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Evicting Kabila, rebuilding Dominica, and liberating Hawija: The Cheat Sheet

22 September 2017

Our weekly round-up of hot humanitarian topics

Photo feature

Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”
22 September 2017
As aid and military teams converge in Dominica, what will it take to get the island back on track?
News

Volunteers propel Mexico City earthquake response
21 September 2017
You don’t have to be a rescue worker to help out in Mexico as disaster strikes again

Latest VideoUnwelcome Stranger: An African asylum seeker in Israel

Special Report

The uncertain future of the Kurdish people
20 September 2017
What does the referendum in Iraq herald for Kurdish nationalism?
Opinion

Don’t ignore the one group that can make climate action happen
20 September 2017
Women need to be front and centre of climate change adaptation efforts
Opinion

Neglected northern Uganda mustn’t be ignored any longer
19 September 2017
The massive influx of refugees from South Sudan makes it high time for the Ugandan government to finally address the needs of the north

Internment fears as Myanmar plans new camps for scattered Rohingya
19 September 2017 News
What do Yazidis make of Kurdish independence?
19 September 2017 Special Report

Feature

In Afghanistan, preaching peace comes at a cost
21 September 2017
How much are moderate imams willing to risk to promote tolerance?
Feature

Slave labour? Death rate doubles for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon
15 May 2017
Deaths of migrant worker “slaves” in Lebanon have doubled. Why isn’t the government doing more?
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
Photo feature

Dominica: A Caribbean island rebuilds “from zero”
22 September 2017
As aid and military teams converge in Dominica, what will it take to get the island back on track?
News

Volunteers propel Mexico City earthquake response
21 September 2017
You don’t have to be a rescue worker to help out in Mexico as disaster strikes again
Special Report

What do Yazidis make of Kurdish independence?
19 September 2017
Next week's independence referendum has divided one of Iraqi Kurdistan's most persecuted groups
Special Report

The uncertain future of the Kurdish people
20 September 2017
What does the referendum in Iraq herald for Kurdish nationalism?
Feature

Six major humanitarian challenges confronting the UN General Assembly
18 September 2017
Beyond the hype over what Donald Trump will say, a host of global problems face world leaders this week in New York

"(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
Colombia’s troubled peace
Colombia’s female FARC fighters wage a new war, for gender parity
7 September 2017 Feature

As pope visits, a neglected crisis in Colombia gets little attention
6 September 2017 Analysis

"Pistol plan" shows why peace celebrations in Colombia premature
28 June 2017 Feature

Solutions and Innovations

Feature

Senegalese farmers wage protracted battle against salt
14 September 2017
Rising sea levels can devastate farmland, but Senegalese villagers are fighting back
Opinion

Innovative but dull: disaster insurance is starting to pay off
11 September 2017
Millions of dollars of relief funding are already on the way to countries hit by Hurricane Irma. How?
News

In South Asia, early warning buys precious time before disaster
5 September 2017
Preparedness saves lives, but there are human reasons why warnings sometimes fail

Aid and Policy

Analysis

Rohingya exodus puts pressure back on UN rights probe
13 September 2017
While the international community mulls action, deep-rooted Buddhist distrust of aid groups grows in Rakhine State
Analysis

Libya's migration crisis is about more than just security
11 September 2017
Is zero migrant deaths in the Mediterranean as good a stat as it looks?
Analysis

Northern Cameroon's dangerous development deficit
6 September 2017
The government needs to live up to promises to improve infrastructure if it wants stability in the Far North Region

Migration

News

Trouble in CAR, trapped in Raqqa, and Trump at the UNGA
15 September 2017
Stay ahead of the curve on humanitarian issues
Feature

Rohingya refugees overwhelm aid groups in Bangladesh
15 September 2017
Aid groups are desperate for more support as thousands of Rohingya continue to arrive daily and spill out of refugee camps
Special Report

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A country called Kurdistan?
13 September 2017
Is independence around the corner for Iraq's Kurds?

Environment and Disasters

News

Barbuda begins difficult road to recovery after Hurricane Irma
18 September 2017
In photos: A smashed up town, but resilient people
News

Our weekly round-up of hot humanitarian topics
8 September 2017
Our weekly round-up of hot humanitarian topics
News

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Hurricane Irma highlights the great divide in disaster vulnerability
8 September 2017
It’s no surprise small and/or poor suffer most when a hurricane hits the Caribbean

Conflict

Analysis

The Kurdish struggle in northern Syria
15 September 2017
As Iraqi Kurds prepare for a historic independence referendum, whither their Syrian brethren?
Feature

Mass graves, missing bodies, and mysticism: Inside Congo’s spiralling Kasai conflict
12 September 2017
Perhaps the most worrying thing about the Kasai conflict is that those who started it can’t stop it
News

In Marawi, ending a siege is just the beginning
12 September 2017
For civilians in a besieged Philippine city, it’s hard to know who to be angry with most

Food

News

The foreign invader costing African farmers $3 billion
14 September 2017
How do you stop a ruinous pest that can fly 100 kilometres in one night?
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:
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?

Health

News

Trash economics: surviving Venezuela’s downfall
16 August 2017
Beyond the political protests, Caracas has become a city marked by dysfunction, crime, and extreme poverty
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

Human Rights

Feature

Colombia’s female FARC fighters wage a new war, for gender parity
7 September 2017
For women rebels who found no utopia in Colombia’s bloody insurgency, reintegration is another battle
Investigations

Crackdown: Prison conditions worsen in post-coup Turkey
6 September 2017
An IRIN investigation reveals rampant human rights violations in Turkish prisons since President Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown
Analysis

Words matter: Hate speech and South Sudan
5 September 2017
The South Sudanese diaspora actively peddles hate speech. Is this helping to drive the violence?

Politics and Economics

News

Burundi officials should be tried for “crimes against humanity”: UN commission
4 September 2017
Top people in Burundi have been getting away with murder. Now a UN body says they should face trial
Opinion

Why I’m proud to be African today
1 September 2017
Can Kenya’s supreme court decision inspire justices around Africa to stand up to the age-old power of incumbency?
Analysis

Boko Haram – the fear, the conspiracy theories, and the deepening crisis
30 August 2017
One thing is clear about the Boko Haram conflict: It’s getting worse