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"I don’t know when the bombings will truly stop. But I do know: Families will eat today. A few more loaves will be baked. Journalists will keep telling the truth."
Journalist Mohamed al-Astal on the ceasefire in Gaza and the new roles he's had to assume:
Journalist Mohamed al-Astal on the ceasefire in Gaza and the new roles he's had to assume:
Journalist and aid worker: How Israel’s starvation of Gaza forced me to be both
Israel’s restriction of food – even after the ceasefire – has forced Mohamed al-Astal to take on a dual role as someone who both reports and helps.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"I don’t know when the bombings will truly stop. But I do know: Families will eat today. A few more loaves will be baked. Journalists will keep telling the truth."
Journalist Mohamed al-Astal on the ceasefire in Gaza and the new roles he's had to assume:
Journalist Mohamed al-Astal on the ceasefire in Gaza and the new roles he's had to assume:
Women and girls fleeing El Fasher say RSF fighters subjected them to systematic sexual violence as they tried to escape the Sudanese city last month.
Survivors described days-long assaults followed by exorbitant ransom demands.
Our investigation: ⬇️
Survivors described days-long assaults followed by exorbitant ransom demands.
Our investigation: ⬇️
Women and girls fleeing El Fasher describe widespread RSF sexual violence
The crimes fit into a pattern of the United Arab Emirates-backed paramilitary group using rape as a tool of war.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Women and girls fleeing El Fasher say RSF fighters subjected them to systematic sexual violence as they tried to escape the Sudanese city last month.
Survivors described days-long assaults followed by exorbitant ransom demands.
Our investigation: ⬇️
Survivors described days-long assaults followed by exorbitant ransom demands.
Our investigation: ⬇️
🗣️ “Is the goal to keep people alive, or to help them live dignified lives?”
Education could be drastically cut in 2026 humanitarian response plans. But kids say it’s their top priority: ⬇️
Education could be drastically cut in 2026 humanitarian response plans. But kids say it’s their top priority: ⬇️
In an era of aid cuts, kids and caretakers are clear about what to save
Education could be drastically cut in 2026 response plans. But caregivers and kids say it’s their top priority.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🗣️ “Is the goal to keep people alive, or to help them live dignified lives?”
Education could be drastically cut in 2026 humanitarian response plans. But kids say it’s their top priority: ⬇️
Education could be drastically cut in 2026 humanitarian response plans. But kids say it’s their top priority: ⬇️
🚨 🇸🇩 NEW: We’ve uncovered harrowing testimonies from women and girls who fled El Fasher – describing widespread sexual violence by the UAE-backed paramilitary group.
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Women and girls fleeing El Fasher describe widespread RSF sexual violence
The crimes fit into a pattern of the United Arab Emirates-backed paramilitary group using rape as a tool of war.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🚨 🇸🇩 NEW: We’ve uncovered harrowing testimonies from women and girls who fled El Fasher – describing widespread sexual violence by the UAE-backed paramilitary group.
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Today, people in Gaza with money can buy chocolate more easily than eggs, and powdered cappuccino mix more easily than milk while most still struggle to secure basic necessities. Why?
Read this in-depth report by Riley Sparks and Ghada Abdulfattah ⬇️
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Read this in-depth report by Riley Sparks and Ghada Abdulfattah ⬇️
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Hobbled by obstruction and uncertainty: Gaza’s post-ceasefire aid response
Palestinians still face extreme deprivation as Israel continues to restrict humanitarian activities amid international jockeying over the future.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Today, people in Gaza with money can buy chocolate more easily than eggs, and powdered cappuccino mix more easily than milk while most still struggle to secure basic necessities. Why?
Read this in-depth report by Riley Sparks and Ghada Abdulfattah ⬇️
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Read this in-depth report by Riley Sparks and Ghada Abdulfattah ⬇️
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🎧 🇵🇸 “Their will will be taken from them bit by bit, as normalised through institution and bureaucracy and heavy policing and militarisation.” Listen to #RethinkingHumanitarianism, featuring legal scholar Shahd Hammouri, journalist Riley Sparks, and Gazan poet and writer Nour ElAssy.
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Rethinking Humanitarianism | Security Council backs Trump’s Gaza plan. What could go wrong?
Three views on UN Security Council Gaza peace endorsement: Parallels with Iraq, why the war isn’t over for Gazans, and aid workers’ moral dilemmas.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🎧 🇵🇸 “Their will will be taken from them bit by bit, as normalised through institution and bureaucracy and heavy policing and militarisation.” Listen to #RethinkingHumanitarianism, featuring legal scholar Shahd Hammouri, journalist Riley Sparks, and Gazan poet and writer Nour ElAssy.
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🇯🇲 Since Melissa hit Jamaica, shortages of power, water and food are pushing residents into increasingly precarious conditions, and humanitarians worry the situation could further deteriorate in weeks or months to come. Read our on-the-ground report by Migue Roth.
“It’s as if a nuclear bomb went off”: Jamaican communities fight to recover from Melissa
Almost a month after one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the region, many Jamaicans remain largely cut off from outside assistance.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🇯🇲 Since Melissa hit Jamaica, shortages of power, water and food are pushing residents into increasingly precarious conditions, and humanitarians worry the situation could further deteriorate in weeks or months to come. Read our on-the-ground report by Migue Roth.
"Genocidal wars in Gaza and Darfur not only force people to move away from homes, schools, and places of work, but away from even the most basic forms of sanitation."
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Giving a shit about genocide on World Toilet Day
Genocidal wars not only force people to move away from homes, schools, and places of work, but away from even the most basic forms of sanitation.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Genocidal wars in Gaza and Darfur not only force people to move away from homes, schools, and places of work, but away from even the most basic forms of sanitation."
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🇧🇩 "Unless Bangladesh can prove that its transition protects all citizens equally, reform risks being dismissed as an elite project, detached from those most vulnerable to violence and economic ruin." Read journalist Zakir Hossain Chowdhury’s full analysis ⬇️
“Was the revolution worth it?”: After Hasina, Bangladesh stands at a crossroads
More than a year after the autocrat’s fall, Bangladeshis ask if a new government can deliver security, inclusion, and economic relief.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🇧🇩 "Unless Bangladesh can prove that its transition protects all citizens equally, reform risks being dismissed as an elite project, detached from those most vulnerable to violence and economic ruin." Read journalist Zakir Hossain Chowdhury’s full analysis ⬇️
🌏 Paying for climate loss and damages will take billions. $250m is now up for grabs – who will get it?
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Big questions hang over Loss and Damage Fund’s $250m trial run
Humanitarians are asking how much money will be available for them, and for fragile and conflict-affected states.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🌏 Paying for climate loss and damages will take billions. $250m is now up for grabs – who will get it?
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🇨🇩 M23 in DR Congo: This summary of months of reporting by our journalists documents widespread abuses, how the rebels run daily life, and acts of resistance and community solidarity.
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Life under the M23: What our reporting reveals about rebel rule in DR Congo
The Rwanda-backed rebels building a parallel administration in eastern Congo are accused of committing widespread human rights abuses.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🇨🇩 M23 in DR Congo: This summary of months of reporting by our journalists documents widespread abuses, how the rebels run daily life, and acts of resistance and community solidarity.
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"After nearly two months of displacement, I have returned to Gaza City. Around me, everything is in ruins, but I am glad to be home." Read Palestinian journalist Rasha Abou Jalal's latest article:
Return to Gaza City: Hope sprouts from the rubble
Two months after being driven out of Gaza City, journalist Rasha Abou Jalal returns to try to build a new home amid uncertainty and destruction.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"After nearly two months of displacement, I have returned to Gaza City. Around me, everything is in ruins, but I am glad to be home." Read Palestinian journalist Rasha Abou Jalal's latest article:
What is the UN refugee agency’s “route-based approach” for refugees and migrants? #UNHCR ⬇️
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Can talking about migrants and returns protect refugee rights?
Can talking about migrants and returns protect refugee rights? Unpacking UNHCR’s new “route-based” strategy.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What is the UN refugee agency’s “route-based approach” for refugees and migrants? #UNHCR ⬇️
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🚨 Don’t miss key updates on global crises. Read our most recent edition of The Cheat Sheet ⬇️
Tanzania’s deepening election crisis, Gaza’s dubious ceasefire, and al-Sharaa’s amazing odyssey: The Cheat Sheet
A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚨 Don’t miss key updates on global crises. Read our most recent edition of The Cheat Sheet ⬇️
Save the Children suspended its ties with Boston Consulting Group over Gaza. But the charity says the consultancy has now “demonstrated accountability”, and they’re working together again.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Save the Children suspended its ties with Boston Consulting Group over Gaza. But the charity says the consultancy has now “demonstrated accountability”, and they’re working together again.
📝 More than 300,000 refugees live in Kakuma camp in northern Kenya, an isolated and arid region, shut away from the rest of the country, depending on a faltering aid system for survival. These poems by Peter Kidi explore that tension ⬇️
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“The weight we carry”
Poet Peter Kidi explores the human cost of aid cuts, and the resilience of refugees living between hunger and hope.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📝 More than 300,000 refugees live in Kakuma camp in northern Kenya, an isolated and arid region, shut away from the rest of the country, depending on a faltering aid system for survival. These poems by Peter Kidi explore that tension ⬇️
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🎓 One in seven of the world’s students had their education disrupted by climate disasters last year. One in six children live in a conflict zone.
On #RethinkingHumanitarianism, Faiza Hassan, director of @inee.org says aid should not be seen as charity, but as climate justice.
On #RethinkingHumanitarianism, Faiza Hassan, director of @inee.org says aid should not be seen as charity, but as climate justice.
Rethinking Humanitarianism | Why emergency education saves lives
On the podcast: Why disrupted schooling is the norm as climate change worsens, and the argument for prioritising education in an era of aid cuts.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🎓 One in seven of the world’s students had their education disrupted by climate disasters last year. One in six children live in a conflict zone.
On #RethinkingHumanitarianism, Faiza Hassan, director of @inee.org says aid should not be seen as charity, but as climate justice.
On #RethinkingHumanitarianism, Faiza Hassan, director of @inee.org says aid should not be seen as charity, but as climate justice.
“You couldn’t leave the camp from anywhere. It was like a prison.”
Nearly six months after a deal was struck to allow thousands of Syrians to leave the notorious al-Hol detention camp and return to homes in government-controlled territory, only a few hundred have done so. Why? ⬇️
Nearly six months after a deal was struck to allow thousands of Syrians to leave the notorious al-Hol detention camp and return to homes in government-controlled territory, only a few hundred have done so. Why? ⬇️
Despite promises, returns from notorious Syrian camp remain rare
Only a few hundred Syrians have been able to return to government-run territory since a new deal six months ago.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“You couldn’t leave the camp from anywhere. It was like a prison.”
Nearly six months after a deal was struck to allow thousands of Syrians to leave the notorious al-Hol detention camp and return to homes in government-controlled territory, only a few hundred have done so. Why? ⬇️
Nearly six months after a deal was struck to allow thousands of Syrians to leave the notorious al-Hol detention camp and return to homes in government-controlled territory, only a few hundred have done so. Why? ⬇️
🇨🇩 Describing the killings as “the worst human rights crisis in Tanzania’s history”, a coalition of African civil society organisations is independently collecting evidence for a submission to the ICC.
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Tanzania election killings: Outcry and calls for international investigations
The death toll in election violence, which may run into the thousands, has left the country traumatised.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🇨🇩 Describing the killings as “the worst human rights crisis in Tanzania’s history”, a coalition of African civil society organisations is independently collecting evidence for a submission to the ICC.
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🇨🇩 As Washington pushes a new peace deal in eastern DRC, many Congolese see something else: a scramble for minerals and profit.
US companies are already positioning themselves – while the conflict grinds on. Read this to get the full picture ⬇️
US companies are already positioning themselves – while the conflict grinds on. Read this to get the full picture ⬇️
Mining interests and missed deadlines: Why Congolese see little hope in M23 peace talks
Ongoing negotiations in Washington and Doha have not changed the battlefield dynamics.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🇨🇩 As Washington pushes a new peace deal in eastern DRC, many Congolese see something else: a scramble for minerals and profit.
US companies are already positioning themselves – while the conflict grinds on. Read this to get the full picture ⬇️
US companies are already positioning themselves – while the conflict grinds on. Read this to get the full picture ⬇️
🌏 The overlap between climate change and conflict is becoming impossible to ignore.
Yet COP30 may sideline this crucial issue. Here’s why it matters ⬇️
Yet COP30 may sideline this crucial issue. Here’s why it matters ⬇️
Is climate-conflict overlap COP30’s big blindspot?
After achieving some belated prominence at the past two COPs, the climate, peace and security agenda is poised to be overlooked once again.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌏 The overlap between climate change and conflict is becoming impossible to ignore.
Yet COP30 may sideline this crucial issue. Here’s why it matters ⬇️
Yet COP30 may sideline this crucial issue. Here’s why it matters ⬇️
Academic and writer Julie M. Norman has been visiting the West Bank for two decades. Here, she writes about the dramatic deterioration of conditions that has taken place in the shadow of Gaza over the past two years: ⬇️
“It’s like another Nakba”: Notes from the West Bank
Reflections from a British university professor on how the situation in the West Bank has dramatically changed for the worse since 7 October 2023.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Academic and writer Julie M. Norman has been visiting the West Bank for two decades. Here, she writes about the dramatic deterioration of conditions that has taken place in the shadow of Gaza over the past two years: ⬇️
The flood of RSF videos from El Fasher have offered a glimpse of the horror unfolding there but not its full scale. Survivors say countless killings went unrecorded, and that abductions and ransom demands have soared as the RSF monetises its brutality.
Pay up or be executed: El Fasher survivors speak of kidnappings and mass killings
Testimonies from the few who escaped expose a systematic campaign of execution and extortion.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The flood of RSF videos from El Fasher have offered a glimpse of the horror unfolding there but not its full scale. Survivors say countless killings went unrecorded, and that abductions and ransom demands have soared as the RSF monetises its brutality.
Gaza is the most flagrant example of trends that have been developing in the international system for over 20 years, argues Khaled Mansour, a former UN spokesperson who watched these developments from a front-row seat.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Gaza is the most flagrant example of trends that have been developing in the international system for over 20 years, argues Khaled Mansour, a former UN spokesperson who watched these developments from a front-row seat.
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