The worst humanitarian crisis since World War II

March 31, 2017 • by Joe Carter

The worst humanitarian crisis since World War II

Embed from Getty Images   The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, according to the United Nations. “We stand at a critical point in history. Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the UN,” UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien recently told the UN’s Security Council. Continue Reading...

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