June 13, 2024
Kenya: Dadaab Voices - Despair As Refugee Food Rations in Kenya Slashed By 60%
'We're seeing people robbing each other, and that's a result of the food cut happening without any notice.' Read more »
June 12, 2024
Burkina Faso: International Aid Groups 'Utterly Failing' Conflict Victims in Burkina Faso - Egeland
'The aid has gone down while needs have grown.' Read more »
June 05, 2024
Ethiopia: The UN-Led Response in Ethiopia Was a Failure. It's Time for Accountability.
Understanding why the UN fails in civil wars is crucial to improving how it operates. Read more »
South Sudan: Why Is South Sudan So Dangerous for Local Aid Workers?
'I don't get to take off my vest. I don't get to go back to a guarded compound.' Read more »
June 04, 2024
Congo-Kinshasa: Slam Poems and Dance Shows - How Congolese Creatives Are Responding to the M23 Conflict
'When we sang and danced with others, I felt free from these thoughts.' Read more »
May 29, 2024
Sudan: How El Fasher Went From Darfur's Safe Haven to All-Out War
'I have never seen anything worse.' Read more »
May 23, 2024
Kenya: Could Kenya Be the Next Refugee Rights Champion?
'While the Kenyan government has not yet addressed citizenship rights for refugees, it has shown signs of adopting more progressive refugee policies.' Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Culture of Solidarity' - Why I'm Hosting Congolese Relatives Who Fled the M23 Conflict
'I am doing this because I have a humanist heart and a sense of hospitality.' Read more »
May 21, 2024
Mozambique: Three Mozambican Women's Stories of Enslavement By Jihadist Insurgents
'With the other women, we had unity.' Read more »
May 13, 2024
Africa: Why Should Africans Die in Pain?
'We put life into your days, not days into your life.' Read more »
May 06, 2024
Niger: In Post-Coup Niger, Migration Becomes Legal Again
'The Europeans fuss, but Niger has always been a transit country.' Read more »
May 03, 2024
Africa: The Climate Loss and Damage Fund Takes Its First Steps
'The proof of the pudding will be in the eating.' Read more »
April 25, 2024
Egypt: Inside Egypt's Secret Scheme to Detain and Deport Thousands of Sudanese Refugees
'I pleaded with the soldiers, but they refused to help us.' Read more »
April 24, 2024
Kenya: Conservation Versus Human Rights - Kenya's Ogiek Dilemma
'We should not be the last generation.' Read more »
April 23, 2024
Nigeria: In Northeast Nigeria, Those Who Fled Conflict Are Being Returned to Conflict
'There is a desperate attempt to create an image of normalcy.' Read more »
Ethiopia: Weighed Down By War and Drought, Tigray Struggles to Get Back On Its Feet
'It has been over a year since the peace deal was signed and the guns have been silenced, but we are still dying.' Read more »
April 22, 2024
Sudan: A Mutual Aid Volunteer Reflects On a Year of War in Sudan
'This coming famine is a political decision by the warring party.' Read more »
April 18, 2024
Ghana: Ghana Accused of Expelling Fulani Asylum Seekers From Burkina Faso
'We know we are not wanted in Ghana, but they will kill us in Burkina Faso.' Read more »
April 15, 2024
Sudan: From Mutual Aid to Mass Displacement - How We Chronicled a Year of Conflict in Sudan
To mark this grim milestone, take a look at some of our strongest coverage. Read more »
April 12, 2024
Uganda: Uganda's Fight Against Cattle Raiders Is Dividing Karamoja Communities
'These days a son can even kill his father over money.' Read more »
Sudan: Sudan's Year of War, Non-Foreign Aid, and a Broken Gaza Pledge - the Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues. Read more »
April 09, 2024
South Africa: How Growing Hostility in South Africa Impacts South-South Migration
'Sometimes we didn't eat for seven days. If you got sick, they left you behind; if you died, nobody buried you.' Read more »
April 04, 2024
Congo-Kinshasa: Crowded Camps and Local Aid - How DR Congo's M23 Conflict Is Impacting Goma
"We are pleading for the return of peace. When we have peace, we will live well." Read more »
March 28, 2024
Ethiopia: Social Safety Net Programme Faces Funding Gap As Starvation Looms
'At least if there was a safety net we could receive assistance every month.' Read more »
March 18, 2024
Uganda: Why Refugee Ration Cuts in Uganda Risk Long-Term Social Damage
'The worst effects of these ration cuts are yet to be seen.' Read more »