Congo-Kinshasa: Briefing - Problems Multiply in Kasaï

The Kasaï region in the Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to recover from two years of intense conflict. The influx last month of more than 300,000 people from… Read more »

Uganda: Tough Choices for Uganda Landslide Survivors

Cracks on the dormant volcano of Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda continue to widen in the wake of last month's landslides, sparking fears a similar tragedy may be imminent. But the… Read more »

Uganda: 'Washed Away Within Minutes' - Uganda's Landslide Survivors Tell Their Stories

On 11 October, torrential rains caused the Tsume River in eastern Uganda's Bududa district to burst its banks, sending vast volumes of water and huge boulders crashing down Mount… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Old Drains and Dirty Water - Chronic Cholera Crisis

"We do not risk our lives by trying to drink it" Read more »

Nigeria: Aid Under Attack by Boko Haram

Few aid agencies operate in Nigeria's volatile Borno State, where a faction of extremist group Boko Haram executed Hauwa Liman, 24, this week. A midwife with the International… Read more »

Africa: Schemes to Stop Sex Abuse in the Aid Sector Off to a Shaky Start

Protests and objections roil UK event Read more »

Senegal: Early Warnings, Late Response to Senegal's Food Crisis

Signs that 2018 would be tough on herders appeared more than a year ago Read more »

Africa: Can Big Money and Big Data Make Famine a Thing of the Past?

In the runup to a 2011 famine in Somalia that killed over 250,000 people, there were 78 warnings. Last year famine nearly happened again, not only in Somalia but in Yemen, South… Read more »

Nigeria: Abuses and Disappearances Mar Counter-Insurgency Campaign

Hajja Gana last saw her son six years ago when soldiers took him away in an early morning raid in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, accusing him of being a Boko Haram terrorist.… Read more »

Senegal: How Climate Change Is Plunging Senegal's Herders Into Poverty

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Cameroon: A Vote Without a Say - Cameroon's Displaced Anglophones Wait for Peace to Return

On the eve of Cameroon's presidential elections, the country is divided. But not simply because of the vote on Sunday. Read more »

Nigeria: In a Nigerian Migration Hub, a Local Group Swaps Work Skills for European Dreams

Judith Giwa is not a migrant, but because she was unemployed and considered vulnerable to migration or trafficking she qualified for training with a local non-profit organisation… Read more »

Africa: WTF a Guide to Disaster Aid Acronyms

International disaster responders have a language all of their own. Things like this would make total sense: "UNDAC are on the ground, and linking with the HCT. Needs include CRI,… Read more »

Libya: Tripoli Clashes, Dying With Dignity, and Ai for Good - the Cheat Sheet

Here's the IRIN team's weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe. Read more »

Africa: As Trump Runs Low On Targets, Aid Sector Asks - Are We Next?

At the second UN General Assembly of Donald Trump's US presidency - and of António Guterres' tenure - the sense of novelty and apprehension that marked 2017 has given way to… Read more »

Africa: What's Happening At the UN General Assembly

As world leaders gather for this week's 73rd UN General Assembly, dozens of events fill the UN's official calendar and several times as many are scattered around the sidelines in… Read more »

Africa: Reporter's Diary - Back to Lesvos

I first visited the Greek island of Lesvos in 2016. It was the tail end of the great migration that saw over a million people cross from Turkey to Greece in the span of a year.… Read more »

Nigeria: Zamfara - Nigeria's Wild Northwest

Hundreds have lost their lives this year as a fertile region descends into worsening conflict Read more »

Nigeria: Want to Thwart Human Traffickers? Just Add Water

Human trafficking in northeastern Nigeria is a topic I've written extensively about, but I didn't know how frequently traffickers targeted internally displaced persons camps until… Read more »

North Africa: At Libya's Unchecked Southern Borders, a Key to Easing the Migration Crisis

As the EU sets new policies and makes deals with African nations to deter hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking new lives on the continent, what does it mean for those… Read more »

Mali: 'I Have Lost Everything' - in Central Mali, Rising Extremism Stirs Inter-Communal Conflict

Head bowed, white boubou robe billowing in the breeze, Badomou Dara trudged over what remained of his house in Kara, a small mud-built village in Mali's central Mopti region. Read more »

Mali: Mali Peace Wreckers, Messy Food Aid, and Well-Meaning Celebrities - the Cheat Sheet

Every Friday, IRIN's team of specialist editors offers a curation of humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: New Phase of Lawlessness Grips Congo's Kasaï Region

In the Democratic Republic of Congo's southern Kasaï region, the mass graves and massacres of 2017 have given way to general insecurity marked by banditry, military abuses,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Congo Becomes a Testing Ground for Experimental Drugs As It Fights Off Ebola in a Warzone

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have approved several experimental drugs to treat people infected with Ebola as an outbreak in a conflict zone proves hard to stop,… Read more »

Nigeria: The Danger of a Better-Behaved Boko Haram

Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist group infamous for its bombings and abductions, is undergoing something of a makeover. A key faction that has the backing of so-called Islamic… Read more »