EXCLUSIVE: The UN is waiting for Assad to approve its new Syria chief

27 September 2016

As conflict and civilian carnage escalate in Syria, the UN waits for a green light on its new representative.

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Pellet guns out in deadly force in Kashmir, after court refuses ban
27 September 2016
After almost three months of violence, there are no plans for peace negotiations while Indian security forces continue firing pellet guns on protestors and the...
Analysis

Climate change on the front line, in rural Zimbabwe
26 September 2016
The government pays lip service to the idea of resilience but is doing very little to support farmers threatened by climate change

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Kabila election gamble leads Congo into crisis
23 September 2016
People in Kinshasa are hungry and angry. President Kabila’s attempt to cling to power is unlikely to end well.
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South Africa’s small-scale fishers try to turn the tide
21 September 2016
Historically marginalised, South Africa’s small-scale fishers are starting to fight back.
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A tale of two summits for Central American refugees
21 September 2016
Refugee rights activists in the Americas see inherent contradictions in Obama’s call for global action while failing to address the growing emergency in his own...

Charity overhaul in China, but only with government approval
21 September 2016 Analysis
Syrian evacuations break the will to resist
20 September 2016 Analysis

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The giant refugee holding cells in the Aegean
26 September 2016
If the EU thought that just because arrival numbers are down its deal with Turkey is working, it should think again
News

Pellet guns out in deadly force in Kashmir, after court refuses ban
27 September 2016
After almost three months of violence, there are no plans for peace negotiations while Indian security forces continue firing pellet guns on protestors and the...
Analysis

Climate change on the front line, in rural Zimbabwe
26 September 2016
The government pays lip service to the idea of resilience but is doing very little to support farmers threatened by climate change
Analysis

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Iraq's Mosul: a make-or-break moment for aid agencies
27 September 2016
They know it’s coming soon but are aid agencies as prepared as they can and should be for the battle for Mosul?
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EXCLUSIVE: UN waits for Assad government to approve new chief for Syria
27 September 2016
As conflict and civilian carnage escalate in Syria, the UN waits for a green light on its new representative.
Analysis

The use and abuse of aid
19 February 2013
Following the 9/11 attacks and the launch of the Global War on Terror, many humanitarian policy wonks spoke of a new era of heightened aid...
News

Kabila election gamble leads Congo into crisis
23 September 2016
People in Kinshasa are hungry and angry. President Kabila’s attempt to cling to power is unlikely to end well.
Analysis

Is the quality of EU humanitarian aid falling victim to politics?
13 September 2016
The EU has launched its biggest-ever humanitarian project to help refugees in Turkey. So what's the problem?

“There is nothing like amnesty. It’s a trap. What they mean is they send someone to follow you, and you have days to live.” - former al-Shabab fighter

How Kenya’s al-Shabab amnesty is a loaded gun

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On the verge of collapse

Climate change and overfishing threaten global fish stocks
South Africa’s small-scale fishers try to turn the tide
21 September 2016 Feature

A perfect storm: climate change and overfishing
19 September 2016 Feature

Why this Indonesian fisherman risked it all
16 September 2016 Video

Aid and Policy

Top Picks: What Syrians want, Africa's declining conflicts, and refugee deterrence policies
23 September 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. Six...
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Plenty of hype, no new ideas at UN migration summit
21 September 2016
Billed as a potential game-changer, the UN refugee and migrant summit threw up little new and was criticised for its lack of vision.
Opinion

How to tackle xenophobia
19 September 2016
The global campaign against xenophobia must be locally-led and rooted in a deep understanding of the issue or it risks making things worse.

Migration

Analysis

The hidden failure of Europe’s migration policy billions
16 September 2016
Europe is spending billions of euros shoring up its borders, but the result is more migrants and refugees taking hidden routes into the EU
Opinion

Let’s not wait another two years to act on the refugee crisis
14 September 2016
Moulid Hujale reflects on the true costs of waiting two more years for world leaders to adopt solutions to the refugee crisis
News

Afghanistan overwhelmed as refugees return from Pakistan
13 September 2016
The UN had bargained on trying to help 400,000 displaced people in Afghanistan. It’s suddenly looking at one million.

Environment and Disasters

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A perfect storm: climate change and overfishing
19 September 2016
Climate change is raising the temperature of the seas to record levels, adding a new threat to fish stocks already on the verge of collapse...
Feature

Can seaweed farming save Indonesian fishermen?
16 September 2016
Seaweed farming has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. With fish disappearing, some Indonesian fishermen want to cash in.
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Sanctions make delivering aid hard in North Korea
14 September 2016
Aid agencies are using up their cash to provide relief in the wake of devastating floods. But tightened sanctions mean they struggle to replace that...

Conflict

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Hunger, shortages, and hyperinflation
15 September 2016
After years of misrule, poor South Sudanese fight to survive while even those with good jobs struggle to get by.
Analysis

How South Sudan’s leaders robbed their country
13 September 2016
A two-year investigation by The Sentry project uncovers the scale of corruption in South Sudan, and the international players that also profited.
News

Syria deal needs to work for aid agencies on the ground
12 September 2016
Russia and the United States have struck a new deal on Syria, but will it actually change the desperate aid situation?

Food

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Top Picks
9 September 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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Malnutrition rates in Nigeria “horrifying”
1 September 2016
In July, the world appeared to wake up to the crisis in northeastern Nigeria that is leaving hundreds of thousands of children desperately hungry. It...
News

Zimbabwe’s rock and hard place
25 August 2016
Zimbabweans leaving the city for the countryside to try to make ends meet are finding that rural survival is just as hard.

Health

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When the drugs don’t work
22 September 2016
Governments and health chiefs around the world are waking up to a new crisis we’re going to be hearing a lot about: Antimicrobial Drug Resistance,...
News

Top Picks
26 August 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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Medical care cut off as Taliban assaults key Afghan city
17 August 2016
Thousands of civilians have been displaced without access to medical care as Afghan troops fight to hold Lashkar Gah.

Human Rights

Analysis

Lots of peace talk but little new hope for Myanmar displaced
9 September 2016
Aung San Suu Kyi's government talks peace with ethnic insurgents, and taps Kofi Annan to ease sectarian tensions. But will it make a difference?
Analysis

Top Picks: al-Shabab amnesty, Colombia’s missing, and Chechnya revisited
2 September 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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Vietnam wakes up to its human trafficking problem
2 September 2016
The evidence suggests a rise in human trafficking in Vietnam, with victims increasingly lured using social media

Politics and Economics

Feature

Iraq: No country for young men
5 September 2016
Young Baghdadis are forced to pick from a bunch of bad options. This has grave implications for Iraq, and for regional security.
News

UN paying blacklisted diamond company in Central African Republic
2 September 2016
The UN has paid more than $500,000 to a company that appears on its own sanctions list for allegedly fueling the conflict in Central African...
Analysis

Gang violence in Central America is a humanitarian crisis
1 September 2016
Humanitarian needs are growing in the Northern Triangle’s gang-ridden cities, so why aren’t more aid agencies responding?

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