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Aid and Policy
Hungry Zimbabweans, deadly demos, and a growing threat in Colombia
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- 15 November 2019 15 Nov 2019
Politics and Economics
Roundup: Echoes of conflict and deepening divisions in Sri Lanka elections
- Politics and Economics
- News
- 14 November 2019 14 Nov 2019
Migration
Winter warnings for Europe’s largest refugee camp
- Migration
- News feature
- 14 November 2019 14 Nov 2019
- Eric Reidy
Health
Breaking the chains – Sierra Leone’s uphill struggle to reform mental health
- Health
- Feature
- 13 November 2019 13 Nov 2019
- Malte Werner
Environment and Disasters
A scramble for safety in flooded South Sudan town
- Environment and Disasters
- Photo feature
- 13 November 2019 13 Nov 2019
- Alex McBride
Aid and Policy
Rohingya-run schools push for education amid tight restrictions
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- News feature
- 12 November 2019 12 Nov 2019
- Vidya Krishnan
Aid and Policy
I’m a humanitarian. Don’t prosecute me for doing my job
- Aid and Policy
- Opinion
- 12 November 2019 12 Nov 2019
- Michiel Hofman
Migration
The two contrasting sides of German refugee policy
- Migration
- News feature
- 11 November 2019 11 Nov 2019
- Ruairi Casey

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Stay or go: For Rohingya refugees, a divisive debate over island camp plans

Weighed down by economic woes, Syrian refugees head home from Jordan

First Person: Mosul made me see the threat of antibiotic-resistant infections

Current coverage

Hungry Zimbabweans, deadly demos, and a growing threat in Colombia

Roundup: Echoes of conflict and deepening divisions in Sri Lanka elections

Winter warnings for Europe’s largest refugee camp

Breaking the chains – Sierra Leone’s uphill struggle to reform mental health

A scramble for safety in flooded South Sudan town

Rohingya-run schools push for education amid tight restrictions

I’m a humanitarian. Don’t prosecute me for doing my job

The two contrasting sides of German refugee policy

Editors' picks

A decade on, distrust grows for families of Sri Lanka’s missing thousands

Who’s responsible for soaring civilian casualties in Afghanistan?

Briefing: Will South Sudan make a November deadline to form a unity government?

EXCLUSIVE: EU transfers €500m Turkey aid project to IFRC – but mulls exit strategy

The local volunteers saving the lives of Iraqi protesters

Most popular

EXCLUSIVE: Blunders in Central African Republic sex abuse probe detailed in internal UN review

I’m a humanitarian. Don’t prosecute me for doing my job

Winter warnings for Europe’s largest refugee camp

Breaking the chains – Sierra Leone’s uphill struggle to reform mental health

Latest videos

‘Peace has a lot of enemies here’: Colombia’s female activists in the firing line

Left waiting: Africans caught in US-Mexico migration limbo

Waiting in Juarez: Women and LGBTI asylum seekers stuck in a dangerous limbo

The Sahel in flames: Philip Kleinfeld on 10 months reporting on the Sahel

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