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Thursday, 21 March 2019
- In-Depth
- 21 March 2019
South Sudan: The humanitarian toll of half a decade of war
Isaac Billy/UN Photo
Thursday, 21 March 2019
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 21 March 2019
Briefing: The response to Cyclone Idai
Cyclone Idai hit areas in Mozambique. WFP
Thursday, 21 March 2019
- Analysis
- Aid and Policy
- 20 March 2019
Humanitarian innovation faces rethink as innovators take stock
Andrew Brown/UNICEF
Thursday, 21 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
Thursday, 21 March 2019
- News
- Environment and Disasters
- 18 March 2019
Afghans battle with flood aftermath
Stefanie Glinski/IRIN

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- 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.
- 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.
- Special Report
- Water and Sanitation
- 19 March 2019
Venezuela: Millions at risk, at home and abroad

A collection of our recent reporting
- 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

Watch the livestream on 21 March, 16:30 CET
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 15 March 2019
Mozambique storm; North Korea aid; and conflict spikes in South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- News feature
- Health
- 14 March 2019
In Madagascar, 1,100 measles deaths are more about money than ‘vaccine hesitancy’

Low immunisation rates that have claimed hundreds of children’s lives this year are driven by financial shortfalls and logistical hurdles.

- 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”
- About Us
- 16 March 2019
Event | IRIN becomes The New Humanitarian

Watch the livestream on 21 March, 16:30 CET
- 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.
- 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.
- News
- Aid and Policy
- 15 March 2019
Mozambique storm; North Korea aid; and conflict spikes in South Sudan, Syria, and Yemen

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
- 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”
- 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,...
- Special Report
- Water and Sanitation
- 19 March 2019
Venezuela: Millions at risk, at home and abroad

A collection of our recent reporting
- Opinion
- Aid and Policy
- 26 January 2017
Refugees are not “political resources”

A reply to Alexander Betts

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