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By Owen Armentrout October 31, 2025 Woman tending to a millet field in western Chad. Source: UK Department for International Development Chad has been experiencing severe food insecurity and water scarcity, combined with insufficient sanitation services, for several years now. The main contributors to this disaster have been flooding, drought, conflict, and inadequate infrastructure.     This is now Chad’s sixth consecutive year facing crisis levels of hunger, according to th

By Owen Armentrout October 17, 2025 Featured on The Borgen Project's Blog Street lamps light up the road in Chișinău, Moldova. Source: Nicolae Casir Moldova has been attempting to cultivate new means of energy diversification for years, and they are finally beginning to make significant progress.     History    In October of 2022, Russia’s state-owned gas corporation, Gazprom, began reducing exports of gas to Moldova by 30%, claiming that it was a consequence of Ukraine refus

By Owen Armentrout September 28, 2025 Transmission towers in Baghdad, Iraq. Source: Haitham Moussa Iraq has struggled to maintain a...

By Owen Armentrout September 10, 2025 Overhead view of Kabul, Afghanistan. Source: Suliman Sallehi  For years now, millions of...

By Owen Armentrout September 19, 2025 (Featured on The Borgen Project blog) A woman on crutches walks past a tent encampment in Idlib,...

By Owen Armentrout September 6, 2025 (Featured on The Borgen Project's blog) Children trekking through the mud of a camp in Idlib, Syria....

By Owen Armentrout  June 19, 2025  Merchants sit along the roadside hoping to make a sale. Source: Simon Steinberger  While India’s 1950...

Owen Armentrout April 21, 2025 A group of Palestinians wanders through the ruins of the Gaza Strip after being displaced by Israeli...

Owen Armentrout March 24, 2025 A young boy standing outside a crumbled house in Jabalia refugee camp, Gaza. Source: freegazaorg October...

Owen Armentrout March 3, 2025 American and Ukrainian flags flying in Warren, Michigan. Source: Owen Armentrout On Thursday, Ukraine’s...

Owen Armentrout Feb. 17, 2025 Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario; Accounts for 30% of trade between the U.S. and...

Owen Armentrout Jan. 27, 2025 Merrik DeLuca played drums for all four bands; chimpanzee mask secured to his head the entire time, like a...

Owen Armentrout Dec. 8, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump speaks with now FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. Source: GettyImages WASHINGTON-On...

Owen Armentrout Dec. 8, 2024 Grey wolf stands alone in the Montana wilderness. Source: GettyImages DETROIT- Although grey wolves are...

Owen Armentrout Dec. 8, 2024 Israel and Iran struggle to reach peace as proxy warfare ensues. Source: GettyImages DETROIT- Tensions...