More than sixty leading experts called for a global ramp-up of research efforts to tackle the rising challenges facing humanitarian workers, at an inaugural Policy and Research Conference in New York.
Participants warned that climate change, rising populations, environmental degradation, water shortages, and spiraling food...
Even as international military forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, aid organizations are still struggling to help millions of people cope with conflict, environmental hazards, fragile governance and underdevelopment.
Humanitarian conditions have steadily deteriorated in recent years, due to conflict and a series of natural...
It’s a hot, dusty morning in Mogadishu, the war-ravaged capital of Somalia, and Ahmed Farah Roble is in a makeshift settlement for internally displaced persons (IDPs), listening to a mother tell him about her baby daughter.
Ahmed nods patiently, asks questions and listens attentively. He’s in the camp to meet...
Data from the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) in southern Somalia showed that scaled-up humanitarian assistance has had a significant impact on parts of Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions.
Famine, however, still persists in parts of Middle Shabelle...
Three years after Mark Bowden first arrived in Somalia, he finds himself at the centre of the deepest and most acute humanitarian emergency in the world. On 20 July, a famine was declared in large parts of the south, and the situation has continued to deteriorate.
Tens of thousands of people have died, millions of children...
28 December 2011 - 4:00pmMore than sixty leading experts called for a global ramp-up of research efforts to tackle the rising challenges facing humanitarian workers, at an inaugural Policy and Research Conference in New York. Participants warned that climate change, rising populations, environmental degradation, water shortages, and spiraling food...
27 December 2011 - 10:54amEven as international military forces prepare to leave Afghanistan, aid organizations are still struggling to help millions of people cope with conflict, environmental hazards, fragile governance and underdevelopment. Humanitarian conditions have steadily deteriorated in recent years, due to conflict and a series of natural...
23 December 2011 - 3:44pmIt’s a hot, dusty morning in Mogadishu, the war-ravaged capital of Somalia, and Ahmed Farah Roble is in a makeshift settlement for internally displaced persons (IDPs), listening to a mother tell him about her baby daughter. Ahmed nods patiently, asks questions and listens attentively. He’s in the camp to meet...
18 November 2011 - 4:30pmData from the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) in southern Somalia showed that scaled-up humanitarian assistance has had a significant impact on parts of Bay, Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions. Famine, however, still persists in parts of Middle Shabelle...
11 November 2011 - 12:41pmThree years after Mark Bowden first arrived in Somalia, he finds himself at the centre of the deepest and most acute humanitarian emergency in the world. On 20 July, a famine was declared in large parts of the south, and the situation has continued to deteriorate. Tens of thousands of people have died, millions of children...