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Rohingya camps run out of time as Bangladesh storm season arrives

18 April 2018

Despite weeks of preparations, officials and residents are bracing for the likelihood that winds and rain will cut off aid access and destroy shelters

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Nine months on, a race against time to find pregnant Rohingya rape survivors
16 April 2018
Workers in Bangladesh’s refugee camps are looking for women and girls who are expecting. But many are ashamed, and don’t want to be found
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13 April 2018
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Myanmar levels former Rohingya villages to build camp for returnees
12 March 2018
Satellite images show new roads, buildings, helicopter pads emerging over torched and emptied land
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Pakistan’s NGO crackdown prompts widening alarm among aid workers
6 March 2018
Government services don’t reach every corner of the country. But new restrictions are forcing NGOs to cut programmes and funding that fill the gaps
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1 March 2018
After fleeing Myanmar, refugees cling to old documents as proof they belong to a country that now rejects them
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16 February 2018
Thinking of donating to a cyclone-hit country? Aid groups say please send cash not goods
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Afghan attacks force aid rethink, leave local NGOs more exposed
8 February 2018
Another violent month in Afghanistan has forced aid groups to re-consider their work. But where does this leave local NGOs?