The public is talking about Palantir and data (but humanitarians aren’t).

Notes on how aid works: What WFP leaves out of data breach reports, the humanitarian reset’s neglected crises, and Palantir.

Four takeaways, three charts, and one existential question raised by new data on official development assistance.

The next WFP chief could help the UN emergency food agency save millions of lives – or walk away from a starving world.

The US is trying to redefine humanitarian principles by dictating discrimination. Humanitarians – and other donors – must draw a line.

Communication networks are down but a deluge of shocking videos point to mass killings on a devastating scale.

On 30 May 2025, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths described the situation in Gaza as genocide. Alongside IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot, here he calls for ...

US president Donald Trump’s assault on diversity initiatives has had a silencing effect on many of Geneva’s humanitarian organisations, writes Jamie Munn, the director of the International Council for...

Many in the overcrowded camps are open to family planning, but coercion and racist treatment by healthcare workers risks squandering that demand.

Trump is touting an “exit bonus” and free flights. Immigration lawyers worry migrants who could qualify to remain legally in the U.S. are being pressured.

The UN and established NGOs are refusing to participate in an Israeli plan to take over aid distribution in Gaza, but face US pressure to join.

UNRWA’s private-sector fundraising, more humanitarian R-words, and David Beasley’s new Fogbow side hustle.

Local groups are struggling to cope with the scale of the disaster, while the civil war means international efforts have so far proved ineffective.

Notes on Sudan’s fundraising crossfire, what new development assistance data shows, and yet another humanitarian reset.

The future of refugee aid work is that INGOs need to ditch their egos and self-interest, and work honestly and collaboratively with refugee leaders.

Ethics in the closing of a humanitarian project helps prevent harm and legitimizes us in our imperative to alleviate suffering.

Famine warning, needs assessments, health data: Humanitarian action will be groping in the dark if vital data sources are allowed to crumble.

A closer look at the numbers shows the perils of donor concentration, and why a wider donor base means more funding.

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What Trump’s envoys say about aid funding, who’s bridging the gap, and who’s not complying in advance.

Layoffs and furloughs spread as humanitarians grapple with the fallout from Trump’s attempted dismantling of US foreign aid.

Aid worker attacks, political and donor headwinds, and reflections on dependency from an NGO head who once relied on aid.

Stopgaps, new funders, and long-term vision: Pressure grows on grassroots aid to chart a path forward amid Trump’s sudden cuts.

The United States Government has announced the suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). The suspension will impact refugee travel (for those already approved) and case processing (fo...

Notes on where USAID’s dismantling leaves aid freeze waivers, who’s calling the shots, and what’s the humanitarian narrative on the future of aid?

The camps are already full, stretched, or unsafe – and that’s before cuts in aid budgets.

Shock, confusion, chaos: Local groups suspend US-funded aid while others try to re-open shuttered clinics and emergency services.

Aid groups are increasingly seen as protecting the gangs, leading them to become targeted by the police and self-defence groups.

We urge Secretary of State Rubio and the Administration to continue America's life-saving work during the foreign assistance review process.

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Is this the new era of digital blackface?

Time for the UN to Check Out of the Four Seasons

Planners say the escalating price tag to build a parking space is raising the cost of new housing in Metro Vancouver.

Check out our team’s new year selection of reports from humanitarian crises around the globe.