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Residents of an IDP camp in North Kivu receive food rations distributed by WFP

The Grinch’s not-so-festive guide to food ration cuts

27 December 2016

Naughty or nice, no matter: those requiring food assistance this year, particularly in Africa, are finding things even tougher than usual

Analysis

Debunking Mauritania’s Islamist militancy mythology
23 August 2016
The government has touted its “countering violent extremism” credentials but would do better by investing in its own people.
Feature

Jihadist groups in the Sahel
4 February 2016
Security has been intense over the last few weeks in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, with police and soldiers on the streets, vehicle searches, and round-ups...

AQIM incident map
15 January 2016 Maps and Graphics
The long way round: Syrians through the Sahel
9 November 2015 Analysis
Food aid cut to Malian refugees in Mauritania*
9 July 2015 News

Feature

Foreign market unites Malian refugees
10 June 2015
More than 50,000 Malians have taken refuge across the border at the M'berra camp in southeastern Mauritania since fighting broke out in northern Mali in...
Analysis

Food worries widen in Mauritania
26 May 2015
Hundreds of thousands of Mauritanians are struggling to feed themselves as they fall victim to the effects of climate change. A chronically hungry country, Mauritania...
Analysis

Killing us softly
27 March 2015
A recent public outcry in China, sparked by a damning documentary about air pollution, was based on well-founded fear: Of the 100 million people who...
Analysis

How to help ex-rebels adjust to peace
27 February 2015
Job-creation schemes are the traditional way to tackle the post-conflict problem of unemployed ex-fighters and to reduce the threat they can pose to peace and...
Analysis

3 tips for WHO's new director for Africa
24 February 2015
The World Health Organization says the number of new Ebola cases per week rose twice this month for the first time since December. This rise...
Analysis

Does celebrity advocacy actually work?
13 February 2015
This week was a fanfare for celebrity humanitarians: Forest Whitaker appealed for peace in South Sudan alongside UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos; Angelina...

After Ebola: What next for West Africa’s health systems
26 January 2015 Feature
Nice and dirty – the importance of soil
16 January 2015 Feature
Mauritania cracks down on land reform activists
21 November 2014 Analysis
PRESS RELEASE: IRIN humanitarian news service to spin off from the UN
20 November 2014 Feature
An ambitious plan to end statelessness
7 November 2014 Analysis
Nearly 25 million food insecure in Sahel
29 October 2014 News

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