Saturday, 20 July 2019 Analysis Environment and Disasters 4 July 2019 In India, mass cyclone evacuations saved lives but not livelihoods Sudarshan Chhotoray/TNH
Analysis Conflict 1 July 2019 Rethink urged over withdrawal of peacekeepers from Sudan Local aid workers, experts, and even some UN officials say the rising violence in Darfur means UNAMID is needed now more than ever.
Analysis Environment and Disasters 25 June 2019 Why landslides in Bangladesh’s former conflict zone are becoming deadlier Indigenous knowledge has helped hill tract communities adapt to disaster threats, but rapid urbanisation and climate change are fuelling new monsoon risks.
Analysis Politics and Economics 24 June 2019 Liberia and Sierra Leone: Different lessons in how not to deliver post-war justice Greater financial commitments and political reforms are needed in both countries for truth and reconciliation to work.
Analysis Environment and Disasters 10 June 2019 Drought in Africa leaves 45 million in need across 14 countries Should El Niño predictions have triggered an earlier aid response?
Analysis Health 4 June 2019 A short history of an Ebola vaccine ‘We are really in an experiment… that’s what’s happening right now in DRC’
Analysis Health 4 June 2019 Ebola briefing | As cases pass 2,000, hopes are pinned on an experimental vaccine The same vaccine helped to quickly contain an outbreak last year, so why is it proving so hard to halt the spread of the virus now?
Analysis Conflict 21 May 2019 As Turkey and Russia pull the strings in Syria’s Idlib, civilians pay the price Both countries are interested in preventing a full-scale assault but seem unable to agree on an alternative that might reduce civilian suffering.
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’
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?
Analysis Health 2 May 2019 Ebola responders in Congo confront fake news and social media chatter ‘There is no such thing as Ebola’
Analysis Aid and Policy 25 April 2019 Briefing: Just how ‘smart’ are sanctions on Syria? The US and EU say sanctions are designed to avoid harming Syrian civilians and the humanitarians that help them. Aid groups beg to differ.
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.
