Aleppo militias become major test for Assad

22 June 2017

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Disposable Africans – migration and its consequences
21 June 2017
A terrible price is being paid by young Africans trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe
Opinion

Disturbing civilian death trends in Iraq-Syria air war: A researcher’s view
20 June 2017
Civilian-death monitor Airwars argues that the US-led coalition needs to take more care to protect civilians as strikes spike in Iraq and Syria

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Seven must-read stories this World Refugee Day
20 June 2017
This World Refugee Day, read up and reflect on the many different predicaments facing those fleeing war around the globe, none of them good
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Welcome to refugee purgatory on the Hungary border
20 June 2017
Migrants who attempt to sneak across Hungary's heavily guarded border risk brutal beatings by Hungarian police
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EXCLUSIVE: Largest ever stock of cholera vaccine headed for Yemen
20 June 2017
Yemen will soon have a million doses of oral cholera vaccine. Enough to stem the spiralling death toll?

Hear the voices of Congo’s girl child soldiers
19 June 2017 Opinion
Starvation threatens hundreds trapped by fighting in Philippine city
19 June 2017 News

Analysis

Burundi crisis continues to bite
22 June 2017
The Burundian government would have you believe the country is no longer in crisis and calm reigns. If only that were the case
Analysis

Aleppo militias become major test for Assad
22 June 2017
Who is Ahmed Jawish and why is his murder so important for the future of Syria?
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...
Opinion

Disposable Africans – migration and its consequences
21 June 2017
A terrible price is being paid by young Africans trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe
Analysis

The deadly conflict tearing Nigeria apart (and it’s not Boko Haram)
13 June 2017
A bitter conflict between Fulani pastoralists and farmers is now claiming more lives than Boko Haram
Opinion

Disturbing civilian death trends in Iraq-Syria air war: A researcher’s view
20 June 2017
Civilian-death monitor Airwars argues that the US-led coalition needs to take more care to protect civilians as strikes spike in Iraq and Syria
Feature

Drought in Africa 2017
17 March 2017
Seventeen countries in Africa are dealing with drought.
Feature

Jordan cracks down on refugees
6 January 2016
The Sudanese asylum seekers and refugees had been protesting for more than a month when the police came to deport them late December. Hundreds were...

"(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

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Climate change and food security

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FACT FILE: Climate change, food security, and adaptation
14 June 2017 Analysis

The little shrub making a big difference in rural Senegal
5 June 2017 Feature

Fact file: Climate change adaptation finance
22 May 2017 News

Solutions and Innovations

Analysis

The "New Way of Working": Bridging aid's funding divide
9 June 2017
Can humanitarian and development plans merge?
Special Report

Surveillance for good? Facebook tracks disaster victims
8 June 2017
Good or bad, Facebook’s “disaster maps” represent a new level of engagement between Silicon Valley and the humanitarian sector
Feature

The little shrub making a big difference in rural Senegal
5 June 2017
A medicinal herb is helping to cure the financial ills of Senegalese farmers suffering the effects of climate change

Aid and Policy

News

This week's humanitarian outlook
16 June 2017
Check out the humanitarian topics on IRIN’s radar and trawl through our curation of the best reports, opinion, and journalism you may have missed:
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One year on, World Humanitarian Summit scorecards are due
16 June 2017
It’s report card time. The coming days will see a flurry of publications and announcements as the humanitarian community takes stock of commitments made at...
News

Curtain Raiser Event: The Grand Bargain - how far have we come? 21 June, Geneva
15 June 2017
A unique curtain raiser event, featuring thought-provoking opinions and expert analysis on what has – and hasn’t – been achieved, and reflections on the Grand...

Migration

Feature

So, your country isn't keen to resettle refugees. Are you?
19 June 2017
Canada has provided a model of private refugee sponsorship for others to follow, but will they?
Special Report

Italy’s migrant reception system is breaking
15 June 2017
Depriving desperate asylum seekers of healthcare is not the answer to Italy’s migrant reception crisis
News

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

Environment and Disasters

News

IRIN receives Asia reporting awards
15 June 2017
The Society of Publishers in Asia gives IRIN top award for video reporting, honourable mention for human rights work
Analysis

FACT FILE: Climate change, food security, and adaptation
14 June 2017
A helpful guide for understanding the relationship between climate change and food security, and ideas for what can be done about it
Analysis

Trump’s climate pullout could spell disaster for developing nations
5 June 2017
American businesses and developing nations alike are going to be worse off due to the US withdrawal from the Paris Accord

Conflict

Feature

Cholera can kill quickly. In Yemen, it’s taking one life an hour
12 June 2017
Could a vaccination campaign help rein in Yemen’s out-of-control cholera epidemic?
Analysis

The battle for Raqqa begins
6 June 2017
Don’t be fooled into thinking the fall of Raqqa will mean the end of the war in Syria
News

This week's humanitarian outlook
2 June 2017
Get up to speed with our weekly humanitarian round-up

Food

Analysis

UN flight ban reduces Yemen access at critical time
2 June 2017
It just got even harder to get reliable information on the humanitarian crises gripping Yemen
Feature

Vietnam’s response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail
23 May 2017
An innovative project capitalises on rising sea levels and salinisation
Feature

Venezuelan voices: The real-life stories beyond the protests
19 May 2017
Getting out on the streets to protest is a luxury many Venezuelans can’t afford right now

Health

Opinion

The real crisis in North Korea is not the one you’ve been hearing about
18 May 2017
Obsessing over DPRK’s nuclear programme and its leader's bombastic statements misses the real story – the country’s people
Feature

A country 'on its knees': Cholera takes hold in war-weary Yemen
17 May 2017
Without urgent assistance, cholera is poised to spread and bring another level of misery to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen
Feature

Mozambicans pay dearly for a president’s financial mistake
16 May 2017
Africa’s most promising economy has been tipped into crisis by a government loan scandal. The poor are paying the steepest price

Human Rights

Opinion

Child “marriage” is child labour
12 June 2017
The ILO leaves millions of underage, illegal ‘wives’ out of its child labour statistics. Its position is indefensible, argues AIDS-free World
Special Report

What can save Mali?
29 May 2017
Jihadist violence has spread from northern Mali to the centre. More foreign soldiers may not be the answer
News

The Cheat Sheet
26 May 2017
Every week, IRIN’s team of editors looks ahead at what’s on our humanitarian radar and curates a selection of the best reports, opinion, and journalism...

Politics and Economics

Analysis

The complex battle for control in eastern Syria
30 May 2017
With western Syria becalmed, the battle for control of eastern Syria has begun in earnest
Opinion

Boko Haram: Down but far from out
24 May 2017
Amid the optimism that the Nigerian government is winning the war against Boko Haram, it's important to acknowledge lingering causes for concern
Analysis

Congo’s bad year is about to get worse
24 May 2017
So far 2017 has seen civilian massacres, bloody crackdowns, resurgent armed groups. Congo’s year is only going to get worse

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