IRIN's Top Picks: Homophobia in Kenya, helping refugees and humanitarian hotlines
2 October 2015 Human Rights
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![Shiar and Shireen Kanjo are Syrian refugees. But, first and foremost, they are an English teacher and a civil engineering undergraduate who dreams of becoming an architect]()
![Yurvi and Tatiana stand in the ruins of their home in Nikishino, eastern Ukraine. The couple's home was hit during fighting in the village and was completely destroyed.]()
Any such thing as a ‘safe’ country?
8 September 2015 Aid and Policy
At the same time as European Union nations consider opening their doors to more Syrian refugees, they are looking for ways to close them to asylum ...
![José Amilcar, from El Salvador, had to walk for five days after being robbed by a gang on "La Bestia", the notorious cargo train that migrants use to cross Mexico.]()
Mexico's minefield for migrants
26 June 2015 Human Rights
In July last year, under US pressure after a record number of unaccompanied Central American children reached the Mexico-US border, Mexico launched...
![Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in Iraq in recent months. In the town of Amirli, residents have taken up arms against the Islamic State.]()
IRIN’s Top Picks: Burundi, bombs and bogus claims
5 June 2015 Human Rights
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Why are humanitarians so WEIRD?
15 April 2015 Aid and Policy
I'm WEIRD I'm not sure whether I became an aid worker because I'm weird, but I was definitely a WEIRD aid worker...
![Youths in Kibera slums carry crude weapons ready to fight youths from the rival side, Nairobi, Kenya January 2008. Three people were killed as a result of the confrontation before police could calm the situation.]()
The new buzzword in aid – and why agencies are slow to act
9 April 2015 Aid and Policy
“Urban” may be the new buzzword in humanitarian circles, but aid agencies have been slow to turn it into action ...
![Air pollution causes over 3,000 deaths in Kabul, health officials say]()
Killing us softly
27 March 2015 Health
A recent public outcry in China, sparked by a damning documentary about air pollution, was based on well-founded fear:...
![Charles Ivalien, 52, makes his way through the narrow, hillside paths of the Acra 2 camp in the Pétion-Ville commune of Port-au-Prince. The International Organization for Migration is in the process of clearing the camp, one of 271 still open since the 2]()
Top picks: Blackboards, zakat and currency dives
27 March 2015 Aid and Policy
Welcome to IRIN's weekly assortment of journalism and research about the humanitarian world that piqued our interest...
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Turf wars or teamwork? The rise of regional aid organisations
2 March 2015 Aid and Policy
In the past 25 years, regional humanitarian organisations have grown in number from just five in 1990 to nearly 30 today – and they are playing an ...
![UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie at the annual meeting of the refugee agency's governing body]()
Who celebrity advocates are really targeting. And it’s not you.
13 February 2015 Aid and Policy
This week was a fanfare for celebrity humanitarians: Forest Whitaker ...
