Executive summary In contexts of armed conflict, international humanitarian organisations increasingly rely on local and national actors to deliver aid. South Sudan is no exception: while...
Key messages and recommendations Extreme weather events, like Cyclone Idai, are predicted to become more frequent, more intense, and more unpredictable. We must do more; if we do not, these events...
Susanne Jaspars, Guhad M. Adan, Nisar Majid Executive Summary Food and power in Somali have been intimately linked for decades. Ranging from land grabs and the manipulation of food aid to looting and...
Highlights According to our new estimate, food and beverage prices in Syria rose by a factor of 20 since 2010. Half of that increase took place during 2019. Taking 2010 as the base year, our analysis...
Foundations for change: what we've learned in year one of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance project Phase II of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance was launched in July 2018. The first year...
Daniel Maxwell KEY MESSAGES • Food insecurity early warning systems are not very good at conflict analysis. Conflict data are available and could be used more effectively. Existing conflict data sets...
Overview This memo explores transnational conflict in Africa. Section I is concerned with the wide (and under-acknowledged) extent and pattern of conflict between states and across borders, and how...
Executive Summary The adoption of international standards in national disaster response is expected to improve the quality and coordination of humanitarian response and disaster preparedness at a...
Overview This memo addresses the future of the nearly 200,000 residents of the Protection of Civilians Sites (POCS) in South Sudan in the context of the implementation of the current peace agreement...
Introduction South Sudan has for forty years been a crucible of experimentation in the field of humanitarianism in situations of conflict. Humanitarian operations have been critical in saving lives,...