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Nina Larson

Nina Larson is AFP's Geneva correspondent. Her journalism has also appeared in France 24, Japan Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AlterNet, La Presse, Business Day, Mail & Guardian, and The Times South Africa.

Climate Change
The Last Generation: 2018 and 3 Previous Years are 4 Hottest on Record

The Last Generation: 2018 and 3 Previous Years are 4 Hottest on Record

Nina Larson

“we are the first generation to fully understand climate change and the last generation to be able to do something about it”

Israel/ Palestine
UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite

UN says Gaza Situation ‘Catastrophic,’ as Trump anti-Palestinian Aid Cuts Bite

Nina Larson

Geneva (AFP) – The UN said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza was “catastrophic” after 11 years of “economic siege” and warned that Washington’s decision to halt assistance to Palestinian refugees would create “more misery”. “The situation in Gaza is becoming less and less livable,” said Isabelle Durant, the deputy head of the United Nations […]

Syria
Nearly 1 Mn. Syrians made Homeless Already this Year, & UN Fears 2 Mn. to Come

Nearly 1 Mn. Syrians made Homeless Already this Year, & UN Fears 2 Mn. to Come

Nina Larson

More than 920,000 people were displaced inside Syria during the first four months of 2018

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