Humanitarian news

Charities say Malawi plans to gag critics with 'draconian' law
Chemical weapons agency to investigate alleged Aleppo attack
With little aid, Syria's Raqqa struggles to revive schools
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Sex scandal in the aid sector
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LGBT+ rights in Asia
UK faces hotter, drier summers and wetter winters by 2070s Reuters
Chemical weapons agency to investigate alleged Aleppo attack Reuters
Beauty or safety? Europe seeks to protect heritage from disasters Alex Whiting
Bangladesh faces refugee anger over term 'Rohingya' Reuters
Iran quake injures more than 700, Rouhani orders relief effort Reuters
Quandary for drought-threatened Zimbabwe: Grow maize or not? Lungelo Ndhlovu
U.S. fires tear gas into Mexico to repel migrants, closes border Reuters
Incoming Mexican govt denies asylum seeker deal with US Reuters
Congo approves clinical trials for Ebola treatments Reuters
Armed men kidnap 15 girls in southeastern Niger - mayor Reuters
Crime menaces migrants on Mexico border as Tijuana declares crisis Reuters
Ecuador says it needs $550 mln to help Venezuelan migrants Reuters
Wary of Trump's USA, migrants find only despair in Spain Reuters
Climate cash for developing world set to meet U.N. 2020 goal Megan Rowling
Campaigners challenge U.N. over forced labour in Uzbekistan Kieran Guilbert
Kenyan woman jailed for six years for circumcising twin daughters NIta Bhalla
Migrants dying at sea off Spain triple toll of last year - U.N. Reuters
As Brexit tensions simmer, new exhibition celebrates migration Lin Taylor
Blast at market in northwest Pakistan kills at least 25 Reuters
As Nepal warms, a new health threat looms: dengue fever Aadesh Subedi
Cuban doctors head home, leaving Brazilian towns with no care Reuters
"Desperate" Vanuatu seeks to sue climate change culprits Reuters
UNAIDS puts Nigeria director on leave over sexual harassment Reuters
Women raped by IS need justice: UK ex-foreign minister Sonia Elks
Colombia tells Venezuelans not to settle in tent city Reuters
Divided by war, Israel and Gaza Instagrammers tell own stories Reuters
Indian farmers back in Mumbai to demand land rights, loan waivers Reuters
Guatemala ex-soldier sentenced to 5,000 years for 1982 massacre Reuters
Yemen peace talks likely in early December - U.S.' Mattis Reuters
Congo confirms near record number of new Ebola cases Reuters
Tens of thousands 'left to starve' as Mali conflict escalates Nellie Peyton
Gunmen kidnap Italian volunteer, wound children in Kenya Reuters
Rise in rural poverty reverses gains in Latin America Anastasia Moloney
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Opinion

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Can climate resilience steal the global limelight in 2019?

As evidence builds on the benefits of bolstering communities against extreme weather, experts hope decision makers will act on it
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The untapped business opportunity of a good toilet experience

Businesses are still to unleash their expert knowledge to address one of society’s biggest failures: access to proper sanitation
Regis Chapman World Food Programme

Cash for social protection systems: solution to tackle disasters?

We won’t prevent hurricanes from occurring, but we can ensure that their impact on people is reduced
Oscar Castañeda Heifer International

Unfair coffee prices push Hondurans to migrate

As coffee farming declines, hit by falling prices and climate change, workers are leaving home in a bid to escape poverty

In Depth

In Kyrgyzstan, warming brings less water - and more conflict
As groundwater runs short, water battles grow in parched Chennai
South African shack-dwellers' movement fights for urban land reform
In Israel, African migrant families battle hunger, trauma

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Editor's Picks

Drought-threatened Zimbabwe faces a quandary: Grow maize or not?
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