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Bolivia emergency stands out in a region of drought

12 December 2016

A combination of climate change, mining, and mismanagement means rural parts of Bolivia are facing an urgent and worsening water crisis

Feature

The human cost of Chad’s war against Boko Haram
5 December 2016
Chad is a key military player in the fight against Boko Haram but it is struggling with the humanitarian challenge of the insurgency.
Opinion

Boko Haram food crisis demands cooperation and accountability
1 December 2016
Snatched schoolgirls and suicide bomb blasts have long been the enduring images of Nigeria’s Boko Haram conflict. But now the violence is represented by thousands...

Torture, starvation, deprivation: life inside IS prisons in Libya
24 October 2016 Feature
Climate change collectives on the Mongolian steppe
17 October 2016 Feature
In Timor Leste, “hunger season” will be worse after El Niño
12 October 2016 News

News

The politics of food aid in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
11 October 2016
Some Rohingyas displaced by violence in 2012 have finally returned home. But now they’re hungry as food aid has been cut back.
Analysis

Rwandans feel the pinch as Burundi fallout hits home
5 October 2016
As relations sour between Burundi and Rwanda, a trade ban is hurting business and raising tensions
Feature

Nicaragua's hidden war
4 October 2016
In a forgotten corner of Central America, indigenous people and settlers are locked in deadly conflict. Does anyone care?
Analysis

Editors’ take: The problem with aid convoys
3 October 2016
The recent attack near Aleppo puts aid convoys in the spotlight. Is it time to rethink them?
News

Top Picks
30 September 2016
Welcome to IRIN's weekly top picks of must-read research, podcasts, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help you keep on top of global crises.
Analysis

Climate change on the front line, in rural Zimbabwe
26 September 2016
The government pays lip service to the idea of resilience but is doing very little to support farmers threatened by climate change

South Africa’s small-scale fishers try to turn the tide
21 September 2016 Feature
Syrian evacuations break the will to resist
20 September 2016 Analysis
A perfect storm: climate change and overfishing
19 September 2016 Feature
Hunger, shortages, and hyperinflation
15 September 2016 Feature
Syria deal needs to work for aid agencies on the ground
12 September 2016 News
Top Picks: Mass atrocities, makeshift refineries, and migrant children
9 September 2016 News

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