Hate speech stirs trouble in Burundi

21 August 2017

History tells us Burundi needs to start prosecuting those guilty of hate speech and inciting violence

News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
18 August 2017
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 workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
18 August 2017
We mark World Humanitarian Day with a selection of articles about the risks faced by aid workers

Analysis

Briefing: Inside Kenya’s troubled elections
17 August 2017
Kenya is gripped again by electoral turmoil, but is trying to work it out
Feature

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Muslim “profiling” under martial law in the Philippines
17 August 2017
Rights groups warn of the growing potential for abuses of civilians as President Duterte extends martial law until the end of the year
Analysis

Neighbours carry the burden of South Sudan’s fleeing millions
17 August 2017
A million refugees have fled into Uganda to escape South Sudan’s civil war. Can they ever return home?

Analysis

Hate speech stirs trouble in Burundi
21 August 2017
History tells us Burundi needs to start prosecuting those guilty of hate speech and inciting violence
Analysis

Neighbours carry the burden of South Sudan’s fleeing millions
17 August 2017
A million refugees have fled into Uganda to escape South Sudan’s civil war. Can they ever return home?
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
18 August 2017
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 workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
18 August 2017
We mark World Humanitarian Day with a selection of articles about the risks faced by aid workers
Opinion

Freetown’s mudslides and the slippery slope of urban risk in Africa
23 August 2017
To avoid more Freetown disasters, it’s time for some joined-up programming on disaster risk reduction
Analysis

Briefing: Inside Kenya’s troubled elections
17 August 2017
Kenya is gripped again by electoral turmoil, but is trying to work it out
Analysis

The humanitarian fallout of Congo's new conflict
31 July 2017
How a local dispute spiralled out of control in the south of the Congo.
Analysis

Ten humanitarian stories to look out for in 2017
2 January 2017
IRIN’s tip sheet on the issues that will have an impact in the new year

"(Western) humanitarianism has reached its historical limits and is now on the cusp of retreat"

The crisis of multilateralism and the future of humanitarian action

Feature

“Recovery lending” helps disaster-stricken African farmers get back on track
14 August 2017
When disaster strikes, credit can be impossible for African farmers to get. Is “recovery lending” the solution?
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
28 July 2017
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:
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
21 July 2017
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:

Analysis

New order on the border: Can foreign aid get past Syria’s jihadis?
15 August 2017
After jihadis seized northwestern Syria, foreign donors are reconsidering their aid strategies
News

This week's humanitarian outlook
11 August 2017
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:
Analysis

Young guns: Cameroon's Boko Haram problem
11 August 2017
Jobless youth have been an easy target for Boko Haram. Now young people are organising to resist recruitment

Analysis

Black flags over Idlib: The jihadi power grab in northwestern Syria
9 August 2017
Syria’s largest opposition-held region is now in extremist hands. It could get worse still.
Video

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Unwelcome stranger: An African asylum seeker in Israel
31 July 2017
Watch the story of Anwar, a Sudanese anti-government activist who fled Darfur and sought safe haven in Israel
Feature

The Eritrean children who cross borders and deserts alone
27 July 2017
Meet three Eritrean children trying to reach Europe. Stranded in Cairo, they must decide whether to risk the next leg of the journey north

News

This week’s humanitarian outlook
4 August 2017
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

Climate-friendly farming solution fizzles in Zimbabwe
18 July 2017
Conservation agriculture is touted as a sure-fire remedy for food insecurity. Not all Zimbabwean farmers agree
Feature

Nigerian farmers in the dark over climate change
5 July 2017
Climate change is a threat to every person on the planet. Some of the most vulnerable aren't getting the message

Opinion

South Sudan: Time for humanitarians to get tough
7 August 2017
Is aid actually fueling the conflict in South Sudan?
Opinion

Fighting violent extremism – humanitarians beware
3 August 2017
Governments are increasingly keen to embrace a countering violent extremism strategy, but humanitarians should be wary
Opinion

The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace
2 August 2017
If the international community wants Darfur in the headlines again, it’s going the right way about it

Analysis

The battle over the future of US food aid
8 August 2017
Can US food aid help shipping companies, farmers, defeat terrorism AND feed the hungry?
Feature

Mind the gap: Why Zimbabwean researchers need to work with farmers
4 August 2017
A key response to the droughts bedeviling Zimbabwe’s farmers is within reach. Why isn’t it being grasped?
News

Kenya’s nail-biter election could turn on the price of a bag of maize
24 July 2017
Kenya’s nail-biter election could turn on the price of a bag of maize

Feature

Somalia’s impossible fight against cholera
1 August 2017
Cholera is hard enough to fight in a functioning state – try Somalia
News

Cholera vaccine plan for Yemen scrapped
12 July 2017
Yemen’s cholera outbreak may have spread too far and too fast for vaccines to make a dent
News

This week's humanitarian outlook
7 July 2017
Check out the topics on IRIN’s radar and trawl through our curation of the best humanitarian reports, opinion, and journalism you may have missed

Opinion

International action needed over Burundi now
26 July 2017
Burundi may not be generating headlines these days but the crisis endures and mediation is needed now more than ever
Analysis

Martinets, migrants, and militants
24 July 2017
The ICC promised to make Libya a priority in 2017. Is it making any headway?
Feature

Somali pirates, part 2: The return
19 July 2017
Somali piracy used to be all about cargo and ransom, now it’s about smuggling