Western Sahara: Aid, Refugees, and Peacekeeping At Stake in New Western Sahara Talks

Revived attempts to resolve one of the world's least known conflicts will resume in Geneva this week as representatives from Morocco and the Polisario Front attend roundtable talks… Read more »

South Sudan: Note to Humanitarians - Strengthen the Group, Not Just the Individual

"Social connections are an economic safety net in South Sudan" Read more »

Madagascar: 1,100 Measles Deaths Are More About Money Than 'Vaccine Hesitancy'

In a healthcare centre in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo nine-year-old Faneva inches his arm forward. The nurse disinfects his skin before inserting the needle. A few… Read more »

Central African Republic: Hurdles On the Road to Peace in the Central African Republic

The government of the Central African Republic and 14 of the most powerful armed groups operating in the country came together to sign a peace deal last month. Read more »

South Sudan: In South Sudan, a 'War On Civilians' Despite Six Months of Supposed Peace

Once known as the country's peaceful breadbasket, today the backdrop of rolling hills in South Sudan's Equatoria region is contrasted by a string of ghost towns, abandoned shops,… Read more »

Mali: In Militarised Mali, Humanitarian Responders Say Aid Is an Afterthought

In the dust-caked town of Bankass in central Mali, Amadou Guindo waits to register for aid. Read more »

Ethiopia: Dozens of Aid Workers, Peacekeepers Among Ethiopia Air Crash Victims

At least 35 aid workers, peacekeepers, or staff of international organisations are among the 149 passengers who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash - the deadliest commercial… Read more »

Mali: As Peace Efforts Falter, Violence Spirals Further Out of Control

Housseyni Diallo thought the smoke and flames he saw were from an early morning bonfire lit in the final revelry of a New Year's Eve celebration. He was wrong: armed men were… Read more »

East Africa: The Trouble With Plans to Send 116,000 Burundian Refugees Home

Under pressure to go home, Burundian refugees in Tanzania face two bad options: return to face social and economic hardship and possible rights violations; or remain in chronically… Read more »

Ethiopia: A Neglected Crisis - No Easy Way Home for Doubly Displaced Gedeos

"Unless the government brings peace, we will die here" Read more »

Uganda: Key Donors Freeze Refugee Aid After UN Mismanagement Scandal

Uganda's refugee sector may run into trouble after two major European donor countries froze funds to the UN refugee agency as a result of fraud, corruption, and mismanagement… Read more »

Africa: UN Probes Substandard Food Aid for Mothers and Children

The World Food Programme is investigating how up to 50,000 tonnes of nutrition-boosting porridge mix it purchased for distribution to nursing mothers and malnourished children in… Read more »

Nigeria: Still On the Trail of Boko Haram

The city of Kano stands surrounded by 700-year-old mud-baked walls, constructed to deter foreign attackers. Yet the walls, completed in the 14th century to protect the people… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: To Stop Ebola, Ask the Rebels to Help!

"I had heard so many scary stories about Mai-Mai fighters that I didn't know what to expect" Read more »

Libya: Hard Economic Times Force Migrant Workers to Look Elsewhere

The well-worn description of migrants in Libya is of desperate people trapped in hellish detention centres trying to get to Europe. But many come for work, and some return multiple… Read more »

Ethiopia: Power Shift Creates New Tensions and Tigrayan Fears

Disagreements over land and resources between the 80 different ethnic groups in Ethiopia have often led to violence and mass displacement, but a fast and unprecedented shift of… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Drought, Rising Costs to Leave 2.4 Million People Needing Food Aid

The 150 percent fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Seek Safety in Cameroon As Boko Haram Crisis Escalates

A wave of increasingly sophisticated militant attacks in northeastern Nigeria has forced almost 60,000 people to flee since November, the largest number for more than two years,… Read more »

Africa: World Food Programme Deal With Data Mining Firm Raises Protection Concerns

Geneva - CIA-linked software firm Palantir will help the UN's World Food Programme analyse its data in a new partnership worth $45 million, both organisations announced Tuesday,… Read more »

Africa: What Effect Did the U.S. Shutdown Have On Foreign Aid?

New York - The US government shutdown may be over, but the uncertainty it caused for the aid and development community isn't going anywhere. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Briefing - What the Fuel Protests Mean for Zimbabweans

Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017. But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has… Read more »

Africa: 'New Humanitarians' Take a Seat At the Table

A conversation from Davos Read more »

South Sudan: 'The Whole Country Is Traumatised'

Decades of war left almost half the population with post-traumatic stress symptoms and little mental health care Read more »

Africa: Inside Efforts to Prevent a Regional Ebola Crisis in Central Africa

The current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the second deadliest in history, killing more than 400 people and infecting hundreds more. Its location in both… Read more »

Burkina Faso: In Eastern Burkina Faso, Local Grievances Help Militancy Take Root

"The country has never experienced what it is going through now" Read more »