Humanitarian response
- Aid, Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets
In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arr…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Earthquakes, Global development, Humanitarian response, Natural disasters, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘All I have left is this cloth’: Afghan quake survivors still waiting for help as aid cuts hit Taliban relief efforts
Villagers near epicentre of devastation in Kunar province say they have been left without adequate food, tents…
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Fausto Belo Ximenes obituary
My friend Fausto Belo Ximenes, known as Nino, who has died suddenly aged 43, was one of the first Timorese cou…
- Aid, Business, Climate crisis, Earthquakes, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Food security, Global development, Humanitarian response, Infrastructure, Mountains, Natural disasters, Nepal, Nepal earthquake 2015, Society, South and Central Asia, US foreign policy, USAid, World news
‘If I had to choose, I’d prefer the earthquake’: the 2015 disaster left Nepal in ruins, now record rains wreak fresh havoc
Despite attempts to build resilience by improving infrastructure and first response, extreme weather events an…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official saysThousan…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Foreign policy, Global development, Global education, Humanitarian response, Politics, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
UK should restore diplomatic presence to help Afghan women, says aid chief
Hugh Bayley says NGOs would also benefit as he releases report on impact of UK programme in AfghanistanThe UK …
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Business, Chad, Darfur, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Economics, Food security, Global development, Humanitarian response, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, Society, South and Central Asia, Sudan, United Nations, World news
‘We’re playing Whac-A-Mole’: why the aid system is broken
Calls for drastic overhaul of funding as conflicts and climate crisis drive surge in humanitarian needs and ap…
- Global development, Global health, Hospitals, Humanitarian response, India, Natural disasters, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
India unveils ‘flatpack’ field hospital with mini x-ray for use in disaster zones
The portable unit, comprising mini cubes of medical equipment, enables surgeons to be operating within an hour…
- Afghanistan, Earthquakes, Global development, Humanitarian response, South and Central Asia, World news
Herat hospital at breaking point as earthquake victims keep coming
Casualties from levelled villages in Afghanistan’s quake-stricken province look for help from a health system …
- Afghanistan, Earthquakes, Global development, Humanitarian response, South and Central Asia, World news
Fears of more casualties as further earthquakes hit Afghanistan
Hospitals are at capacity since the quakes occurred around the city of Herat, and the Taliban are ill-equipped…
- Abortion, Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Foreign policy, Global development, Health, Humanitarian response, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, Society, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Syria, UK news, Women, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Yemen
Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers toldH…
- Africa, Conflict and arms, Europe, Global development, Global health, Humanitarian response, Iran, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Russia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Ukraine, War crimes, World news
Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff
Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Natural disasters, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
UN denied access to Rohingya refugee camps after Cyclone Mocha
UNHCR says Myanmar government has refused to allow it to distribute health supplies in Sittwe, where an estima…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Children, Education, Global development, Humanitarian response, Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Unesco, United Nations, World news
The story of Malala’s schoolfriend shows why education must be a right for all children | Gordon Brown
As a child, Ramzan’s fight for an education almost cost her her life. Worldwide, there are 222 million childre…
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UN tries to resolve Afghanistan aid crisis after women banned from working at NGOs
Head of humanitarian operations to fly to Kabul as programmes are ‘compromised’ by Taliban decisionMartin Grif…