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March 19, 2019
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 »
March 18, 2019
South Sudan: Note to Humanitarians - Strengthen the Group, Not Just the Individual
"Social connections are an economic safety net in South Sudan" Read more »
March 14, 2019
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 »
March 13, 2019
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 »
March 12, 2019
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 »
March 11, 2019
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 »
March 06, 2019
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 »
March 05, 2019
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 »
February 28, 2019
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 »
February 27, 2019
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 »
February 26, 2019
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 »
February 20, 2019
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 »
February 18, 2019
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 »
February 14, 2019
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 »
February 12, 2019
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 »
February 07, 2019
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 »
February 05, 2019
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 »
January 31, 2019
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 »
January 24, 2019
Africa: 'New Humanitarians' Take a Seat At the Table
A conversation from Davos Read more »

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