Humanitarian news

WHO sounds Ebola alarm as risks intensify
Taliban force Swedish charity to close Afghan health centres
Hungary urged to move children from 'prison-like' transit zones
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Stateless: The world's most invisible people
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Life for the Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee camp
Bangladesh floods worsen after breach, India death toll nears 100 Reuters
Malnutrition, disease rising in North Korea: aid organisation Reuters
Torch, radio...house deeds? U.S. readies for hurricane season Carey L. Biron
New Ebola incident reported in Uganda raises alarm Reuters
Millions stranded in India as early monsoon brings havoc Reuters
India aims to expel all illegal migrants, interior minister says Reuters
To end slavery, free 10,000 people a day for a decade: report Ellen Wulfhorst
Syrian air strike on village market kill at least 12, rescuers say Reuters
First Ebola patient in eastern Congo's main city dies Reuters
U.N. wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade Reuters
Quake causes panic in eastern Indonesia; one killed Reuters
Trump administration moves to stop immigrants from seeking asylum Reuters
Britain tells Canada and France to pull their weight on Ebola Reuters
Trump says weekend deportation raids were 'very successful' Reuters
Landmine kills 11 pilgrims in southern Afghanistan Reuters
Egypt revamps law curbing NGOs, critics unimpressed Reuters
Millions displaced from floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh Reuters
'Look beyond hunger' says UN as one in four lack healthy food Thin Lei Win
Guatemalan court halts 'safe third country' designation for asylum Reuters
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Seven things you need to know about world hunger Thin Wei Lin
Ebola spread to east Congo's Goma massively raises risk, says U.N. Reuters
20 million children miss out on life-saving vaccines, U.N. warns Reuters
Two Ebola workers killed in eastern Congo Reuters
Scores of aftershocks hit Indonesia after quake kills two Reuters
Monsoon flooding forces thousands from their homes in Myanmar Reuters
Fake polio markers highlight risks to Pakistan vaccination drive Reuters
Israel social impact bond to help Bedouins in maths studies Reuters
Phnom Penh poor uprooted as lakes filled in for malls, flats Rina Chandran
Death toll in Nepal floods rises to 55, thousands displaced Reuters
Car bomb and all-night hotel siege kill 26 in Somalia's Kismayo Reuters
Thousands demonstrate in Sudan 40 days after deadly crackdown Reuters
Unborn baby dies while Venezuelan mother awaits entry to Chile Reuters
Barry makes landfall in Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm Reuters
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Opinion

Aleema Shivji Humanity & Inclusion

Danger does not disappear when the fighting ends

Explosive remnants of war prolong the legacy of war even after the end of a conflict
Kumi Naidoo and Jennifer Morgan

Putting people's rights at the core of climate solutions

The human rights and environmental communities must seek responses to the climate crisis together
Amal de Chickera Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

We need to build a global statelessness movement

If the right to a nationality and inclusion were a house, it would be no exaggeration to say global politics and events have (again) lit a spark under its wooden foundation
Sarina Prabasi WaterAid

Action needed: Time is running out for global water ambitions

At current rates of progress, we are more than 100 years behind schedule to get safe water to everyone by 2030. The situation is now as dire as it is desperate.

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