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Monday, 25 March 2019
- In-Depth
- 21 March 2019
South Sudan: The humanitarian toll of half a decade of war
Isaac Billy/UN Photo
Monday, 25 March 2019
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 21 March 2019
Briefing: The response to Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai left large areas of Mozambique submerged by floodwater. WFP
Monday, 25 March 2019
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 20 March 2019
Humanitarian innovation faces rethink as innovators take stock
Andrew Brown/UNICEF
Monday, 25 March 2019
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 19 March 2019
Aid, refugees, and peacekeeping at stake in new Western Sahara talks
Smara camp in Algeria’s Tindouf province. Ruairi Casey/IRIN
Monday, 25 March 2019
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 18 March 2019
Afghans battle with flood aftermath
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- News feature
- Environment and Disasters
- 22 March 2019
Cyclone Idai disaster compounds problems for Zimbabwe

After the droughts, floods for hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans now in need of urgent food aid.
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 21 March 2019
Briefing: The response to Cyclone Idai

“The situation is likely to deteriorate, and the number of people affected is likely to increase”
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 20 March 2019
Humanitarian innovation faces rethink as innovators take stock

“It doesn’t matter how many gizmos you fund if those in power in the system don’t see real incentives for change”
- News
- Conflict
- 20 March 2019
UN flags warning signs in Sri Lanka as it debates civil war impunity

As the country stalls on prosecuting war crimes, some fear “a return to violence” against today’s minority communities.
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- Aid and Policy
- 19 March 2019
Aid, refugees, and peacekeeping at stake in new Western Sahara talks

Tens of thousands of indigenous Sahrawis are caught in the middle of the long-stagnant conflict.
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- Water and Sanitation
- 19 March 2019
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- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 18 March 2019
Afghans battle with flood aftermath

“People’s entire livelihoods have been swept away”
- Opinion
- Aid and Policy
- 18 March 2019
Note to humanitarians in South Sudan: Strengthen the group, not just the individual

“Social connections are an economic safety net in South Sudan”
- About Us
- 16 March 2019
Event | IRIN becomes The New Humanitarian

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- Aid and Policy
- 15 March 2019
Mozambique storm; North Korea aid; and conflict spikes in South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen

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- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 20 March 2019
Humanitarian innovation faces rethink as innovators take stock

“It doesn’t matter how many gizmos you fund if those in power in the system don’t see real incentives for change”
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 21 March 2019
Briefing: The response to Cyclone Idai

“The situation is likely to deteriorate, and the number of people affected is likely to increase”
- News feature
- Environment and Disasters
- 22 March 2019
Cyclone Idai disaster compounds problems for Zimbabwe

After the droughts, floods for hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans now in need of urgent food aid.
- Opinion
- Aid and Policy
- 17 June 2016
EXCLUSIVE: The ethical failure – Why I resigned from the UN

Anders Kompass on the UN’s failure to uphold its principles
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 19 March 2019
Aid, refugees, and peacekeeping at stake in new Western Sahara talks

Tens of thousands of indigenous Sahrawis are caught in the middle of the long-stagnant conflict.
- Maps and Graphics
- Conflict
- 4 April 2017
Mapped: a world at war

Today's wars. On one map.
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- Environment and Disasters
- 17 March 2017
Drought in Africa 2017

Seventeen countries in Africa are dealing with drought.
- About Us
- 17 January 2019
Exciting news from IRIN

We will have a new name and brand in 2019!
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- Aid and Policy
- 2 January 2019
Ten humanitarian crises and trends to watch in 2019

Keep a close eye on these topics over the next 12 months. Here’s why
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- Environment and Disasters
- 16 February 2018
What not to send to a tropical island when disaster strikes

Thinking of donating to a cyclone-hit country? Aid groups say please send cash not goods

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