For Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution, elephants pose a new threat
As refugee camps in Bangladesh expand into wildlife habitats, a dozen people have been killed by elephants.
Articles by Kaamil Ahmed
Kaamil Ahmed is a journalist who has reportedly extensively on South Asia and Israel-Palestine.
Gaza City residents’ water problems continue to compound
GAZA CITY – Red-faced and with his hair still wet, Hani Abu Amirah's grandson sobbed as he shuffled over to where she sat, looking out on the Mediterranean Sea from…
Bangladeshi forests stripped bare as Rohingya refugees battle to survive
KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh – Look out from the high-ground in the middle of Kutupalong and two sights fill the eyes: Myanmar’s green hills silhouetted in the east and dehydrated, denuded mounds…
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