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Doubtful donors, Afghan balancing act and football felines: The Cheat Sheet

13 July 2018

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“Whoever they met, they would cut and kill”: displaced Congolese recount rebel atrocities
12 July 2018
Even by the standards of the “world’s most neglected crisis”, the conflict in Rutshuru is flying under the radar
Special Report

Destination Europe: Demoralised
11 July 2018
Are EU migration policies working? The answer depends on which side of the Mediterranean you sit

Latest VideoInterviews from Cameroon’s anglophone war, part 1

Opinion

Q&A: Why the UN must take a stronger stance in Myanmar
10 July 2018
An expert on civilian protection urges the UN and aid groups to push back harder against government intimidation or risk entrenching a system of Rohingya...
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For Kurds in Southeast Turkey, the urban conflict continues
9 July 2018
Displaced Kurds see government plans to rebuild damaged neighbourhoods in Sur as social engineering
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Landmines, limbo, and look out dictators
6 July 2018
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Destination Europe: Deportation
5 July 2018 Special Report
Dispossession or development? The tug of war over Syria’s ruined slum dwellings
4 July 2018 Analysis

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In Conversation With: George Okoth-Obbo, head of operations at the UN refugee agency
17 July 2018
What keeps the man who oversees the UN’s assistance to refugees up at night?
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“Whoever they met, they would cut and kill”: displaced Congolese recount rebel atrocities
12 July 2018
Even by the standards of the “world’s most neglected crisis”, the conflict in Rutshuru is flying under the radar
Interview

Um Muhammad al-Daraj, Iraq, “I had to forget my honour to save my husband’s life”
2 August 2007
Mother of three Um Muhammad al-Daraj, 35, recently went through a traumatic ordeal to try to save her husband’s life. She told IRIN her husband...
Special Report

The war in Equatoria
12 July 2017
It’s the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis and the UN is warning of a potential genocide
Special Report

Destination Europe: Demoralised
11 July 2018
Are EU migration policies working? The answer depends on which side of the Mediterranean you sit
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Mapped: a world at war
4 April 2017
All the world's wars. In one map.
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Doubtful donors, Afghan balancing act and football felines
13 July 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
Special Report

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Cameroon’s anglophone war, part 1: A rifle as the only way out
12 June 2018
Why hundreds of anglophone farmers are taking on the US-trained Cameroonian army with hunting rifles

"(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

In Depth
Congo: A decades-long cycle of war

The scale of the humanitarian crisis requires an urgent international response – but the world is yet to step up to the challenge
“Whoever they met, they would cut and kill”: displaced Congolese recount rebel atrocities
12 July 2018 News feature

Aid groups in Congo fear political tensions could impede their work
26 April 2018 Analysis

Politics and oil: the unseen drivers of violence in Congo’s Ituri Province
4 April 2018 Analysis

Solutions and Innovations

Opinion

Opinion | It’s time for the European Union to push Yemen towards peace
9 June 2018
The EU has credibility with Yemen’s warring sides. With a potentially catastrophic battle looming in Hodeidah, the negotiating table offers a better way forward
News feature

Songs, radio shows, and door-to-door visits: how community awareness is helping defeat Ebola in Congo
7 June 2018
Fighting the virus effectively means dispelling rumour and changing behaviour
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Congo Ebola outbreak offers first test for emergency fund to prevent pandemics
28 May 2018
The latest tool to combat pandemics isn’t a vaccine, it’s an insurance policy and a readily available cash kitty

Aid and Policy

Special Report

Destination Europe: Desperation
3 July 2018
EU policies were designed to stop the migration business, but by driving it underground they’ve made it more dangerous
News

Erdogan wins, Burundi baffles, and the EU offshores
29 June 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
News

UN fears new Syrian offensive could strand up to 200,000 civilians
25 June 2018
As the front line moves south toward the closed border with Jordan, international agencies can’t do much but wait and see

Migration

Opinion

UPDATED: Welcome, director general. There’s a lot to do
2 July 2018
Here’s a list of priorities for the new head of the International Organization for Migration. First off: sort out the big political mess that migration...
Special Report

Destination Europe: Frustration
28 June 2018
EU pressure forced the migration business underground in Niger’s smuggling hub of Agadez. As the once-booming local economy melts down, anger heats up
Special Report

Destination Europe: Evacuation
26 June 2018
European policies are now helping a lucky few refugees escape hell in Libya, but what about the hundreds of thousands of people left behind?

Environment and Disasters

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Heavy rains a “huge wake-up call” to relocate vulnerable Rohingya
21 June 2018
Torrential downpours damaged the camps faster than aid groups anticipated, but a severe land shortage leaves few safe options
Photo feature

‘Always looking at the sky’: Life amidst Somalia’s flood waters
4 June 2018
A year of drought followed by record rains has left hundreds of thousands of Somalis facing new health risks as they rebuild their makeshift shelters
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Deadly dust storms, a plea on Cameroon, and a data protection guide for humanitarians
25 May 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues

Conflict

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“The conflict must end”: Fighting threatens to drive up hunger in South Sudan’s lean season
2 July 2018
The combination of continued conflict, heavy rains, and limited access to food could prove deadly
Opinion

First Person: Two nearly identical cases of sex abuse; two very different responses
27 June 2018
Talking with displaced women in Nigeria, Dr Orly Stern saw how efforts to respond to “sexual exploitation and abuse” in aid settings overlook the victims...
News

Missing pages, more on that jacket, and inside the mind of the Taliban
22 June 2018
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Food

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More migrant disasters, less help for Yemenis, and Cameroon’s brewing war
8 June 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
Analysis

In Burundi, a disputed referendum threatens to deepen a neglected humanitarian crisis
3 May 2018
One in four Burundians already needs aid, but that figure is set to rise
Analysis

How to declare a famine: A primer from South Sudan
5 March 2018
War, political sensitivities and the weather all complicate the data collection and number-crunching needed to identify – and hopefully preempt – famine

Health

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A day in the life of a Kabul emergency room
11 June 2018
What “an uptick in violence” looks like to civilians caught in the middle of it
News feature

Ebola: Fear, suspicion, and anger along Congo’s river of worry
30 May 2018
If Ebola reaches Kinshasa, there’s a good chance it will come by river
News feature

Maduro election win is no victory for hungry Venezuelans
23 May 2018
Venezuelans crossing into Colombia aren’t fleeing war; they’re abandoning a failing state

Human Rights

Special Report

Inside mission impossible: Peacekeeping in the Central African Republic
24 May 2018
How do you keep the peace in the Central African Republic, a country of dense jungle and spiralling conflict one and a half times the...
News

Niger sends Sudanese refugees back to Libya
10 May 2018
Rights advocates hope Niger hasn’t just set a worrying precedent
News

Disaster labels, hate speech, and hypocrisy on equality
6 April 2018
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