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- Aid and Policy
- 19 April 2019
Iran floods, charity bonuses, and Notre-Dame whataboutery

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- Special Report
- Conflict
- 18 April 2019
Burkina Faso, part 2: Communities buckle as conflict ripples through the Sahel

‘All I have left now are tears to cry’
- Opinion
- Migration
- 18 April 2019
Who will help the 600,000 migrants and refugees in Libya?

Mass evacuations would be a logistical and political nightmare. But Europe may have no other (good) option.
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 17 April 2019
What Brexit means for UK NGOs and foreign aid

Our guide to how Brexit may affect the UK government’s humanitarian spending, British NGOs, and the EU’s aid arm, ECHO.
- Special Report
- Migration
- 17 April 2019
Burkina Faso, part 1: Spreading violence triggers an ‘unprecedented’ crisis

‘The country has never had to deal with such massive displacement’
- Video
- Aid and Policy
- 16 April 2019
Faces on the front lines of local aid

A video series on local emergency response from the ground up
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 16 April 2019
After the ‘euphoria’: The humanitarian backdrop to Sudan’s protests

Whatever happens in Khartoum, the country still faces an economic crisis, poor governance, and multiple conflicts
- News
- Migration
- 15 April 2019
The humanitarian fallout from Libya’s newest war

Medical supplies are running low while hundreds of migrants are trapped in detention centres and thousands of civilians have been displaced.
- Special Report
- Conflict
- 15 April 2019
Niger, part 3: Guns won’t win the war

“We can’t militarise all borders”
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 12 April 2019
Feeding Sudan, paying for aid, and mapping Africa

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

- Interview
- Human Rights
- 2 August 2007
Um Muhammad al-Daraj, Iraq, “I had to forget my honour to save my husband’s life”

Mother of three Um Muhammad al-Daraj, 35, recently went through a traumatic ordeal to try to save her husband’s life. She told IRIN her husband...
- Special Report
- Conflict
- 15 April 2019
Niger, part 3: Guns won’t win the war

“We can’t militarise all borders”
- Photo feature
- Environment and Disasters
- 12 April 2019
Stolen by the storm: Farms and food for Mozambique

‘Now, we will have to rely on aid.’
- News feature
- Migration
- 28 February 2019
Ethiopia’s neglected crisis: No easy way home for doubly displaced Gedeos

“Unless the government brings peace, we will die here”
- Opinion
- Aid and Policy
- 11 April 2019
Q&A | Why the Laos dam collapse is a wake-up call for the UN

‘What happened in Attapeu seems to be a potentially important case study’
- Feature
- 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
- Analysis
- Child soldiers
- 6 October 2011
Should child soldiers be prosecuted for their crimes?

International human rights law meanders between the vague and the hazy when it comes to its stance on the age of criminal responsibility and what,...
- Opinion
- Aid and Policy
- 10 April 2019
Fixing fragility: Why it’s time to rewrite the rulebook

How resilience must reshape aid in the hardest places
- Feature
- Aid and Policy
- 9 April 2019
Roundtable: Going local

‘If you’re not ready to change, then we haven't come very far’
- Special Report
- Aid and Policy
- 8 April 2019
Rwanda, part 2: What humanitarians need to remember 25 years on

“ ‘We must do better’ commitments and initiatives have not helped much”

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