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The New Humanitarian | The 25 crises that shaped history
WEBTNH@25 | Rethinking Humanitarianism: This year, The New Humanitarian (founded in 1995 as IRIN News) marks 25 years of journalism from the heart of crises. This story is part of a series that looks back on crisis response over the last quarter century and examines what it may look like in the future.
‘We can't find support’: Three women’s stories of repeated rape by ...
WEBJun 27, 2023 · Healthcare - Shuttered clinics: Several clinics and hospitals have suspended some of their services or closed due to gang violence; others are full because of the cholera outbreak. Staff shortages are chronic. Although most of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospitals are now open, some are not operating at full capacity. The MSF clinic in Cité Soleil, one of the neighbourhoods most impacted ...
The New Humanitarian | Somalia’s political crisis explained
WEBMay 20, 2021 · The African Union has 22,000 troops in Somalia under a peace enforcement mission known as AMISOM, defending the country against al-Shabab. It has condemned the extension of Farmajo’s term as “undermining [the] unity and stability of the country”, and called on AMISOM to “monitor” the deployment of Somali security forces while urging it …
Filipino farmers’ profits disappear, and hunger looms
WEBJul 27, 2023 · Emerging hunger hotspots: The world is experiencing a third major food crisis in 15 years. This one is coming on the heels of a pandemic, increasingly erratic weather patterns, and an inflationary surge. We typically focus on the worst affected, but this series sounds the alarm on fast-growing needs around the world by flagging the rapid deterioration in several countries that traditionally ...
The Darién Gap migration crisis in six graphs, and one map
WEBJan 15, 2024 · A number of factors caused the dramatic 2023 uptick in Darién Gap crossings. Changes in migration policies across the region have made it more difficult for those trying to reach the United States from South America to cross borders legally. Several countries imposed visa restrictions on Venezuelans and Haitians, even as countries such as Chile and Peru militarised their borders, pushing ...
The New Humanitarian | ‘This is inexcusable’: What's behind ...
WEBDec 4, 2023 · The numbers arriving this year increased significantly beginning in July, when the pushbacks carried out by Greek authorities reportedly subsided.. Human rights organisations have raised concerns about restrictions on movement, excessive surveillance, and “prison-like” conditions in the new EU-funded facilities – called Closed Controlled Access Centres (CCAC) – since the first one ...
Pastoralism and its future - The New Humanitarian
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Have the lessons of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake been learned?
WEBJan 12, 2022 · The storms have been even deadlier in Haiti due to the consequences of centuries of deforestation under French colonisation that started with clearing old growth forests to make way for sugar plantations, which were hugely profitable thanks to exploited slave labour. The deforestation continued when Haiti started exporting mahogany to help pay off the massive debt France charged Haiti for its ...
Successive storms leave Filipino farmers wanting better response …
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