Mutual aid workers – the backbone of the humanitarian response in Sudan – have been caught up in the crackdown. The war in Sudan began in April 2023 and has produced the world’s largest displacement ...

The M23, whose top brass are mostly Congolese Tutsi, began its insurgency more than three years ago after a decade of dormancy, seizing large parts of North Kivu province before finally grabbing Goma, ...

There has been no return to normalcy in Gaza, writes Palestinian journalist Rita Baroud, as she wrestles with a war that ...

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The capture of Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, last week by the M23 rebel group follows a three-year insurgency heavily supported by neighbouring Rwanda despite its ...

Notes on where USAID’s dismantling leaves aid freeze waivers, who’s calling the shots, and what’s the humanitarian narrative ...

Harsh policies fail to stop migration and are never enough for the far-right. Moderate political forces must articulate an alternative.

The roll-out of large-scale solar projects is fraught with challenges over cost, efficiency, and an increasingly ...

On the border between eastern India and western Myanmar, the Chin Human Rights Organization suspended its US-funded ...

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Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe. “Our principle of impartiality is being challenged.” Aid groups are increasingly seen as protecting the ...

The capture this week of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by M23 rebels and Rwandan troops has triggered a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis that risks expanding ...