Thalif Deen, Author at Toward Freedom

In Haiti, Cholera Claims New Victims Daily

Thalif Deen November 6, 2013 Thalif Deen

(IPS) – Some 2,400 kilometres from New York City, where victims of Haiti’s cholera epidemic are suing the United Nations in a U.S. federal court, the disease continues to burn through the populace with no end in sight.

In a single week between Oct. 19 and Oct. 26, the Pan-American Health Organisation reported 1,512 new cases and 31 deaths. New cases are reported in all 10 departments.

At the Cholera Treatment Centre run by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders in Delmas 33, a commune in Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, nurse Viola Augustine says the clinic is so packed it cannot accept new patients. read more

Russian and Chinese Arms Fueling Conflict in Sudan

Thalif Deen February 13, 2012 Thalif Deen

Russia and China, two veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council described as key arms suppliers to the embattled regime in Syria, are now accused of supplying weapons and fueling an ongoing conflict in another military hotspot: Sudan.