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The New Humanitarian | The 25 crises that shaped history
WEBThe 25 crises that shaped history. TNH@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.
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 · In addition, 74% of Filipinos could not afford a healthy diet in 2021, data from the latest UN report on global food insecurity showed. People like Jessica Bonus, 50, and Julie Gutierrez, 40, fall into both categories. Bonus, a factory worker, has earned the same daily wage of less than 429 pesos ($8) for two decades.
‘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 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 ...
Explosion in land violence forces Hondurans to migrate, strains aid ...
WEBMay 18, 2023 · In the past year, the violence has escalated and expanded to new areas of the country, displacing more people and putting additional duress on an already strained humanitarian response. “People are affected by a triple emergency – violence from drug corridors, droughts and the storms, and the pandemic,” said Maria José Alexander ...
Ethiopia shaken by a new and growing rebellion in Amhara
WEBAug 15, 2023 · Amhara militia being transported into battle against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in Sanja, Amhara region, in 2020. Two weeks after irregular militia fighters called the Fano seized several towns and cities in Amhara, Ethiopia’s second-biggest region, the barricades have been cleared from the streets and an uneasy calm has been ...
Greece says migration crisis over; refugees beg to differ
WEBOct 5, 2021 · The number of asylum seekers on the Greek islands has fallen to just over 4,500, down from around 40,000 in April 2020. And the first of five new migration reception centres being built on the islands – with 276 million euros in EU funding – to improve living conditions opened on 18 September. Overall, the number of asylum seekers housed in ...
After two years in Poland, Ukrainian refugees ask when – and if – …
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