In Depth Reports

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    Forgotten Conflicts

    28 April 2016

    As you read this, there are more than 40 conflicts unfolding in countries around the world. 

  • NASA climate change map

    COP21

    31 December 2015

    The science is clear. It’s the deal, as ever, that’s complicated.

  • A girl prepares to wash clothes at the MSF Holland hospital laundry in Galcayo South in Puntland, Somalia. Women and children are particularly hard hit with one in twelve women dying during childbirth and one in seven children dying before their first bir

    FGM

    26 November 2015

    Razor's Edge - The Controversy of Female Genital Mutilation

  • Color-enhanced electron micrograph of Ebola virus

    Ebola

    22 November 2015

    Highlights and multimedia on the West Africa Ebola outbreak.

  • A young girl raped in Bamenda, in the Katanga province, says: "before getting raped, I was betrothed. But the marriage was of course canceled. Now my father has to repay the dowry. The family of the rapist has promised to pay for it, but since then, they

    Sexual Violence

    20 November 2015

    Some years ago global attention was focused on the spontaneous protests led by ordinary people in the Indian capital, New Delhi, after the gruesome gang-rape and murder of a physiotherapy student. But while the case seemed to spark global outrage, what has come of that shock and anger? What has really changed? IRIN explores how people are fighting back against the normalization of sexual violence.

  • Member of the newly trained Emergency Response Unit of the Liberian National Police, after identifying a suspect, conducts a search of his body for drugs and illegal weapons, during patrol downtown.

    War on Drugs

    1 October 2015

    After billions of dollars spent and countless lives lost, the war on drugs has been at best a misguided endeavor. IRIN explores the collateral damage wrought by global drug policy in developing countries.

  • Hundreds of internally displaced people gather at Bangui’s M'poko International Airport in the Central African Republic.

    Central African Republic

    30 November 2013

    Since a coup in March 2013, any semblance of law and order in the Central African Republic has vanished. The state has ceased to exist. As rebels-turned-bandits, mostly Muslim, battle Christian self-defence units, violence is spiraling out of control. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. As world powers finally begin to intervene, IRIN presents a detailed, analytical picture of events in a country on the brink of catastrophe.

  • A group of Tuareg men in traditional dress silhouetted on the crest of a sand dune at an oasis, west of Timbuktu, Mali. February 2008. Many Tuareg nomads still lead salt caravans across the desert to the market in Timbuktu. Tuaregs are spread across five

    Trouble in Timbuktu

    23 June 2013

    On 2 April 2012, Islamist militants, including some self-styled jihadists, overran the ancient desert city of Timbuktu, in northern Mali. They installed a brutal and alien form of Sharia law, which remained in effect until a French intervention force put them to flight nine months later. This series looks at life under (and after) Islamic rule through several inhabitants of Timbuktu.

  • No Ordinary Elections

    18 February 2013

    This documentary series presents a detailed anatomy of Kenya before the 4 March 2013 elections, through interviews with civil society experts, portraits of people from all walks of life, as well as a wealth of key data. It addresses key questions such as: Will devolution really bring power to the people? What drives the divisions between Kenyan communities? Why do Kenyan elections tend to trigger violence? Is Kenya ready if it happens again? Is there any justice for victims of such violence?

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    Kids in the City

    30 June 2010

    Around the globe, children cope with extraordinary hardships that belie their youth. They suffer violence inflicted by adults, they endure back-breaking work, they are left to fend for themselves in the world. 

  • Lineo Makojoa, 15, cooks dinner at her home in Ha Majoro Village in Lesotho. Orphaned by HIV and Aids, she often cooks dinner for her grandparents and her older brother.

    Heroes of HIV

    25 August 2009

    A bishop, a colonel and a sex worker are among these inspiring portraits.

  • NASA climate change map

    Gathering Storm

    8 December 2008

    From ingenious solutions to anxious preparations, see how peoples' lives are changing along with the climate. 

  • Forced to Flee

    27 October 2008

    Around the world, people must leave their homes to escape conflict, famine and economic hardship to find a better life. IRIN's series looked at the lives of those people who were forced to flee. 

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