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Trash economics: surviving Venezuela’s downfall

16 August 2017

Beyond the political protests, Caracas has become a city marked by dysfunction, crime, and extreme poverty

Feature

Somalia’s impossible fight against cholera
1 August 2017
Cholera is hard enough to fight in a functioning state – try Somalia
News

Cholera vaccine plan for Yemen scrapped
12 July 2017
Yemen’s cholera outbreak may have spread too far and too fast for vaccines to make a dent

Sudan sanctions, Mosul, and Marawi: The Cheat Sheet
7 July 2017 News
EXCLUSIVE: Largest ever stock of cholera vaccine headed for Yemen
20 June 2017 News
Starvation threatens hundreds trapped by fighting in Philippine city
19 June 2017 News

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This week's humanitarian outlook
16 June 2017
Check out the humanitarian topics on IRIN’s radar and trawl through our curation of the best reports, opinion, and journalism you may have missed:
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Cholera can kill quickly. In Yemen, it’s taking one life an hour
12 June 2017
Could a vaccination campaign help rein in Yemen’s out-of-control cholera epidemic?
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This week's humanitarian outlook
9 June 2017
Check out the humanitarian topics on IRIN’s radar and trawl through our curation of the best reports, opinion, and journalism you may have missed
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This week's humanitarian outlook
2 June 2017
Get up to speed with our weekly humanitarian round-up
Analysis

UN flight ban reduces Yemen access at critical time
2 June 2017
It just got even harder to get reliable information on the humanitarian crises gripping Yemen
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

The real crisis in North Korea is not the one you’ve been hearing about
18 May 2017 Opinion
A country 'on its knees': Cholera takes hold in war-weary Yemen
17 May 2017 Feature
Mozambicans pay dearly for a president’s financial mistake
16 May 2017 Feature
Libya crimes, gang-violence refugees, and an Afghan surge? The cheat sheet
12 May 2017 News
Bellicose North Korea gives aid donors the jitters
31 March 2017 Analysis
We are not the world: Inside the “perfect storm” of famine
30 March 2017 Special Report

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