Feature Environment and Disasters 17 October 2017 In their own words: How drought is bringing despair to Kenyan herders When your life revolves around livestock, a bad drought spells catastrophe. Hear it from the frontline
Feature Environment and Disasters 16 October 2017 Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now Dominica is slowly rebuilding, but is climate change an existential threat to the Caribbean country?
News Aid and Policy 13 October 2017 UN Myanmar overhaul, Congo crisis economics, and a humanitarian handbook Get up to speed with our weekly cheat sheet of hot humanitarian topics
Analysis Solutions and Innovations 12 October 2017 Drought pushes Kenya’s pastoralists to the brink People have raised livestock in Kenya’s drylands for centuries. Will climate change soon change that?
News Solutions and Innovations 29 September 2017 Women drivers, corrupt cops, and dating refugees Get up to speed with our weekly cheat sheet of hot humanitarian topics
Opinion Solutions and Innovations 20 September 2017 Don’t ignore the one group that can make climate action happen Women’s leadership can strengthen resilience to climate change
Feature Aid and Policy 18 September 2017 Six major humanitarian challenges confronting the UN General Assembly Beyond the hype over what Donald Trump will say, a host of global problems face world leaders this week in New York
News Climate change 14 September 2017 The foreign invader costing African farmers $3 billion How do you stop a ruinous pest that can fly 100 kilometres in one night?
Feature Solutions and Innovations 14 September 2017 Senegalese farmers wage protracted battle against salt Rising sea levels can devastate farmland, but Senegalese villagers are fighting back
Feature Solutions and Innovations 14 August 2017 “Recovery lending” helps disaster-stricken African farmers get back on track When disaster strikes, credit can be impossible for African farmers to get. Is “recovery lending” the solution?
News Environment and Disasters 4 August 2017 This week’s humanitarian outlook Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:
Feature Aid and Policy 4 August 2017 Mind the gap: Why Zimbabwean researchers need to work with farmers A key response to the droughts bedeviling Zimbabwe’s farmers is within reach. Why isn’t it being grasped?
