January 16, 2024
Africa: How Do You Break the Mould Around International Aid? Try Genuine Trust
In search of a model beyond trickle-down aid. Read more »
January 10, 2024
Burkina Faso: 'Nobody Sees Me' - Photographing Displacement in Burkina Faso's Capital
'Since I have been here, nobody from the government has ever come to help.' Read more »
January 08, 2024
Africa: Why These 10 Humanitarian Crises Demand Your Attention Now
Beyond Gaza and Ukraine, emergency aid needs are going unmet in these neglected hotspots around the globe. Read more »
January 03, 2024
Africa: Editors' Picks - Power Up Your Thinking for 2024
Some of our most compelling coverage to inform your new year Read more »
December 15, 2023
Uganda: How a World Food Program Aid Revamp Has Gone Wrong
'The community is not ready for the policy, and the policy is affecting the community.' Read more »
December 11, 2023
Sudan: As Darfur Falls to the RSF, Where Is the Outrage At Their Atrocities?
'I have been asking why all these international humanitarian treaties and laws are failing us.' Read more »
December 08, 2023
Kenya: The Testing Climate Journey Facing Kenya's Pastoralists
'The fundamental question is not about the future of pastoralism - it will always be around - it's about how we can do pastoralism more sustainably.' Read more »
December 05, 2023
Burkina Faso: In Burkina Faso's Blockaded Towns, War Crimes and Mutual Aid
'We really see solidarity almost everywhere and in all areas.' Read more »
November 28, 2023
Burkina Faso: Burkina's Faso Jihadist Conflict Worsens As Military Junta Pursues 'Total War'
Burkina Faso's humanitarian and security challenges are worsening as the country's junta-led government pursues an aggressive military campaign against jihadist armed groups, which… Read more »
September 15, 2023
Libya: 'Anything Would Help' - Benghazi Doctor Calls for Aid After Libya Flood Catastrophe
'Everyone is still in shock. We still haven't had time to process our emotions.' Read more »
Libya: Libyans Band Together to Help However They Can After Flooding Catastrophe
'My neighbours used farm equipment to save us.' Read more »
September 07, 2023
Africa: It's Not Just the Economy, Stupid! What Was Off-Key About the Africa Climate Summit
'The summit split opinion on the continent with its focus on market solutions to the climate crisis rather than dealing more directly with its human impacts.' Read more »
September 04, 2023
Africa: Why the Africa Climate Summit Can't Afford to Overlook Conflict
'Conflict isn't merely a side issue; it is an integral part of the equation.' Read more »
August 31, 2023
Kenya: Why I Came Back to Dadaab - a Different Kind of Refugee Return Story
'My life is worth more than this.' Read more »
August 21, 2023
Zimbabwe: Country's Election 'Already Stolen'
'The system cannot reform itself; that's the bottom line.' Read more »
August 17, 2023
Somalia: 'There's No Future in This IDP Camp' - Why Somalia's Crisis Needs a Rethink
'You need to start thinking of these informal settlements as permanent settlements - mini-cities.' Read more »
August 15, 2023
Chad: 'Every Checkpoint Could Be Your Last' - the Perilous Road to Safety for Darfuri Refugees
'We found corpses lying every two kilometres.' Read more »
August 09, 2023
South Sudan: A South Sudanese Returnee's Story, From Khartoum to Their Childhood Home
'If the government and NGOs can live up to their promises, then I would at least be able to start planning for the future.' Read more »
August 08, 2023
Sudan: War Has Destroyed My Darfur Town - but I Will Keep Fighting for Justice
'There was a feeling that we were going to die, that we had no chance to survive.' Read more »
August 07, 2023
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - a Dream for Many, a Nightmare for Many More
People are getting nervous Read more »
August 02, 2023
Kenya: Embracing Local Knowledge Is the Key to Resilience in Northern Kenya, Not Project Box-Ticking
'In the welter of jargon-heavy policy documents promoting 'resilience-building', the big question remains - what is 'resilience', and for whom?' Read more »
Sudan: How Mutual Aid Networks Are Powering Sudan's Humanitarian Response
'The beautiful thing is that we come together and spend time doing this.' Read more »
August 01, 2023
Sudan: Sudanese Aid Workers Face Hundreds of Job Losses
'Most of my colleagues are all displaced, they all lost their homes.' Read more »
Ethiopia: Boom to Bust - Fallout of War and Drought Leaves Ethiopians Mired in Poverty
'What I have seen with my own eyes is a huge number of people starving and even dying.' Read more »
July 27, 2023
South Sudan: Urgent Help Needed for Stranded South Sudanese Returnees
'The South Sudan government, aid agencies, and donors need to work together to urgently put an end to this deepening crisis.' Read more »