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Aisling Irwin
Cash or food? The debate continues...
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Alex Klaushofer
Is humanitarianism in Gaza a continuation of war by other means?
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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
Aid groups retreat to Central African Republic's capital for safety
DAKAR, (AlertNet) - Several international aid groups operating in north ...
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
INTERVIEW-De-miners under pressure as Sri Lanka's displaced return
NEW DELHI (AlertNet) - Randomly placed landmines, contaminated wells ...
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
Allure of scrap metal hard to resist in Laos
Bangkok (AlertNet) – It started out as an opportunity 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
Half a million people flee war in Somalia, UN says
NAIROBI (AlertNet) – Half a million people have fled war ...
James Kilner
Deminers harness hi-tech maps to improve operations
LONDON (AlertNet) - Aside from body armour, metal detectors, prodders ...
Katherine Baldwin
Women recruits join efforts to turn Mozambique into a demining success story
LONDON (AlertNet) - Two years ago, Claudia Felizardo Armando ...
Laurie Goering
Video shows evidence of Himalayan glacier melt
Just how fast glaciers are shrinking and why has been ...
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
INTERVIEW-Yemen displaced face cholera risk, malnutrition - UNICEF
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Rachael Taylor
International justice versus local needs in Uganda
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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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