Humanitarian response
- Afghanistan, Aid, Foreign policy, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Humanitarian response, Liz Truss, Politics, Refugees, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Help for vulnerable Afghans must be top of Liz Truss’s priorities | Letter
It is the government’s duty to help avert a humanitarian and human rights catastrophe, say Elizabeth Winter, S…
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Beyond Kabul, a humanitarian crisis is developing in Afghanistan | Astrid Sletten
As an aid worker, I can see first-hand how a perfect storm of conflict, drought and Covid has gripped the coun…
- Afghanistan, Asia Pacific, Humanitarian response, New Zealand, New Zealand politics, Taliban, World news
‘She will die’: Afghans take New Zealand government to court over alleged visa inaction
A lawyer for the Afghans says legal proceedings are a last resort, and that Immigration New Zealand have been …
- Afghanistan, Aid, Asia, Bangladesh, Colombia, Costa Rica, Darfur, Environment, Flooding, Global development, Humanitarian response, India, Internally displaced people, Landslides, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Refugees, Rivers, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Taliban, Thailand, World news
Refugees hit hardest as deadly floods sweep across continents
Death toll rises as storms continue to rip through communities, destroying homes and livelihoodsAs heavy rains…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Americas, Asia Pacific, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Global development, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Middle East and North Africa, North Korea, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, UK news, United Nations, Venezuela, World news, Yemen
UK aid cut behind $284m fall in global humanitarian spending
Estimated UK cut of $900m offsets increases by other nations, according to annual Global Humanitarian Assistan…
- Aid, Bangladesh, Dominic Raab, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
UK accused of a ‘abandoning’ Rohingya with ‘catastrophic’ 40% aid cut
Children in overcrowded Cox’s Bazar settlement likely to suffer most from reduced humanitarian spending, say c…
- Aid, Asia Pacific, Global development, Humanitarian response, Pacific islands, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
Vanuatu pioneers digital cash as disaster relief
Vulnerable to cyclones, volcanoes and the impacts of climate change, the Pacific archipelago is using blockcha…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Coronavirus outbreak, Humanitarian response, Natural disasters and extreme weather, Pacific islands, Vanuatu
Cyclone Harold: relief for Vanuatu delayed by coronavirus contamination fears
Humanitarian supplies flown in by Australian government can’t be touched for three days due to strict quaranti…
- Bangladesh, Conflict and arms, Global development, Humanitarian response, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh prepares to move Rohingya to island at risk of floods and cyclones
Foreign minister defends controversial proposal as ‘only solution’ despite misgivings of human rights campaign…