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Fragile lives, flickers of hope, and following up on sexual abuse
20 July 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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UN fears new Syrian offensive could strand up to 200,000 civilians
25 June 2018
As the front line moves south toward the closed border with Jordan, international agencies can’t do much but wait and see
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Razed villages and empty fields await Congo-Brazzaville’s displaced
18 June 2018
Civilians can finally return to Congo’s Pool region, but a shaky peace agreement and scarce food and services may keep them away
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Afghan peace marches, TED talks for refugees, and whatever happened to those aid reforms?
15 June 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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Congo Ebola outbreak offers first test for emergency fund to prevent pandemics
28 May 2018
The latest tool to combat pandemics isn’t a vaccine, it’s an insurance policy and a readily available cash kitty
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Deadly dust storms, a plea on Cameroon, and a data protection guide for humanitarians
25 May 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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Ebola outbreak in Congo: What you need to know
21 May 2018
A quick Q&A to get you up to speed on the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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When Artificial Intelligence meets humanitarian jargon
16 May 2018
*Updated. We asked a bot to devise new aid agency names and job titles. The results are in...
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As risks rise in Burundi, refuge in Tanzania is no longer secure
8 May 2018
If the situation in Burundi deteriorates, will Tanzania still be a safe haven?
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Dial for help: The surprise hotline helping quake survivors in Papua New Guinea
7 May 2018
Domestic violence counsellors have become an unexpected lifeline for thousands of people stranded in an isolated region
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Mainstream media coverage of humanitarian crises falls short, new survey finds
1 May 2018
Results from an in-depth survey on attitudes towards media coverage of humanitarian issues within the aid sector.
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For medical workers in South Sudan's war, just reaching the sick is a challenge
24 April 2018
Aid groups deploy planes and mobile health teams to hard-to-reach areas, but healthcare remains threadbare and underfunded
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Mosul: Overcoming the trauma of IS rule, one haircut at a time
17 April 2018
In post-conflict Iraq, mental healthcare is scarce. So women turn to their hairdressers
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Six months after US sanctions lifted, promised aid access in Sudan remains limited
11 April 2018
Is President Omar al-Bashir only paying lip service to reforms so Sudan is removed from Washington’s state sponsors of terrorism list?
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Disaster labels, hate speech, and hypocrisy on equality
6 April 2018
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues
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A LinkedIn to combat rights abuse?
29 March 2018
How an open source database has become a new tool in the fight against human rights abuse

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