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- Aid and Policy
- 17 May 2019
Nigerian militancy, disaster risk podcasts, and a mixed week for Yemen

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- News feature
- Health
- 16 May 2019
Survival lessons for Congo in the aftershock of West Africa’s Ebola crisis

‘Every day I have in my head that it’s today I’ll die’
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 16 May 2019
UK keeps limits on cash aid in Syria over counter-terror fears

Critics say the freeze isn’t merited and is more about politics and the possible media fallout if money ended up in the wrong hands.
- News
- Conflict
- 15 May 2019
After Sri Lanka attacks, anti-Muslim backlash points to new divisions

‘These attacks are pushing Sri Lanka backwards’
- Analysis
- Conflict
- 15 May 2019
Briefing | What’s behind South Sudan’s delayed peace deal

‘There’s no indication any of the parties are interested in genuine peace’
- Interview
- Aid and Policy
- 14 May 2019
Q&A | Venezuela aid deal sees Red Cross prioritise health needs and hospitals

‘In spite of the tensions, we have managed to create a humanitarian space’
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 14 May 2019
Why some Palestinians are shunning foreign aid

External assistance has become a contentious topic among some Palestinians. Is community philanthropy the answer?
- Photo feature
- Conflict
- 13 May 2019
As peace efforts stumble in South Sudan, needs in a swamp refuge grow

‘I am thankful I can sleep without hearing gunshots’
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 10 May 2019
Idlib warnings, dementia questions, and an uprising in Juba?

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 9 May 2019
Militant attacks complicate cyclone response in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

‘There was no one coming to help me and my family… so I had to do something’

- Video
- Aid and Policy
- 6 May 2019
The Peacebuilder: A local approach to defusing conflict in drought-hit northern Kenya

As climate change heightens competition over dwindling resources, a grassroots response pushes rival communities to fight for peace.
- Feature
- 21 February 2001
IRIN Special Report on child sexual abuse

Although Tariq is only 12 years old, his unhappy experiences could fill a lifetime. After losing his father in a rocket attack in the Afghan...
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 14 May 2019
Why some Palestinians are shunning foreign aid

External assistance has become a contentious topic among some Palestinians. Is community philanthropy the answer?
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 26 April 2019
Syria cash aid freeze, Somali biometrics, and poverty porn

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 23 April 2019
Outcry at UN plans to consolidate Syria aid operations in Damascus

Critics say the change would make it harder to deliver aid to millions of people in rebel-held parts of the country.
- 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.
- Feature
- Conflict
- 5 February 2014
Jordan’s other refugees feel forgotten

Just like thousands of refugees arriving in Jordan, Jacob Khamees experienced violence, hunger and fear in his home country. “I still remember when they attacked...
- Analysis
- Human Rights
- 11 December 2012
Sri Lanka's ethnic problem

Prospects to improve relations between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese-dominated government and ethnic Tamils remain grim more than three years after the end of a civil war...
- Feature
- Migration
- 16 January 2010
Who and where are Palestine refugees?

Where are the Palestine refugees and what is UNRWA's job?
- Interview
- 16 January 2009
Wanggo Gallaga, "I would randomly chat with someone, agree to meet and have sex"

When Wanggo Gallaga, 29, a Filipino writer from the capital, Manila and the son of a critically acclaimed film director, publicly announced he was HIV...

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