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Aisling Irwin
Cash or food? The debate continues...
The prospect of thousands of Mozambicans dealing with their devastated ...
Alex Klaushofer
Is humanitarianism in Gaza a continuation of war by other means?
HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you think humanitarian aid is being ...
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
U.N. force deploys to prevent attacks on Sudanese refugees in CAR
DAKAR (AlertNet) - U.N. peacekeepers have deployed to a town ...
Joanne Tomkinson
MEDIAWATCH: Aid agencies and government under fire in Pakistan
Aid agencies and the Pakistani government are both failing to ...
Katie Nguyen
WFP sees no let-up in volatile food supply and prices
LONDON (AlertNet) - The cost of food is rising and ...
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
FEATURE-Sri Lanka's tsunami village triumphs after tragedy
By Nita Bhalla SEENIGAMA, Sri Lanka (AlertNet) - When the ...
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 ...
AlertNet
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
Insecurity, disease and political uncertainty put Sudanese lives at risk
NAIROBI (AlertNet) - Increased attacks on relief workers, ethnic violence ...
James Kilner
Red Cross's Tsunami challenge
Through a new interactive challenge, 'Decisions for Recovery', the British ...
Katherine Baldwin
Women recruits join efforts to turn Mozambique into a demining success story
LONDON (AlertNet) - Two years ago, Claudia Felizardo Armando ...
Laurie Goering
Climate change drives human displacement to worrying levels - experts
COPENHAGEN (AlertNet) - For years people have migrated as a ...
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
* New camp to open in a few weeks - ...
Rachael Taylor
International justice versus local needs in Uganda
The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched its first war crimes ...
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
VIDEO BLOG: Disaster information to empower survivors
With its waterfalls, sugar palms and coral reefs, Indonesia's North ...

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