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What’s really stopping a cholera vaccination campaign in Yemen?

17 October 2017

As Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak drags on, will vaccines arrive in time to prevent the next wave?

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Shock and revulsion over Mogadishu bombing
16 October 2017
If al-Shabab is behind this atrocity, it may not work to its advantage
Feature

Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now
16 October 2017
Dominica is slowly rebuilding, but is climate change an existential threat to the Caribbean country?

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UN Myanmar overhaul, Congo crisis economics, and a humanitarian handbook
13 October 2017
Get up to speed with our weekly cheat sheet of hot humanitarian topics
Opinion

Zimbabwe: What happens after Mugabe?
13 October 2017
It was once taboo to talk of Mugabe’s demise. Now a destabilising succession battle is underway
Analysis

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Drought pushes Kenya’s pastoralists to the brink
12 October 2017
People have raised livestock in Kenya’s drylands for centuries. Will climate change soon change that?

Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale?
11 October 2017 Investigations
If UN is to be credible, it must act on Burundi before it's too late
11 October 2017 Opinion

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Shock and revulsion over Mogadishu bombing
16 October 2017
If al-Shabab is behind this atrocity, it may not work to its advantage
Feature

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Old route, new dangers: Migrant smugglers revive Black Sea route to Europe
16 October 2017
Could the Black Sea become the next Mediterranean for migrant drownings?
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What’s really stopping a cholera vaccination campaign in Yemen?
17 October 2017
As Yemen’s deadly cholera outbreak drags on, will vaccines arrive in time to prevent the next wave?
Investigations

Barbuda: Hurricane-hit paradise for sale?
11 October 2017
What the devastated island of Barbuda might need most? Lawyers.
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
Feature

Hurricane-hit Dominica holds fast, for now
16 October 2017
Dominica is slowly rebuilding, but is climate change an existential threat to the Caribbean country?
Analysis

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Drought pushes Kenya’s pastoralists to the brink
12 October 2017
People have raised livestock in Kenya’s drylands for centuries. Will climate change soon change that?
Feature

Living with dirty water
24 April 2012
Heavy pollution of river water by household and industrial waste in the Indonesian province of West Java is threatening the health of at least five...

"(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

Opinion

Can Congo’s new child-free army bring lasting change?
10 October 2017
The army has won plaudits from the UN for no longer using child soldiers, but progress could easily be undone
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Women drivers, corrupt cops, and dating refugees
29 September 2017
Get up to speed with our weekly cheat sheet of hot humanitarian topics
Analysis

Hurricane response: Caribbean disaster agency comes of age
28 September 2017
Caribbean leadership is taking charge of managing the emergency response, asking the UN to play a supporting role - a "glimpse of the future"?

Aid and Policy

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US ends 20 years of sanctions on Sudan
6 October 2017
Has Omar al-Bashir done enough to merit this reward?
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Back to war: Cameroon forcibly deporting Nigerian refugees
27 September 2017
What does the future hold for 100,000 refugees forced back to war in Nigeria since 2015?
Feature

Politics of the Caribbean
27 September 2017
The Caribbean’s political and economic blocs, in one diagram

Migration

Analysis

Turkey intervenes in Syria: What you need to know
9 October 2017
As Turkey moves into northwestern Syria, what happens next may be up to jihadi hardliners
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Malnutrition stalks Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
9 October 2017
More than half of new arrivals are children, but the sheer size of the influx has made it difficult to address high rates of malnourishment
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Disease fears grow as Bangladesh plans giant Rohingya refugee camp
4 October 2017
Disease, UN wrangling, and barbed wire don’t bode well for a massive new Rohingya refugee camp

Environment and Disasters

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Angry anglophones, cholera contrast, and a Vanuatu volcano
6 October 2017
Get up to speed with our weekly cheat sheet of hot humanitarian topics
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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?
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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

Conflict

Investigations

Kabila sits tight as Congo crumbles
5 October 2017
President Joseph Kabila’s determination to cling on to power has Congo on the brink
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Cameroon's descent into crisis: the long history of anglophone discord
4 October 2017
More than five decades of anglophone grievance in Cameroon are coming to a head
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Fixing Fallujah: City tests Iraq’s ability to bounce back
2 October 2017
Are the future of Iraq and Fallujah one and the same?

Food

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New aid plan needed for South Sudan
26 September 2017
The problem for the aid effort is that the government may not really care what happens to its people
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
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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?

Health

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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
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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

Opinion

Unfair cop – why African police forces make violent extremism worse
28 September 2017
The police need reforming – not just to counter violent extremism, but to be more accountable to the public
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
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Internment fears as Myanmar plans new camps for scattered Rohingya
19 September 2017
They’ve been called “open-air prisons”. So why does Myanmar plan to expand them?

Politics and Economics

Analysis

What's the fallout from Iraqi Kurdistan's referendum?
27 September 2017
The Iraqi Kurdish referendum won’t be ushering in independence just yet, but it has brought plenty of political upheaval
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Vote violence in flashpoint city signals long road to Iraqi Kurdistan
26 September 2017
Much of Iraqi Kurdistan may be rejoicing, but the divided city of Tuz Khurmatu still worries for its future
Special Report

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