Humanitarian news

Plot, poison, or curse? Ebola rumours spread in Congo
Singer Neneh Cherry's new album draws on 'Calais Jungle' visit
Malnutrition, child deaths plague India's tribal people
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Sex scandal in the aid sector
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LGBT+ rights in Asia
Flooding expected to worsen in Carolinas after Florence Reuters
Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights James Giahyue
Ghana's market women score win against forced eviction Nellie Peyton
In Colombia, victims of sexual abuse speak out after peace deal Reuters
Landslide kills 12 in the Philippines, dozens feared trapped Reuters
Doctors warn 'humanitarian emergency' at Pacific camp Reuters
Florence portends more massive hurricanes in age of global warming Reuters
EU must end migration 'blame game' -Tusk Reuters
'Catastrophic' floods rising on Amazon River Sophie Hares
Burkina Faso arrests dozens for FGM in biggest crackdown yet Nellie Peyton
For asylum-seekers on Greece's Lesbos, life 'is so bad here' Reuters
Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely to be met Sonia Elks
It's official: Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie are not gay Hugo Greenhalgh
Europeans still open to refugees, three years after crisis Reuters
Eat, pray, farm: U.S. churches turn faith lands into food Carey L. Biron
A year after deadly Mexico quake, some still wait to return home Reuters
Morocco plays cat and mouse with Africans headed to Europe Reuters
Lives of hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children hang in balance Heba Kanso
Gay dating app announces 'zero tolerance' of racism, transphobia Sonia Elks
Romania sets date for referendum to block gay marriage Reuters
Rising flood waters from Florence menace Carolinas Reuters
Uncontacted tribes at risk amid surge in Amazon deforestation Karla Mendes
Greece moves to ease overcrowding in Lesbos migrant camp Reuters
Campaigners demand anti-FGM law as girls bleed to death in Somalia Nita Bhalla
Winning design for Phnom Penh homes, a model for other cities Rina Chandran
Hong Kong to allow dependent visa for same-sex couples Reuters
Africa's rapid population growth puts poverty progress at risk Reuters
Child deaths from preventable causes cut by half since 2000 Lin Taylor
U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019 Reuters
Nigeria's disasters agency says 100 people killed in floods Reuters
Saudi Arabia reports cholera infection in southern province Reuters
UK launches first safe house for child slaves Kieran Guilbert
At least 23 die in weekend of Ethiopia ethnic violence Reuters
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Opinion

Sven Harmeling CARE International

G7 fall short on funding for gender-equal climate adaptation

Climate change is exacerbating inequalities, and governments need to invest more to protect women from its impacts
Hervil Cherubin Heifer International

In Haiti, deadly hurricane brings new life to drought-hit farmers

With storm water captured in a restored lake, poor families can irrigate crops and breed fish
Michael Boyland & Heidi Tuhkanen Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)

How better hydropower planning can avert disasters on the Mekong

Those in power must give stronger voices to marginalised communities and protection to natural flood defences
Téa Braun

India's gay sex ruling sets a precedent

India's move to decriminalise gay sex is a model for countries to adopt to update other laws that no longer reflect their values and societies, or indeed their constitutions

In Depth

In Pakistan, a high mountain water pipe brings a bonus: peace
Pest-proof bags and bins slim Tanzania's 'lean season'
As climate risks surge, flood barriers rise in Britain
A brutal assault and rising fear in Malaysia's LGBT community

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