ZUMAland.com

Things are spiraling downward in South Sudan, as world’s youngest nation is well into its fourth year of civil war. Two years after emerging as an independent state, oil-rich South Sudan was plunged into conflict in 2013 as rivalry between President Kiir and his then-vice president, Machar, turned into violence. Since then, the U.N. stated, that the fighting has often been along ethnic lines and has triggered Africa’s worst refugee crisis, with more than 4 million people fleeing their homes. South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in his home state of Gogrial and parts of three other states where clashes have raged for months between clan-based militias. The U.N. has several peacekeeping bases in South Sudan, where tens of thousands have been killed in the civil war. To make matters worse, in the past 10 months, more than 300 deaths have been reported and nearly 17,000 cases of cholera reported in the northeast Africa country. Cholera is endemic in South Sudan and historically, outbreaks occur annually. But with some 6 million people in South Sudan currently facing starvation, Doctors, aid workers and officials in are warning of a “devastating” outbreak of cholera that could kill thousands of people in a country where millions are already threatened by famine. Children are paying a disproportionate price as famine looms across the region where nearly 1.4 million children face imminent risk of death, and more than five million children face malnourishment this year, according to UNICEF. Eight of the largest U.S.based aid groups are joining together in a new campaign to address what the United Nations calls the world’s largest humanitarian crisis in more than 70 years

Photo Credit © Rann Chandric/Eyevine via ZUMA Press

ASAP Please FTP  pictures as usual, then email Licensing@zumapress.com

Thanks, Katrina

ASAP Please FTP  pictures as usual, then email Licensing@zumapress.com

Thanks, Katrina

Story link https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/26/world/americas/mexico-fuel-theft-crisis.html?mcubz=0

ASAP Please FTP  pictures as usual, then email Licensing@zumapress.com

Thanks, Katrina

Story link https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/jason-corbett-murder-trial-begins-in-us-1.3156984

ASAP Please FTP  pictures as usual, then email Licensing@zumapress.com

Thanks, Katrina

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its score of the Senate’s health care repeal plan, showing that the bill would eliminate coverage for 15 million Americans next year and for 22 million by 2026. The CBO projects that the Senate bill would slash Medicaid funding by $772 billion over the next decade, increase individual market premiums by 20 percent next year, and make comprehensive coverage ‘extremely expensive’ in some markets. Individuals with developmental disabilities depend on Medicaid waivers for any quality of life. Thousands in the U.S. are served by the waivers, but thousands more are on waiting lists. Proposed cuts and caps to Medicaid would be devastating for all of them. According to the Center for American Progress ‘People with disabilities who rely on home and community-based services through Medicaid, such as personal attendant care, skilled nursing, and specialized therapies, could lose access to the services they need in order to live independently and remain in their homes.’