-26Since the invasion of Iraq four years ago, all countries combined have offered a permanent home to approximately the same number of Iraqi refugees as flee the country in just five days. With roughly 40,000 Iraqis now fleeing the violence each month, the US must take the lead in attending to the refugees' needs... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 10501
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