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"Pistol plan" shows why peace celebrations in Colombia premature

28 June 2017

Rather than ending years of conflict, the peace deal with the FARC may have opened up yet another chapter of violence

Feature

Venezuelan voices: The real-life stories beyond the protests
19 May 2017
Getting out on the streets to protest is a luxury many Venezuelans can’t afford right now
News

Support journalism you believe in
3 May 2017
On World Press Freedom Day, and at a time of unprecedented crisis and complexity, trusted fact-based journalism has never been more important.

Colombia, Peru disasters show growing risk from ‘coastal El Niño’
5 April 2017 News
Local aid agencies: still waiting for a bigger share of the funding cake
27 March 2017 Analysis
Hunting for the Grand Bargain
22 March 2017 Analysis

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Where will the US make deep UN spending cuts?
15 March 2017
Looking for 50 percent savings in US spending, what would you cut?
Special Report

Failed policies in Haiti fuel a post-hurricane food crisis
7 March 2017
Tonnes of food aid do nothing to solve the bigger threat to Haiti posed by corruption, climate change and a collapsed agricultural sector
Analysis

Three deadly viruses that could spawn the next pandemic
20 February 2017
Heard of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, Nipah virus, or MERS? One of them might just spawn the next pandemic
Feature

Inside Brazil’s gang-run prisons
6 February 2017
Prisoners running prisons is not a good idea, especially when many of the prisoners are members of drug gangs
Analysis

US refugee resettlement system reels from Trump ban
3 February 2017
More than 67,000 vetted refugees are waiting to go to the US. They’re stuck. So are the people ready to help them
Opinion

Refugees are not “political resources”
26 January 2017
Tempting as it might be to encourage refugees to foster change in their countries of origin, it is an agenda beset by ethical and practical...

Davos, peace in Iraq and Libya, and demographic dynamism: IRIN Top Picks
20 January 2017 News
Inside Colombia's enduring kidnapping ordeal
19 January 2017 Video
EXCLUSIVE: UN humanitarian wing OCHA lays off 170, starts overhaul
16 January 2017 Investigations
Fleeing a broken Venezuela
9 January 2017 Feature
Inside Venezuela's hidden healthcare crisis
4 January 2017 Video
Ten humanitarian stories to look out for in 2017
2 January 2017 Analysis

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