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The New Humanitarian
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
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Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives.
Today’s essay was written and read out by Liban Mahamad. He is a freelance journalist and writer from Somalia. In his essay, Liban looks at the limitations of international aid in Somalia, and in particular at how its short-termism risks perpetuating a cycle of need for millions of Somalis. Liban’s recording also features the natural sounds of Dolow in southern Somalia, where he recorded his essay:
The New Humanitarian
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Read the Cheat Sheet on our site: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/04/14/myanmar-massacre-haiti-solutions-pentagon-leaks-cheat-sheet
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Read the Cheat Sheet on our site:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/03/31/burkina-faso-clampdown-sudans-transition-climate-justice-cheat-sheet
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Read this article here:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2023/02/03/Mozambique-Taliban-taxes-Myanmar-Cheat-Sheet
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Aid needs are continuing unchecked in these hotspots (and none of them are Ukraine).
Read the full analysis here:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2023/01/13/10-humanitarian-crises-demand-attention
What’s fuelling this year’s worsening outlook for crises and affected people around the globe.
For a deeper dive into the list, please read:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2023/01/03/ten-humanitarian-crises-trends-to-watch
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Oureditors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Years of political unrest, under-investment in agriculture, and repeated earthquakes and storms have left 4.3 million people facing acute hunger.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
“Build back better” became a guiding mantra after calamity struck in 2010, but Haiti has struggled to follow it and prepare for future disasters.
Some countries point to a reduction in fighting and say Syrian refugees no longer need protection. Should NGOs be helping them make that case?
Critics fear the government might use returns to engineer demographic majorities and note safety concerns amid ongoing conflict.
Analysis by Joshua Craze
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
While much of the focus in Glasgow is on pledges for 2030 or 2050, the aid sector is crying out for help to respond to emergencies right now.
Months after the military coup, poverty and hunger are soaring in the agricultural heartland – out of view of most humanitarian aid plans.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
The event inspired some, but others said it didn’t address the key role the food chain plays in worsening hunger, inequality, and climate change.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
A fictional take on the disasters of tomorrow – when cluster approaches, donor-funded appeals, and foreign-led responses are no more.
Read by the author, Malka Older.
The push for secession is increasingly turning violent, adding to what some see as a crisis of governance in Nigeria.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Even before the quake, millions of Haitians needed urgent food aid, while the south was still rebuilding from a devastating 2016 hurricane.
Millions are at risk of losing access to vital services as donors suspend support for government programmes under the Taliban.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Residents of coca-growing areas blame rising violence on the government’s failure to live up to the promises of the 2016 peace accord.
Hundreds of thousands of at-risk Afghans have been left behind by the international evacuation effort. Will they be able to find a way out?
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
To read on our site, head to https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/8/27/Afghan-aid-El-Salvador-gangs-US-migration-Cheat-Sheet
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
The jihadist conflict in the northeast is stalemated. But is forgiving some of the worst killers the right way to bring peace?
Ethical dilemmas and Taliban negotiations: What humanitarian workers may face in Afghanistan’s volatile new era.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
What is being promoted by Nigeria’s government and military as a big win is in fact a regrouping, and could be the prelude for worse to come.
The government has been helping importers buy staples like wheat, medicine, and fuel. It can’t afford to anymore, and residents are feeling the pain.
Thousands of Afghans escaping spiralling violence at home are entering Turkey. But will they be able to find safe haven?
By Liz Cookman
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Women and children face horrific violations in Libyan detention centres. Critics say EU policies are helping to perpetuate this cycle of abuse.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Humanitarian needs were rising before President Moïse’s assassination. Now, they’re even worse, with aid groups struggling to reach people.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
From a famous speech by Haile Selassie to hotel receipts and bad diplomatic behaviour, nothing is left out.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Given the international response offered to Central Americans at the border, Mexican asylum seekers can often feel like second-class citizens.
The scale of the atrocities committed in three decades of LRA violence continues to stigmatise survivors and frustrate reconciliation.
To explore what part, if any, the ICC’s six-year trial process has played in reconciliation in northern Uganda, The New Humanitarian spoke to survivors of LRA massacres, peacebuilding groups, and Ongwen’s wives.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Misinformation is rampant, and public education campaigns were slow to start. Now, health workers struggle to reach women in militarised Kashmir.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
How rising violence, torrential rains, and economic instability are squeezing food supplies along Myanmar’s remote borders.
International efforts to end the four-year war have stalled, so grassroots activists have stepped in. Do they have enough political clout?
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
South American borders have become increasingly militarised amid the pandemic, and the risks for desperate Venezuelan migrants have never been higher.
The UN has only one way in for aid to Syria’s rebel-held northwest. Will it survive the Security Council?
By Aron Lund
An overview of Mogadishu’s political gridlock explains the main players who will be key to finding a way out of the crisis.
Published 20 May 2021.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
This week’s blaze left at least 82 people dead, but it also shone a spotlight on Iraq’s neglected health infrastructure at a critical time.
Climate displacement is mostly viewed through the lens of migration. But what about those left behind – many of them women and the elderly?
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
They’ve survived civil war, a volcanic eruption, and now the pandemic, but residents of La Trinidad are still searching for a place to call home.
By Linnea Fehrm
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
New Oxfam misconduct claims in Iraq surface. Where will it end for the charity, and what does it mean for other NGOs?
An exclusive by Investigations Editor Paisley Dodds.
Should COVID-19 vaccines and aid be used as diplomatic carrots to coax more accountability and transparency out of corruption-riddled countries such as South Sudan? An unwillingness to scrutinise the unintended negative consequences of aid has made donors complicit in filling the coffers of corrupt leaders.
By Elizabeth Shackelford
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Nigeria’s weak state is both a consequence and enabler of a growing chaos – adding to the toll of 11 million people in need of aid and hundreds of thousands more displaced.
By Dulue Mbachu and Obi Anyadike
Past accords have failed to resolve the long-running conflict. Is the latest one heading in the same direction?
By Philip Kleinfeld and Mohammed Amin in Kalma camp, Sudan
Conflict, vaccines, and negotiating with the Taliban: The government will rely on aid groups to administer vaccines in areas it doesn't control.
By Stefanie Glinski in Kabul
Two months after a military coup, Myanmar is deadlocked as old conflicts flare and a humanitarian crisis spills across borders.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
Rights groups point to ‘deeply unequal’ global vaccine rollout as outbreak overwhelms hospitals, and hits frontline health workers and pregnant women.
Anger over corruption and misrule are fuelling conspiracy theories that drive Haitians away from immunisations – and not just for COVID.
Poorer countries may not be able to afford advanced engineering, but they can build on capacities for survival that have existed for generations.
By Jessica Alexander
For Shima, a refugee who volunteers as an aid worker, the humanitarian system is replicating the inequalities women face in their private lives.
COVID-19 means the world’s most dangerous region for women just got a lot more dangerous.
Conflict, health access, and deep inequality: Afghan women are more likely to be stuck at home, and less likely to access healthcare.
In 1944, leaders set out the architecture of the post-war world. Now is the time to prepare for the next generation of risk.
Many of more than 100,000 displaced people are still too scared to return home, despite new efforts to forge peace in Benishangul-Gumuz.
Yemeni city of Marib sees a rise in conflict, a British UN peacekeeper and an alleged child rape, and debt reshuffle leads to downgrades. These and more in our Cheat Sheet.
In a country where impunity rules, two militiamen stand accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The anglophone conflict is punishing the very population it was meant to protect.
By Emeline Fonyuy, an investigative human rights journalist in Yaoundé.
Building on advances in vaccines to combat the virus, aid agencies say working with local communities is the key to containing its spread.
Our editors’ weekly take on humanitarian news, trends, and developments from around the globe.
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