Rebuilding lives while awaiting peace in South Sudan

10 December 2018

Local groups are helping South Sudanese get a fresh start after five years of civil war

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Congo data, South Sudan attacks, and UNAIDS in crisis
7 December 2018
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What’s at stake in Yemen peace talks
6 December 2018
As the warring parties meet in Sweden, here’s what 44 months of war has meant for millions of Yemenis 5,000 kilometres away

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Venezuela’s doctors and patients share tales of despair and dismay
5 December 2018
Drugs and doctors are harder and harder to come by, and shortages of water and electricity help disease and death to thrive
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UN appeals for record $4 billion to help the people of Yemen
4 December 2018
The UN’s emergency relief arm is requesting funds to aid 93.6 million people in 2019, including 2.2 million who have fled Venezuela
Analysis

Aid deliveries to Syria at risk in UN Security Council vote
4 December 2018
The UN may provide only one fifth of cross-border aid to Syria, but humanitarians say its role is about more than just numbers

Reporter’s View: Stefanie Glinski on covering South Sudan’s civil war
3 December 2018 Video
Sex for jobs, fake aid workers, and women responders: The Cheat Sheet
30 November 2018 News

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Congo data, South Sudan attacks, and UNAIDS in crisis
7 December 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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New Italian law adds to unofficial clampdown on aid to asylum seekers
7 December 2018
Thousands of new arrivals were already being cut from services, an IRIN investigation found, and the new measures will add some of the most vulnerable
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Audit finds UN refugee agency critically mismanaged donor funds in Uganda
28 November 2018
Ugandan officials were the focus of corruption allegations within refugee programmes. Now, an internal UN investigation points to malpractice by UNHCR itself
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What’s at stake in Yemen peace talks
6 December 2018
As the warring parties meet in Sweden, here’s what 44 months of war has meant for millions of Yemenis 5,000 kilometres away
Analysis

Aid deliveries to Syria at risk in UN Security Council vote
4 December 2018
The UN may provide only one fifth of cross-border aid to Syria, but humanitarians say its role is about more than just numbers
Analysis

What is humanitarian deconfliction?
13 November 2018
Aid agencies supply warring parties with their GPS coordinates. Does it make them any safer?
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
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...

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The Rohingya

A humanitarian emergency decades in the making
In Bangladesh, a Rohingya strike highlights growing refugee activism
27 November 2018 News feature

In a Myanmar village, a bamboo fence separates Rohingya and Rakhine neighbours
20 November 2018 Feature

The uphill battle to forge peace in Myanmar's Rakhine State
14 November 2018 News feature

Solutions and Innovations

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Hospital refuge, urban crisis, and laser detection
16 November 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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“Do no digital harm”
17 October 2018
As data and digital tools become standard in humanitarian work, so do concerns over power, access and limiting risks
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Oasis amid the drought: Local water systems give Afghans a reason to stay home
11 October 2018
Severe drought has uprooted a quarter million Afghans this year. Could the aid sector and government have done more to prevent mass displacement?

Aid and Policy

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In Bangladesh, a Rohingya strike highlights growing refugee activism
27 November 2018
From child refugees to advocates: After years of marginalisation, a civil society is beginning to emerge in Bangladesh’s crowded camps
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Venezuela to receive emergency UN aid for the first time
26 November 2018
President Maduro’s government has come under pressure to accept international aid. It now appears it will
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Aid emojis, El Nino warnings, and an Afghan summit
23 November 2018
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Migration

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In a Myanmar village, a bamboo fence separates Rohingya and Rakhine neighbours
20 November 2018
Rohingya families live with apartheid-like restrictions, but economic ties still bind the two communities
Opinion

By sand or by sea
20 November 2018
What do migrant journeys from Africa to Europe and from Central America to the United States have in common? To begin with, the basic inhumanity...
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Eritrea-Ethiopia peace leads to a refugee surge
15 November 2018
An influx of Eritreans is placing new strain on a country that already has almost four million refugees and displaced people to contend with

Environment and Disasters

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Tough choices for Uganda landslide survivors
6 November 2018
The land marked for relocation may be just as unsafe as the mountainside they were forced to flee
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‘Washed away within minutes’: Uganda’s landslide survivors tell their stories
6 November 2018
Residents recount how a huge tide of water and boulders came rushing down a mountain on a busy market day and took their homes and...
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Behind Indonesia’s tsunami response, a patchwork army of volunteers
5 November 2018
Ad hoc local volunteers are the backbone of response efforts in Central Sulawesi, but sometimes lack the experience and knowhow to respond effectively

Conflict

Analysis

IRIN Roundtable: Countering militancy in the Sahel
29 November 2018
There’s no single solution. Militarism isn’t the answer but neither are cupcakes. Let our editor-at-large and his guests explain.
News feature

In Central African Republic, war crime survivors dare to hope for justice
28 November 2018
A high-profile extradition to The Hague and the opening of a special court in Bangui bring belated progress in the fight against impunity
News feature

New violence eclipses Mali's plans for peace
26 November 2018
Early warnings of conflict in central Mali went largely unheeded. The message from peacekeepers is clear: “Act now before it is too late”

Food

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Hunger and survival in Venezuela
21 November 2018
Millions have fled Venezuela’s economic meltdown, but for millions more who remain no part of life remains untouched by the crisis, even death
Special Report

Venezuela: A humanitarian crisis denied
20 November 2018
One in 12 Venezuelans have fled the country, but what of those who remain
Analysis

Deaths before data
12 November 2018
Weighing whether famine will be declared in Yemen, as fighting intensifies and peace talks are delayed

Health

Feature

In Burkina Faso, a local drive to educate children fleeing extremist violence
23 November 2018
A school set up by a local couple in the capital is welcoming children from conflict areas with education and psychological support
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African debt, Afghan voter violence, and post-Brexit Britain
9 November 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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Briefing: Problems multiply in Congo’s Kasaï
8 November 2018
The expulsion of more than 300,000 Congolese from Angola has put a huge strain on communities and aid operations in the region

Human Rights

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Fear and mistrust surround latest plan to return Rohingya
7 November 2018
Refugees in Bangladesh have been left in the dark as a new repatriation date looms. Here’s what we know
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Refugees post-Pittsburgh, Rohingya trauma, and Pacific island storms
2 November 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
Opinion

Reporter’s Diary: Heal Somalia’s former child soldiers, heal a nation
22 October 2018
When children escape life with al-Shabab extremists, they don’t escape the trauma of years on the front lines. And there’s little help to be had...

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