Nicholas Kristof on the Front Lines of the World’s Deadliest Crises

Nicholas Kristof on the Front Lines of the World’s Deadliest Crises

Nicholas Kristof is a New York Times columnist who has long covered foreign issues. He joins Michel Martin to discuss his reporting from Sudan, the growing humanitarian crisis there, and what he describes a "discouraging" lack of global attention to the catastrophe. Kristof also shares heartbreaking stories of the human cost of America's USAID cuts from his on-the-ground reporting.

The world’s deadliest conflict: Ignored from the UN to Michelle Obama

Over the past decade, jihadist violence in sub-Saharan Africa has killed more than 150,000 people — a toll that likely exceeds the entire recorded history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including after Oct. 7, 2023. Amnesty International has not called an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council, the university protesters are absent, and op-ed pages have been largely quiet. Even when noticed, victims of jihadism disappear quickly fro…