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The New Humanitarian | The 25 crises that shaped history
WEBThe 25 crises that shaped history. TNH@25 | Rethinking Humanitarianism: This year, The New Humanitarian (founded in 1995 as IRIN News) marks 25 years of journalism from the heart of crises. This story is part of a series that looks back on crisis response over the last quarter century and examines what it may look like in the future.
The New Humanitarian | What we do
WEBThe New Humanitarian is an independent, non-profit newsroom that believes in journalism as a force for good. We produce fact-based journalism from the heart of conflicts and disasters to build understanding of how to improve the lives of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world.
Filipino farmers’ profits disappear, and hunger looms
WEBJul 27, 2023 · In addition, 74% of Filipinos could not afford a healthy diet in 2021, data from the latest UN report on global food insecurity showed. People like Jessica Bonus, 50, and Julie Gutierrez, 40, fall into both categories. Bonus, a factory worker, has earned the same daily wage of less than 429 pesos ($8) for two decades.
‘We can't find support’: Three women’s stories of repeated rape by ...
WEBJun 27, 2023 · Healthcare - Shuttered clinics: Several clinics and hospitals have suspended some of their services or closed due to gang violence; others are full because of the cholera outbreak. Staff shortages are chronic. Although most of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospitals are now open, some are not operating at full capacity. The MSF clinic in Cité Soleil, one of the neighbourhoods most impacted ...
The New Humanitarian | Somalia’s political crisis explained
WEBMay 20, 2021 · The African Union has 22,000 troops in Somalia under a peace enforcement mission known as AMISOM, defending the country against al-Shabab. It has condemned the extension of Farmajo’s term as “undermining [the] unity and stability of the country”, and called on AMISOM to “monitor” the deployment of Somali security forces while urging it …
The Darién Gap migration crisis in six graphs, and one map
WEBJan 15, 2024 · A number of factors caused the dramatic 2023 uptick in Darién Gap crossings. Changes in migration policies across the region have made it more difficult for those trying to reach the United States from South America to cross borders legally. Several countries imposed visa restrictions on Venezuelans and Haitians, even as countries such as Chile and Peru militarised their borders, pushing ...
The New Humanitarian | ‘This is inexcusable’: What's behind ...
WEBDec 4, 2023 · The numbers arriving this year increased significantly beginning in July, when the pushbacks carried out by Greek authorities reportedly subsided.. Human rights organisations have raised concerns about restrictions on movement, excessive surveillance, and “prison-like” conditions in the new EU-funded facilities – called Closed Controlled Access Centres (CCAC) – since the first one ...
What’s behind the deaths at Morocco’s land border with the EU?
WEBSep 8, 2022 · In 2018, more than 56,000 asylum seekers and migrants reached Spain via the Western Mediterranean route, making it the most active migration route towards Europe that year. A further 6,800 crossed the country’s land borders in Melilla and Ceuta.. The EU responded by providing an aid package of 148 million euros to Morocco – the vast majority of which went towards strengthening and ...
What WFP cuts mean for people in hunger crises around the world
WEBDec 13, 2023 · Amid an unprecedented global hunger crisis fuelled by climate change and conflict, the World Food Programme’s bleak funding outlook has forced it to make deep cuts to the assistance it provides to many people experiencing acute hunger around the world. “Today, WFP is facing a 60% funding shortfall,” a WFP spokesperson told The New ...