Ethiopia: Tigray Faces a Double Catastrophe - War and Worsening Hunger

"Many households experienced complete crop failure." Read more »

Sudan: The Only Place Left Is the Moon - a Sudanese Journey Through a World of Closed Borders

"I can't survive here, and I can't survive in Sudan." Read more »

Malawi: As Ration Cuts Bite, Malawi's Refugees Lose Vital Lifelines

An $8 payment barely covers a week's needs. From inside Dzaleka, a refugee describes life as food aid, jobs and other lifelines disappear. Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan's Green Book Law Brings Harsh Justice, but Little Lasting Peace

"Officials are fostering injustice and marginalisation." Read more »

Eswatini: British-Held Asylum Seeker Dies By Apparent Suicide in Eswatini

Kishanth Peramaiya spent two years in a legal limbo after a British authority granted him international protection. Read more »

Rwanda: How Rwanda-Backed M23 Rebels Finance Their War in DR Congo

"They have methodically consolidated a de facto, deeply illegal, parallel administration." Read more »

Africa: Rethinking Humanitarianism - Will Aid-for-Hire Become the New Normal?

"It's so critical that we scrutinise these actors adequately right now, before they are legitimised." Read more »

Nigeria: Finding a Path to Peace - Nigeria's Long, Faltering History of Dialogue With Boko Haram

"Peace can be possible, but it needs trust and sincerity." Read more »

South Sudan: Rethinking Humanitarianism | the Rise of Privatised Aid - a Conversation With Fogbow

"I don't understand why we get this blowback for helping people on the cusp of starving to death." Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Govt and Boko Haram Strike Secret Ceasefire Deal

"The government seems very interested in having a dialogue with Boko Haram, perhaps realising a military response alone is inadequate." Read more »

Africa: Rethinking Humanitarianism | Grassroots Aid Is Here to Disturb the System

"The system is not what's holding us together; it's our humanity." Read more »

Libya: Landmark ICC Trial On Libya Migrant Abuses Must Lead to More Scrutiny of EU Complicity

"Anyone who violates people's rights should face the consequences." Read more »

Somalia: Rethinking Humanitarianism | Somalia's Plan to Break Free From Aid Dependence

Aid cuts have been "cataclysmic" for aid-dependent countries. How will states respond? Read more »

Somalia: Gulf War Fallout - Somali Households Pay the Price of Trade Disruption

"We're just trying to make enough money these days to make it through the night." Read more »

Sudan: RSF Drone Attacks in Sudan, Somalia's Drought Emergency, and WFP Sticks With Palantir - the Cheat Sheet

RSF targets major Sudanese cities with drone attacks Read more »

Africa: South Africa Feels the Economic Cost of Anti-Migrant Xenophobia

"Intellectually, xenophobia is not being contested, instead people are looking for scapegoats." Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: After Peace Talks Stall, Can a National Dialogue Help DR Congo Find a Way Forward?

"The dialogue must be neither a ploy to cling to power nor a mere marketplace for negotiating political posts." Read more »

Ethiopia: As War Fears Grow in Ethiopia, Women Soldiers Recount the Sexual Violence They Experienced

"We didn't bring enough attention to it because it felt like doing so would diminish what was being done by the enemy." Read more »

Africa: Ebola Moving Faster Than the Response, Head of Africa CDC Warns

"Act now or pay a much higher price later." Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Aid Crisis Is Also a Crisis of Accountability

"What is needed is structural change: defining red lines... and being willing to escalate when those lines are crossed, publicly and collectively." Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso's Army Accused of Preventing Civilians From Leaving Jihadist-Besieged Towns

"They say we have to accept dying for the homeland." Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Abortion Law Reform - a New Front in the Global Culture Wars

"Liberia is very low-income, it's cheap to get political influence here." Read more »

Africa: Ebola Outbreak - a Crisis of History, Not Misinformation

Even with a pause in the violence, communities will still need to be heard - and to be convinced that responders mean them well. Read more »

Uganda: Ebola Outbreak - Uganda's Movement Restrictions Cripple Cross-Border Trade

"When it comes to health, it should not be compromised at the expense of business and livelihoods." Read more »

Africa: 'Avoid Using the Term' - Oxfam in Africa Retracts LGBTQ Censorship Guide

"Oxfam in Africa has departed from the values that govern the Oxfam Confederation." Read more »