Gambia decides, UN deaths, and Focus 2017: IRIN Top Picks

2 December 2016

Every week, IRIN's team of editors curates a selection of humanitarian reports and opinion you may have missed, from in-depth analyses and features to academic studies and podcasts

News

UN chief apologises over Haiti cholera
1 December 2016
Ban Ki-moon has finally apologised over the UN’s role in the Haiti cholera outbreak. But is it too little, too late?
Opinion

Cuban Medical Internationalism: Fidel Castro’s humanitarian legacy
1 December 2016
However you view Fidel Castro's legacy, his policy of exporting first-class medical aid abroad deserves to be considered

Latest Video

Community-run schools spring up in Kashmir, where education is under attack

Opinion

Boko Haram food crisis demands cooperation and accountability
1 December 2016
The scale and urgency of the food crisis in northeastern Nigeria makes an effective aid system essential – that has to start with honesty and...
Feature

Alpine migrant route into France a dead-end for many
30 November 2016
A French community on the Italian border finds itself divided: some locals want to turn illegal migrants in, but others want to help smuggle them.
Feature

On the road to Mosul, liberation comes tinged with sectarian suspicion
29 November 2016
Shia forces are liberating areas west of Mosul from so-called Islamic State. What does this mean for Sunni residents?

Landmark Myanmar refugee return programme off to rough start
29 November 2016 News
Community schools spring up in Kashmir, where education is under attack
29 November 2016 Video

Opinion

Humanitarianism at the crossroads
30 November 2016
Organised humanitarianism is "stuck in the eternal present and poorly equipped to adapt".
News

Seeking internal solutions to DRC crisis
14 May 2013
A UN intervention brigade will soon be deployed to the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in a bid to neutralize militia groups operating...
News

This week's humanitarian reading list
2 December 2016
Every week, IRIN's team of editors curates a selection of humanitarian reports and opinion you may have missed, from in-depth analyses and features to academic...
News

UN chief apologises over Haiti cholera
1 December 2016
Ban Ki-moon has finally apologised over the UN’s role in the Haiti cholera outbreak. But is it too little, too late?
Opinion

Cuban Medical Internationalism: Fidel Castro’s humanitarian legacy
1 December 2016
However you view Fidel Castro's legacy, his policy of exporting first-class medical aid abroad deserves to be considered
Analysis

EXCLUSIVE: Iraq War records reignite debate over US use of depleted uranium
6 October 2016
How indiscriminate was US use of depleted uranium rounds during the 2003 Iraq War? We may be about to find out
Feature

Self-immolation on the rise among women
9 September 2008
Sarah, 20, set herself ablaze in a desperate bid to end her life after four years of marriage to a drug addict in Sheendand District...
Feature

Elderly fare worst in Europe’s forgotten conflict
2 December 2016
The death toll is climbing towards 10,000 but Ukraine’s conflict is largely forgotten, especially the lot of old people on the front line

“There is nothing like amnesty. It’s a trap. What they mean is they send someone to follow you, and you have days to live.” - former al-Shabab fighter

How Kenya’s al-Shabab amnesty is a loaded gun

In Depth
Afghanistan's deepening migration crisis
Will the UN become complicit in Pakistan’s illegal return of Afghan refugees?
10 November 2016 Analysis

Families torn apart as Pakistan forces Afghan refugees back over the border
26 October 2016 News

Afghans in Germany face rejection and deportation
25 October 2016 News

Aid and Policy

News

This week’s humanitarian reading list
25 November 2016
Every week, IRIN's team of editors curates a selection of humanitarian reports and opinion you may have missed, from in-depth analysis and features to academic...
Feature

Venezuelans forced to live off scraps, but aid shut out
22 November 2016
The government of Venezuela is still in denial about the country’s humanitarian crisis – this makes it hard to help its desperate people
Analysis

Climate action gathering shakes off the Trump effect
21 November 2016
COP22 was all about fine-tuning the Paris Agreement. The talks stayed on track despite the Trump bombshell, but did they go far enough?

Migration

Opinion

The Eastern Aegean is becoming Europe’s Nauru
28 November 2016
Urgent advocacy is needed to overturn the EU policies holding refugees hostage in Greece with inadequate shelter
Feature

HAS VIDEO

Will a united opposition finally unseat Gambia’s strongman?
28 November 2016
Yahya Jammeh has been in power for 22 years. Can a united opposition finally unseat him on Thursday?
Feature

Haitians at US border face deportation lottery
24 November 2016
Knee-jerk US policy changes have played with the fates of tens of thousands of Haitian migrants. Trump’s election only adds more uncertainty

Environment and Disasters

Analysis

Will Hurricane Matthew reset Haiti’s aid relationships?
21 October 2016
The international aid community is warning that Haiti needs more resources to recover from Hurricane Matthew, but have lessons been learned from the 2010 earthquake?
Opinion

Why Haiti wasn’t ready for a hurricane: A Q&A with Jonathan Katz
19 October 2016
What should the Haitian government and aid agencies be doing to avoid a repeat of Hurricane Matthew?
Feature

Climate change collectives on the Mongolian steppe
17 October 2016
Mongolian herders look to their country's communist past to fight the effects of climate change.

Conflict

Feature

Life on the margins
23 November 2016
For many of Iraq’s displaced, life has been reduced to waiting with next-to-nothing and dreaming of the past
Feature

Iraq's displacement and sectarian timebombs
22 November 2016
It’s not defeating so-called Islamic State alone, but untangling the mess of displacement, returns, and sectarian discontent that will bring real peace to Iraq
Special Report

How mining and militarisation led to an HIV epidemic in Indonesia’s Papua
21 November 2016
Security officials run a sex trade catering to miners, while an underdeveloped healthcare system means many can’t get treatment when they contract HIV

Food

Feature

Torture, starvation, deprivation: life inside IS prisons in Libya
24 October 2016
Find out what life is like for IS prisoners in Libya, including pregnant women and children
News

In Timor Leste, “hunger season” will be worse after El Niño
12 October 2016
Hunger stalks Timor Leste after El Niño destroyed harvests. Now farmers may have to contend with La Niña.
News

The politics of food aid in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
11 October 2016
Some Rohingyas displaced by violence in 2012 have finally returned home. But now they’re hungry as food aid has been cut back.

Health

News

The end of Zika?
25 November 2016
Zika is no longer a global health emergency says the WHO, but many experts disagree
Analysis

Ban Ki-moon's UN legacy clouded by cholera
18 November 2016
A UN cholera compensation scheme for Haiti faces a chicken and egg problem.
Feature

HAS VIDEO

Silence marks Ebola milestone, but scars remain
8 November 2016
Sierra Leone marked victory over Ebola with three minutes of silence. But is that enough for the survivors of the deadly virus?

Human Rights

News

This week’s humanitarian reading list
18 November 2016
Every week, IRIN's team of editors curates a selection of humanitarian reports and opinion you may have missed, from in-depth analysis and features to academic...
Analysis

Ethiopia’s internet crackdown hurts everyone
17 November 2016
Since Ethiopia declared a state of emergency, its government has shut down mobile data and blocked social media sites. But at what cost?
Analysis

Reprieve but no solution for Kenya’s Dadaab refugees
16 November 2016
The Dadaab refugee camp has won a six-month reprieve, but the Kenyan government is still committed to its closure. Is there no alternative?

Politics and Economics

Analysis

Who can stop the threat of genocide in South Sudan?
14 November 2016
There is "potential for genocide" in the government's anti-insurgency campaign in South Sudan that is depopulating an entire region.
Analysis

10 NGOs that would be hard hit by US aid cuts
14 November 2016
IRIN highlights some of the US humanitarian agencies and UN agencies most dependent on government funding as uncertainty grips the international aid sector.
News

This week’s humanitarian reading list
11 November 2016
Every week, IRIN's team of editors curates a selection of humanitarian reports and opinion you may have missed, from in-depth analysis and colourful features to...

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