Aid and Policy

Afghanistan redux, mind your language, and Angola’s First Family

25 August 2017

Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:

News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
18 August 2017
Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:
Feature

Aid workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
18 August 2017
We mark World Humanitarian Day with a selection of articles about the risks faced by aid workers

A war without end: Neighbours carry the burden of South Sudan’s fleeing millions
17 August 2017 Analysis
Cathedral becomes refuge of last resort for South Sudan’s displaced
15 August 2017 Feature
New order on the border: Can foreign aid get past Syria’s jihadis?
15 August 2017 Analysis

News

This week's humanitarian outlook
11 August 2017
Which humanitarian topics are on IRIN’s radar and should be on yours? Check out our curation of upcoming events, topical reports, opinion, and quality journalism:
Analysis

Young guns: Cameroon's Boko Haram problem
11 August 2017
Jobless youth have been an easy target for Boko Haram. Now young people are organising to resist recruitment
Analysis

Black flags over Idlib: The jihadi power grab in northwestern Syria
9 August 2017
Syria’s largest opposition-held region is now in extremist hands. It could get worse still.
Analysis

The battle over the future of US food aid
8 August 2017
Can US food aid help shipping companies, farmers, defeat terrorism AND feed the hungry?
News

Pakistan’s new NGO tax will hurt those most at risk, say humanitarians
8 August 2017
Is Pakistan’s NGO tax move a valid step in a war on waste or the latest phase of an intensifying crackdown on civil society?
Opinion

South Sudan: Time for humanitarians to get tough
7 August 2017
Is aid actually fueling the conflict in South Sudan?