‘It is a humanitarian crisis, but we don’t see any humanitarian response to it’ James Blake | Freelance journalist and analyst focusing on international security, counter-terrorism, humanitarian, and...
Aron Lund | Freelance journalist and analyst specialising in Syria Violence has returned to northwestern Syria, as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government pushes into rebel-controlled Idlib...
Hisham al-Omeisy Nearly six months after a much-publicised deal was made in Sweden to bring an end to four years of war and the resulting humanitarian crisis in Yemen, the UN now says Houthi fighters...
For Tutsis who survived the Rwanda genocide or watched as their loved ones were slaughtered or raped, reconciling with the Hutu attackers once seemed unimaginable. Today, however, reconciliation has...
‘My child should know what happened to his father’ Laurel Chor In Mannar, a sleepy town in northern Sri Lanka, a small construction site sits on a street corner next to stalls selling snacks, car...
Emmanuel Freudenthal | Freelance journalist, and regular IRIN contributor Although Alsény Touré managed to escape the West African Ebola epidemic, the shadow of the disease still lingers over his...
'There’s no indication any of the parties are interested in genuine peace’ Sam Mednick Freelance journalist based in South Sudan Now that the implementation of South Sudan’s shaky peace agreement has...
By Paula Dupraz-Dobias After denying the existence of a humanitarian crisis for years and blocking foreign aid, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro struck an unexpected deal in March to allow the...
By Patrick Meinhardt At the centre of al-Sudd swamp, one of the world’s largest wetland areas, is Old Fangak, an isolated town that has become a haven for tens of thousands of people fleeing South...
‘There was no one coming to help me and my family… so I had to do something’ By Tendai Marima Freelance journalist based in southern Africa. Floodwaters from Cyclone Kenneth have receded, but damaged...