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Climate disasters, Congo elections, and charitable countries: The Cheat Sheet

14 December 2018

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues

Analysis

South Sudan: Peace on paper
14 December 2018
A revitalised agreement is the latest in a string of failed peace attempts. Is this new deal any different, and will it hold?
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“Nowhere to go” on the front lines of climate change
13 December 2018
Vanishing land, climate migrants, and a warming world: Vulnerable communities grapple with climate threats while the cost of coping soars

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No easy road out as South Sudan marks half a decade of war
12 December 2018
A peace deal shakily holds but, after five years of conflict, 400,000 people are dead, 4.5 million are displaced and many still live in fear
Analysis

Briefing: The new global migration pact
12 December 2018
There's been uproar, especially in Europe, over the UN's just-adopted migration compact. Is it merited, and what does the deal actually do?
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Unsafe in Syria, unwanted in Lebanon
11 December 2018
Dangerous attempts to reach Cyprus by sea show how Syrians feel increasingly trapped in Lebanon as pressure to return home grows

A new normal in humanitarian aid: treating middle-class diseases
11 December 2018 Analysis
In Colombia, a first camp for Venezuelans but only as a “last resort”
10 December 2018 News feature

Analysis

South Sudan: Peace on paper
14 December 2018
A revitalised agreement is the latest in a string of failed peace attempts. Is this new deal any different, and will it hold?
Analysis

Briefing: The new global migration pact
12 December 2018
There's been uproar, especially in Europe, over the UN's just-adopted migration compact. Is it merited, and what does the deal actually do?
News

Climate disasters, Congo elections, and charitable countries
14 December 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
Feature

WTF? A guide to disaster aid acronyms
3 October 2018
Your handy navigation tool for disaster alphabet soup (updated October 2018)
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Unsafe in Syria, unwanted in Lebanon
11 December 2018
Dangerous attempts to reach Cyprus by sea show how Syrians feel increasingly trapped in Lebanon as pressure to return home grows
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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“Nowhere to go” on the front lines of climate change
13 December 2018
Vanishing land, climate migrants, and a warming world: Vulnerable communities grapple with climate threats while the cost of coping soars
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Mapped: a world at war
4 April 2017
All the world's wars. In one map.

"(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
South Sudan: The humanitarian toll of half a decade of war

400,000 dead, 4.5 million displaced, seven million in need of aid
South Sudan: Peace on paper
14 December 2018 Analysis

No easy road out as South Sudan marks half a decade of war
12 December 2018 News feature

Rebuilding lives while awaiting peace in South Sudan
10 December 2018 News feature

Solutions and Innovations

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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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Hospital refuge, urban crisis, and laser detection
16 November 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
Feature

“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

Aid and Policy

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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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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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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

Migration

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Sex for jobs, fake aid workers, and women responders
30 November 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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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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Aid emojis, El Nino warnings, and an Afghan summit
23 November 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues

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

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
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Reporter’s View: Stefanie Glinski on covering South Sudan’s civil war
3 December 2018
As the conflict in South Sudan approaches the five-year mark, what it’s like for the journalists covering it?
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.

Food

Special Report

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

Special Report

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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
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

Human Rights

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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
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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
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