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22 July 2016

Welcome to IRIN's weekly top picks of must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises.

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Water crisis in the Gulf needs radical solutions
21 July 2016
Radical answers are needed to solve the water crisis in the Gulf, but managing it as a precious, finite resource is the only long-term solution.
Analysis

As AIDS money shrinks, who loses?
21 July 2016
With less international money being pledged to combat AIDS, the onus is falling on countries to fund their own responses. Who is going to lose...

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Pakistanis return to a ruined economy
21 July 2016
The military has ceased major operations against insurgents in northwestern Pakistan. Returning residents need urgent help to rebuild their homes and businesses.
Analysis

Yemen: It’s the economy, stupid!
19 July 2016
The crisis in Yemen is now as much about the economy as it is about the conflict. But peace is the only answer.
Feature

Why Somaliland now needs international recognition
19 July 2016
Breakaway Somaliland has achieved peace and stability over the past 25 years, but it has not won international recognition. That pressure is now beginning to...

How does South Sudan move forward?
18 July 2016 Analysis
Top Picks: Bastille attack, Brexit angst, and gunbattles in Juba
15 July 2016 News

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One man’s terrorist is another man’s carpenter
21 July 2016
Does the retraining and reintegration of former al-Shabab fighters hold the key to defeating the insurgency in Somalia?
Analysis

What Colombia’s peace process can teach the world
20 July 2016
Colombia is on the brink of a peace deal that would end more than 50 years of fighting. What lessons can the world learn?
Analysis

Water crisis in the Gulf needs radical solutions
21 July 2016
Radical answers are needed to solve the water crisis in the Gulf, but managing it as a precious, finite resource is the only long-term solution.
Analysis

As AIDS money shrinks, who loses?
21 July 2016
With less international money being pledged to combat AIDS, the onus is falling on countries to fund their own responses. Who is going to lose...
News

Pakistanis return to a ruined economy
21 July 2016
The military has ceased major operations against insurgents in northwestern Pakistan. Returning residents need urgent help to rebuild their homes and businesses.
Opinion

EXCLUSIVE: The ethical failure – Why I resigned from the UN
17 June 2016
As he leaves office after more than two decades of service, the UN official who exposed the sexual abuse of children by peacekeepers in Central...
Feature

Why Somaliland now needs international recognition
19 July 2016
Breakaway Somaliland has achieved peace and stability over the past 25 years, but it has not won international recognition. That pressure is now beginning to...
Analysis

Yemen: It’s the economy, stupid!
19 July 2016
The crisis in Yemen is now as much about the economy as it is about the conflict. But peace is the only answer.

"The UN’s accountability system is broken. It simply doesn’t work." - Anders Kompass

EXCLUSIVE: The ethical failure – Why I resigned from the UN

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The year the world woke up to refugees

The inside story
Is Pakistan going to send Afghan refugees home?
23 June 2016 News

Has Chinese repression sealed off Tibet?
22 June 2016 Analysis

Should I stay or should I go?
20 June 2016 News

Aid and Policy

Maps and Graphics

Four graphs to show how the UN spent $17 bn
13 July 2016
With crises mushrooming around the world in 2015, it is no surprise that UN procurement costs went up. As always though, the devil is in...
Analysis

How will aid agencies change after South Sudan violence?
12 July 2016
How do aid agencies reduce their risk while responding to conflict?
Analysis

A fight to the death?
11 July 2016
Hundreds dead in fighting, thousands displaced, South Sudan is again on the precipice five years after independence

Migration

Analysis

What changes and doesn’t change after Turkey’s failed coup
18 July 2016
Erdogan is back in charge, but what does Turkey’s failed coup mean for Syrian refugees, the PKK, and so-called Islamic State?
Analysis

Will the refugee summit be “a missed opportunity”?
15 July 2016
A high-level meeting that was supposed to come up with a plan to better manage the international response to refugees and migrants looks set to...
Feature

Canada’s refugee success story
14 July 2016
Nearly half of the 25,000 Syrian refugees resettled in Canada through a fast-track programme were privately sponsored. It appears to be working.

Environment and Disasters

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8 July 2016
Welcome to IRIN's weekly top picks of must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises.
News

Top Picks
1 July 2016
Welcome to IRIN's weekly top picks of must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises.
Feature

Fighting hunger to fight hunger
27 June 2016
It might be Ramadan, but east Africa’s main trade hub of Djibouti can’t let up in getting food aid to Ethiopia.

Conflict

Feature

How 3D printing can save lives
14 July 2016
How do you train people to disarm munitions when they can’t practise on the actual weapons? Try a 3D printer…
Analysis

Who are Iraq's militias?
13 July 2016
Twice the numerical force of the country’s actual army, Iraq’s militias are many, complex, and often misunderstood. Get up to speed.
News

Would an arms embargo on South Sudan work?
12 July 2016
As a return to all-out war threatens South Sudan, an arms embargo is again up for discussion – by states that have already sold the...

Food

Maps and Graphics

Trouble erupts again on the eve of South Sudan's fifth independence anniversary
8 July 2016
As South Sudan turns five, the outlook is bleak. Five charts show the state of the world's youngest state.
Maps and Graphics

Three quarters of southern Sudanese face food insecurity
8 July 2016
Update: The hungry in South Sudan are the majority. A famine warning is repeated. Shots are fired in Juba.
Analysis

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Venezuela’s never-ending downward spiral
28 June 2016
Venezuela’s oil-reliant economy has been in freefall for two years. It now faces a deepening humanitarian disaster and is refusing outside help.

Health

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24 June 2016
Welcome to IRIN's weekly top picks of must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises.
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10 June 2016
Welcome to IRIN's weekly top picks of must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises.
News

South Sudan hit by mysterious Ebola-like illness
9 June 2016
It looks like Ebola. Thankfully, it's not. Researchers are trying to solve a mystery disease that has them stumped so far.

Human Rights

News

Zimbabwe’s season of discontent
13 July 2016
A civil disobedience campaign promises more action despite a government crackdown
Opinion

Software is taking over whole industries, and the aid business will not be exempt.
11 July 2016
How can humanitarian empathy survive the march of algorithms and artificial intelligence?
Feature

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One more sign of Zimbabwe’s decline
6 July 2016
A trafficking ring has been forcing Zimbabwean women into ‘sex slavery’ in Kuwait

Politics and Economics

Analysis

Why is China getting involved in Afghan peace talks?
4 July 2016
China is beginning to use its influence over Pakistan to help broker peace with the Taliban. Can it work?
Analysis

Mission (Not) Accomplished
1 July 2016
By withdrawing troops hunting Joseph Kony by the end of the year, Uganda risks triggering a resurgence of the LRA
Analysis

Trouble in the heart of Mali
30 June 2016
A year on, the Algiers Accord is on shaky ground. But now it isn’t just the north that’s the problem.