Cash lets you buy what you need, and it boosts the local economy. But only 22% of humanitarian aid is cash or voucher assistance.

An $8 payment barely covers a week’s needs. From inside Dzaleka, a refugee describes life as food aid, jobs, and other lifelines disappear.

Critics say sitting down with Johnnie Moore normalised an organisation accused of complicity in high-profile atrocity crimes.

Appropriating the language of solidarity to escape justice, disguising racism as geography, and civilising the natives.

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It’s not a silver bullet and there are risks, but experts say using stablecoin in aid responses could thrive under the right conditions.

The law seeks to reduce local conflict, but violates fair trial guarantees and has been selectively applied.

Governments are demanding less onward movement while dismantling the conditions that allow refugees to remain where they first find safety.

Notes on aid: WFP scrubs climate and gender, Luke Lindberg's baseball analogies, and how US warships connect aid leaders.

Kishanth Peramaiya spent two years in a legal limbo after a British authority granted him international protection.

Revenue from taxes, trade, and mining is used to pay fighters, maintain a parallel administration, and consolidate territory.

99% of humanitarian funding flows after disasters strike. The Himalayan flood should force a rethink of how – and when – scarce resources are spent.

A truce has held for three months between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram. Can it become a building block for lasting peace?

Notes on aid: WFP staff question Palantir renewal, the fundraising strategy behind ration cuts, and the pope’s moral challenge on data extraction.

Five young people in Tehran describe lives suspended by war and uncertainty – weddings cancelled, jobs lost, and future dreams abandoned.

Notes on aid: WFP staff question Palantir renewal, the fundraising strategy behind ration cuts, and the pope’s moral challenge on data extraction.

This is my dream, and it has been handed to me in exchange for everything I had. Nobody consulted me on the rate, writes journalist and poet Nour ElAssy.

This is my dream, and it has been handed to me in exchange for everything I had. Nobody consulted me on the rate, writes journalist and poet Nour ElAssy.

How grassroots aid continues to reshape humanitarian action – and what it would take for the formal aid system to truly follow their lead.

Countries like Somalia are reeling from “cataclysmic” aid cuts. Could it also be the defining moment that shifts them away from aid dependence?

On World Humanitarian Day, is the UN ready to re-evaluate its approach and fully commit to protecting those who risk their lives in its service?

The latest on WFP partner Palantir, aid worker kidnappings, and ray guns and Tomahawk missiles.

Our editor returns to what was once the main gateway to the EU for refugees to see what has changed and what it says about efforts to stop migration.

A recent US Supreme Court decision has exposed 100,000s of Haitians to potential deportation, yet their home country is in no state to receive them.

From visa processors to refugee registration and humanitarian aid, states have outsourced public functions to intermediaries a step removed from domestic scrutiny.

The Tigray Defence Force was one of the world’s most gender inclusive militaries but failed to protect its female troops.

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Using narratives to communicate in the humanitarian and development space is particularly problematic. Here’s why.

More questions about Palantir and WFP, awkward humanitarian partnerships, and AI for Good.

Conflict, displacement, and overstretched health services complicate the response to a crisis that is still yet to peak.

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

Rasha Abou Jalal writes about trying to create a sense of normalcy amid blockade, constant ceasefire violations, and fear of a return to broader war.

A coalition of right-wing groups is pushing back on progressive legislation aimed at improving access to sexual and reproductive healthcare.

We’ve diagnosed the problem. What comes next? On the podcast: what it takes to change how crises are spoken about in newsrooms and aid organisations.

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On Gaza, individual journalists must address the ethical dilemma of remaining within complicit institutions.

Journalist Mohamed al-Astal reflects on trying to support his five children and provide them with basic shelter in post-ceasefire Gaza.

Our foreign correspondent visits Oslo – where flavour is scarce, the monarch absolute, and a resilient people await African aid that might save them.

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

A weekly read to keep you in the loop on humanitarian issues.

Notes on aid: WFP hushes up, WFP partner Palantir boasts about war, and a new NGO alliance gives Boston Consulting Group a redemption arc.

The government is wagering that short-term economic pain is a worthwhile cost of stopping the spread of the virus, but not everyone agrees.

After two and a half years of siege and blockade, the challenges staff and patients still face are extreme. Yet the world’s attention has moved on.

UN pooled funds succeed at what they were built to do: Reinforce international dominance. There are more genuine ways to localise aid.

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