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What do Yazidis make of Kurdish independence?

19 September 2017

Next week's independence referendum has divided one of Iraqi Kurdistan's most persecuted groups

Special Report

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A country called Kurdistan?
13 September 2017
Is independence around the corner for Iraq's Kurds?
Opinion

Innovative but dull: disaster insurance is starting to pay off
11 September 2017
Millions of dollars of relief funding are already on the way to countries hit by Hurricane Irma. How?

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Hurricane Irma highlights the great divide in disaster vulnerability
8 September 2017 News
New relief chief, Harvey deportations, and Trump M.I.A. on Africa: The Cheat Sheet
1 September 2017 News
Hurricane versus Monsoon
31 August 2017 Maps and Graphics

News

Google’s surprising choice for Hurricane Harvey donations
29 August 2017
Google is fundraising for Hurricane Harvey with a charity few have heard of. Why?
Analysis

The battle over the future of US food aid
8 August 2017
Can US food aid help shipping companies, farmers, defeat terrorism AND feed the hungry?
Analysis

Two cheers for UN transparency
28 June 2017
The UN opens up a lot of its spending data to public scrutiny, way more than most aid agencies. But there’s a catch.
Analysis

Trump’s climate pullout could spell disaster for developing nations
5 June 2017
American businesses and developing nations alike are going to be worse off due to the US withdrawal from the Paris Accord
Analysis

Trump budget cuts would cripple clean energy in developing nations
24 May 2017
Developing countries relying on US research and development to fuel their clean energy programmes have to hope Congress rips up Trump’s budget
Feature

A country 'on its knees': Cholera takes hold in war-weary Yemen
17 May 2017
Without urgent assistance, cholera is poised to spread and bring another level of misery to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen

Turkey-Kurd feud distracts from Islamic State fight in Syria
2 May 2017 Analysis
US funding for the UN - in charts
15 March 2017 Maps and Graphics
*UPDATED: A rough guide to foreign military bases in Africa
15 February 2017 Feature
Who pays the hidden price for Congo’s conflict-free minerals?
14 February 2017 Investigations
The cheat sheet: Somalia famine, Trump orders, and chemical weapons in Syria
10 February 2017 News
US refugee resettlement system reels from Trump ban
3 February 2017 Analysis

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