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Aisling Irwin
Cash or food? The debate continues...
The prospect of thousands of Mozambicans dealing with their devastated ...
Alex Klaushofer
Is humanitarianism in Gaza a continuation of war by other means?
HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think humanitarian aid is being ...
Astrid Zweynert
Water evaporates from climate change negotiations
Much of the talking at climate change negotiations ahead of ...
Emma Batha
Africa plans landmark convention on internal refugees
African countries are set to adopt a ground-breaking convention providing ...
George Fominyen
Victims of Senegal floods face dire conditions two months on
DAKAR (AlertNet) - Crouching on the roof of her house, ...
Joanne Tomkinson
MEDIAWATCH: Aid agencies and government under fire in Pakistan
Aid agencies and the Pakistani government are both failing to ...
Katie Nguyen
Camps deflect attention from the truth of displacement
LONDON (AlertNet) - When it comes to depicting people uprooted ...
Liesbeth Renders
Food agency cuts paperwork in the bush
A small palm-held computer is transforming life in a displacement ...
Megan Rowling
G8 signals on climate change fall short - experts
As in the run-up to any Group of Eight summit, ...
Nita Bhalla
India's planned assault on Maoists troubles European aid body
NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - India's plans to launch a major ...
Peter Apps
Sri Lanka: And then they came for me
Maybe you have already read it. In the week since ...
Rebecka Rosenquist
Responding to HIV/AIDS in an emergency
"When I was chased away from home, I thought I ...
Ruben Andersson
From bad to worse for Nepal's displaced
The peace deal signed last year between Nepal's government and ...
Thin Lei Win
Possible new landslides threaten displaced quake survivors in Sumatra
BANGKOK, Oct 30 (AlertNet) - Fresh landslides threaten 3,000 to ...
Valentina Frigerio
Challenging assumptions about northern Uganda
After two years of setbacks since Uganda signed an initial ...
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YOUR TURN TO ASK: Karel De Gucht, EU humanitarian chief
Earthquakes, floods, the global recession and recurrent famines have been ...
Alex Whiting
Watch the world disappear from our TV screens
TV executives in Europe and the United States are following ...
Brinley Bruton
'Cash sent home is more effective than aid'
Here's a number that will knock your mittens off. I ...
Frank Nyakairu
Djibouti repatriates 40 Somali asylum seekers -UN
NAIROBI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Djibouti has forcibly sent 40 ...
James Kilner
For a few hours, London's Hyde Park hosts one of the world's worst toilets
Above ground, businessmen wearing pinstriped suits strolled past multi-million-pound houses ...
Katherine Baldwin
Conflict, migration hinder birth registration in African states - UNICEF
LONDON (AlertNet) - Conflict and mass migration in some African ...
Laurie Goering
Q+A: Women's education, family planning can help curb climate change - UN
LONDON (AlertNet) - Investing in family planning and women's education ...
Mark Snelling
Aid scandal in the Sahel, but what's new?
Time, once again, to look at why foreign aid isn't ...
Natasha Elkington
UN women's agency: Guys, what took you so long?
LONDON (AlertNet) - After years of foot-dragging, the U.N. General ...
Olesya Dmitracova
Guyana may cut more forests despite Norway deal
LONDON (AlertNet) - An agreement by Norway to pay Guyana ...
Rachael Taylor
International justice versus local needs in Uganda
The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched its first war crimes ...
Richard Meares
In wars and disasters, old people get left behind
LONDON (AlertNet) - “When the gunfire starts, everyone has to ...
Ruth Gidley
Aid system at crisis point, agency says
Overhaul the global relief system now or watch millions more ...
Tim Large
INTERVIEW- U.N. fears for staff as Nepal strikes continue
NEW DELHI - More frequent and violent strike action in ...

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