South Sudan clashes, local aid partners, and a €500 million grant: The Cheat Sheet
15 February 2019 Aid and Policy
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In Cúcuta, a soup kitchen and a long road ahead for Venezuelans
14 February 2019 Migration
The Colombian border town of Cúcuta is the main point of exodus for Venezuelans leaving their troubled homeland, with up to 40,000 people crossing ...
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Briefing: International politics and humanitarian aid collide in Venezuela
12 February 2019 Aid and Policy
Humanitarian aid to millions of hungry and sick Venezuelans has become an international political football, with President Nicolás Maduro equating ...
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Madagascar measles, Venezuela aid, and a dodgy data deal: The Cheat Sheet
8 February 2019 Aid and Policy
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Q&A: Inside the effort to break the Venezuelan aid impasse
7 February 2019 Politics and Economics
The UN has warned against politicising humanitarian assistance to hungry and sick Venezuelans after the country’s armed forces set up roadblocks at...
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New UN deal with data mining firm Palantir raises protection concerns
5 February 2019 Aid and Policy
CIA-linked software firm Palantir will help the UN’s World Food Programme analyse its data in a new partnership worth $45 million, both organisatio...
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As Venezuela crisis spirals, needs across the Colombian border grow
5 February 2019 Migration
Martha Alarcon strokes the head of a young Venezuelan woman in tears who is hungry and exhausted from walking the highway in scorching heat...
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Reporter’s Diary: Hope rises in Venezuela’s hunger-driven political crisis
4 February 2019 Politics and Economics
Smiles are more numerous here in Caracas than they have been for years When I lived here last winter, apathy was widespread...
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Q&A: Top US aid fraud investigator defends tough counter-terror stance
4 February 2019 Aid and Policy
The USAID Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is a watchdog that has launched multiple investigations into aid diversion in Syria and Iraq, and b...
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Mediterranean death rates, networking in a rush, and a shaky ceasefire in Yemen: The Cheat Sheet
1 February 2019 Migration
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