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Jane Ferguson

Jane Ferguson is a Special Correspondent for PBS NewsHour.

From Belfast to Sana’a

A childhood amid Northern Ireland’s Troubles made me desperate to see the wider world.

How Assad Blocked Aid to Syrian Earthquake Victims

In the country’s rebel-held northwest, none of the assistance delivered so far has included rescue equipment.

A Ukrainian Judge Joins the Nation’s Ferocious Resistance

How a forty-year-old father of three joined other civilians to help thwart the Russian Army’s attempt to seize Kyiv.

A Search for Survival Outside Kyiv

Irpin, a community cursed by its geography, has become a locus of violence and suffering.

Afghanistan Has Become the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis

Four months after the Biden Administration withdrew U.S. troops, more than twenty million Afghans are on the brink of famine.

Who Gets to Escape the Taliban

The chaotic American withdrawal forced individual soldiers, aid workers, and journalists to decide which Afghans would be saved.

The Uncomfortable Truth of Biden’s Rapid Afghanistan Withdrawal

In Kabul, it is increasingly clear that the U.S. departure is so rushed and poorly planned that it will be impossible to evacuate everyone at risk of Taliban reprisal.

Running Nowhere in Beirut Under Coronavirus Lockdown

As a foreign correspondent, if I cannot be out in the world, am I still a part of it?

Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women’s Uncertain Future

The Trump Administration’s launch of peace talks with the Taliban, last year, startled many women in Afghanistan.

Why Lebanon’s People Are Turning on Their Politicians

After decades of graft and economic mismanagement, popular discontent is rising.

From Belfast to Sana’a

A childhood amid Northern Ireland’s Troubles made me desperate to see the wider world.

How Assad Blocked Aid to Syrian Earthquake Victims

In the country’s rebel-held northwest, none of the assistance delivered so far has included rescue equipment.

A Ukrainian Judge Joins the Nation’s Ferocious Resistance

How a forty-year-old father of three joined other civilians to help thwart the Russian Army’s attempt to seize Kyiv.

A Search for Survival Outside Kyiv

Irpin, a community cursed by its geography, has become a locus of violence and suffering.

Afghanistan Has Become the World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis

Four months after the Biden Administration withdrew U.S. troops, more than twenty million Afghans are on the brink of famine.

Who Gets to Escape the Taliban

The chaotic American withdrawal forced individual soldiers, aid workers, and journalists to decide which Afghans would be saved.

The Uncomfortable Truth of Biden’s Rapid Afghanistan Withdrawal

In Kabul, it is increasingly clear that the U.S. departure is so rushed and poorly planned that it will be impossible to evacuate everyone at risk of Taliban reprisal.

Running Nowhere in Beirut Under Coronavirus Lockdown

As a foreign correspondent, if I cannot be out in the world, am I still a part of it?

Peace Talks, the Taliban, and Afghan Women’s Uncertain Future

The Trump Administration’s launch of peace talks with the Taliban, last year, startled many women in Afghanistan.

Why Lebanon’s People Are Turning on Their Politicians

After decades of graft and economic mismanagement, popular discontent is rising.