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Aisling Irwin
Cash or food? The debate continues...
The prospect of thousands of Mozambicans dealing with their devastated ...
Alex Klaushofer
Aid workers say Honduran floods worse than Hurricane Mitch
With tens of thousands of Hondurans displaced by floods, the ...
Brinley Bruton
'Cash sent home is more effective than aid'
Here's a number that will knock your mittens off. I ...
Joanne Tomkinson
MEDIAWATCH: Ethnicity, economics and the UN's failure in east Congo
Tens of thousands of civilians have been forced to flee ...
Mark H Jones
Virginia Tech, social media and emergencies
Much has been made of how students used social media ...
Megan Rowling
Experts call for better data on climate change migrants
There's no shortage of researchers lining up to tell us ...
Peter Apps
Kenya crisis jeopardises Africa's emergence from poverty
The sudden outbreak of violence plaguing Kenya since last week's ...
Rebecka Rosenquist
Aid agencies pull out of eastern Congo
Faced with the upsurge of violence in eastern Congo, many ...
Ruth Gidley
Aid system at crisis point, agency says
Overhaul the global relief system now or watch millions more ...
Tim Large
Girls being "raped for grades", says aid agency
Girls as young as 10 are being forced to have ...
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HAVE YOUR SAY: How would you turn the spotlight on forgotten wars?
No matter how hard aid agencies and even the occasional ...
Alex Whiting
Can a certificate make aid agencies better listeners?
Aid agencies say they want to save lives or even ...
Emma Batha
Donors ignore UN Haiti storm appeal
U.N. agencies are pressing donors to cough up cash for ...
Liesbeth Renders
Satmaps said to show ethnic violence in South Ossetia
Satellite images have long been useful to aid workers and ...
Mark Snelling
Aid scandal in the Sahel, but what's new?
Time, once again, to look at why foreign aid isn't ...
Nina Brenjo
Climate change and conflicts: Is there a link at all?
Many scientists, politicians and journalists now agree that climate change ...
Rachael Taylor
International justice versus local needs in Uganda
The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched its first war crimes ...
Ruben Andersson
From bad to worse for Nepal's displaced
The peace deal signed last year between Nepal's government and ...
Thin Lei Win
Dancing, DIY saunas help Thai elderly cope with AIDS
Chiang Mai, Thailand - Resplendent in crisp white blouses, black ...
Valentina Frigerio
Challenging assumptions about northern Uganda
After two years of setbacks since Uganda signed an initial ...

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