Google’s surprising choice for Hurricane Harvey donations

29 August 2017

Google is fundraising for Hurricane Harvey with a charity few have heard of. Why?

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Killings spark fear, rumours in Rohingya refugee camps
28 August 2017
Rohingya refugees came to Bangladesh in their thousands from Myanmar, seeking safety. But lawlessness reigns in the makeshift camps
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
25 August 2017
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Opinion

Freetown’s mudslides and the slippery slope of urban risk in Africa
23 August 2017
To avoid more Freetown disasters, it’s time for some joined-up programming on disaster risk reduction
Analysis

Hate speech stirs trouble in Burundi
21 August 2017
History tells us Burundi needs to start prosecuting those guilty of hate speech and inciting violence
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
18 August 2017
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Aid workers at risk on World Humanitarian Day
18 August 2017 Feature
Briefing: Inside Kenya’s troubled elections
17 August 2017 Analysis

News

Google’s surprising choice for Hurricane Harvey donations
29 August 2017
Google is fundraising for Hurricane Harvey with a charity few have heard of. Why?
News

Killings spark fear, rumours in Rohingya refugee camps
28 August 2017
Rohingya refugees came to Bangladesh in their thousands from Myanmar, seeking safety. But lawlessness reigns in the makeshift camps
Investigations

Can a disruptive approach force aid system rethink?
20 February 2017
Proposing a new "common sense" way to help refugees, the EC and Britain have met with a backlash. How a project in Lebanon might hold...
Analysis

Hate speech stirs trouble in Burundi
21 August 2017
History tells us Burundi needs to start prosecuting those guilty of hate speech and inciting violence
Opinion

Freetown’s mudslides and the slippery slope of urban risk in Africa
23 August 2017
To avoid more Freetown disasters, it’s time for some joined-up programming on disaster risk reduction
Analysis

Ten humanitarian stories to look out for in 2017
2 January 2017
IRIN’s tip sheet on the issues that will have an impact in the new year
Feature

Same old problems for Kenya’s newest refugee settlement
29 August 2017
Where has it all gone wrong for Kenya’s new model of refugee camp? http://www.unhcr.org/ke/kakuma-refugee-camp
News

This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
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:

"(Western) humanitarianism has reached its historical limits and is now on the cusp of retreat"

The crisis of multilateralism and the future of humanitarian action

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Countering militancy in the Sahel

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Young guns: Cameroon's Boko Haram problem
11 August 2017 Analysis

Fighting violent extremism – humanitarians beware
3 August 2017 Opinion

How jobs can help Niger win the war against Boko Haram
17 July 2017 Analysis

Solutions and Innovations

Feature

“Recovery lending” helps disaster-stricken African farmers get back on track
14 August 2017
When disaster strikes, credit can be impossible for African farmers to get. Is “recovery lending” the solution?
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This week’s humanitarian cheat sheet
28 July 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
21 July 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:

Aid and Policy

Analysis

Neighbours carry the burden of South Sudan’s fleeing millions
17 August 2017
A million refugees have fled into Uganda to escape South Sudan’s civil war. Can they ever return home?
Feature

Cathedral becomes refuge of last resort for South Sudan’s displaced
15 August 2017
The largest church in South Sudan has thrown open its doors, but those fleeing war need food as well as a safe place to sleep
Analysis

New order on the border: Can foreign aid get past Syria’s jihadis?
15 August 2017
After jihadis seized northwestern Syria, foreign donors are reconsidering their aid strategies

Migration

News

This week's humanitarian outlook
11 August 2017
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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 humanitarian fallout of Congo's new conflict
31 July 2017
How a local dispute spiralled out of control in the south of the Congo.

Environment and Disasters

News

This week’s humanitarian outlook
4 August 2017
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Feature

Climate-friendly farming solution fizzles in Zimbabwe
18 July 2017
Conservation agriculture is touted as a sure-fire remedy for food insecurity. Not all Zimbabwean farmers agree
Feature

Nigerian farmers in the dark over climate change
5 July 2017
Climate change is a threat to every person on the planet. Some of the most vulnerable aren't getting the message

Conflict

News

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
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
Opinion

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

Food

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?
Feature

Mind the gap: Why Zimbabwean researchers need to work with farmers
4 August 2017
A key response to the droughts bedeviling Zimbabwe’s farmers is within reach. Why isn’t it being grasped?
News

Kenya’s nail-biter election could turn on the price of a bag of maize
24 July 2017
Kenya’s nail-biter election could turn on the price of a bag of maize

Health

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
News

This week's humanitarian outlook
7 July 2017
Check out the topics on IRIN’s radar and trawl through our curation of the best humanitarian reports, opinion, and journalism you may have missed

Human Rights

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Muslim “profiling” under martial law in the Philippines
17 August 2017
Rights groups warn of the growing potential for abuses of civilians as President Duterte extends martial law until the end of the year
Opinion

International action needed over Burundi now
26 July 2017
Burundi may not be generating headlines these days but the crisis endures and mediation is needed now more than ever
Analysis

Martinets, migrants, and militants
24 July 2017
The ICC promised to make Libya a priority in 2017. Is it making any headway?

Politics and Economics

Opinion

The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace
2 August 2017
If the international community wants Darfur in the headlines again, it’s going the right way about it
Investigations

Occupied labour: The treadmill of Palestinian work in Israel
2 August 2017
Palestinians are forced to work in Israel to get a better pay cheque – but at what cost?
Investigations

Aid credibility at stake as donors haggle over reporting rules
21 July 2017
Donors report billions of spending at home as "aid" - and some want to expand the loophole

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