Lalitha* was 23, from Petiva Pullumalai, deep in Sri Lanka's eastern interior, when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came for her. At the...
Somaliland and Puntland, once-warring territories in northern Somalia, have unprecedentedly agreed in principle to work together to tackle common security threats. Troops from both entities...
Several mysterious killings in Burundi, where memories of civil war are still fresh, have spread fear and disrupted livelihoods, while authorities have sought to play...
The number of tuberculosis patients in Burao, in Somalia's self-declared independent republic of Somaliland, has increased because of khat use as well as rising displacement...
IRIN takes a look at the camps for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen, their locations, capacity, needs and gaps. There are 10...
Farmers in Nepal face an acute lack of fertilizers that could aggravate food insecurity, experts warn. “There is definitely a shortage of [chemical] fertilizers. This...
Ongoing wrangling over vital waterways that pass through China and India – the two most populous countries in the world – could lead to agricultural...
The Islamist insurgency in Somalia has had a spillover effect on security in the northeast of neighbouring Kenya, affecting livelihoods and the delivery of services,...
A top UN official warns that Syria's drought is affecting food security and has pushed 2-3 million people into “extreme poverty”. During a mission to...
Thousands of severely malnourished children in Niger are treated with locally produced Plumpy’nut : 40 percent of the therapeutic food used by the UN Children’s...
Alcohol, excess sleep, drugs, social withdrawal and sex are some of the tools that humanitarians facing burnout use to switch off from the constant stress...
According to the National Disaster Management Authority, the current floods in Pakistan constitute the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. The 10 worst natural...
As swollen monsoon rivers and rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming...
Vast portions of Madagascar's unique biodiversity could be lost - possibly forever, and at incalculable cost to ordinary Malagasy and the world - by the...
Rising unemployment and food prices and a sluggish economy are taking their toll on Bangladesh, where a growing number of people are struggling to survive...
