High Speed Humanitarian Help
Written by Daniel Dickinson It is not often that a mission order for travel to a humanitarian crisis includes "canoe rapide" as the mode of transport, but a river journey into one of the remotest parts of the north-west of the Republic of Congo promised ju
Shopping for python in Central African Republic
Sara McHattie is a food expert at the European Commission Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO). Shopping in Central African Republic is, like many countries in Africa, done on the road. With a collapsed physical infrastructure - the number of roads is steadi
South Pacific evacuation a preview of perils to come
For an early glimpse at the challenges climate change migration will bring, you need only look at the mess in the Carteret Islands, a ring of South Pacific atolls off Papua New Guinea. Worsening storm surges are ripping away the low-lying islands, bit by b
PHOTOBLOG: From mud cakes to earthquakes, Haitian mothers and children face rising malnutrition
Pictures landed from Haiti the other day showing a woman crouched on the side of a street fashioning clay-like medallions with a spoon. At first sight, the flat light-brown shapes laid out on canvas looked like pottery, but the caption read "a resident pre
SLIDESHOW: Daily life in Haitis Delmas 42 camp
Delmas 42 camp, a sprawling site on the hills overlooking the Haitian capital and the Caribbean beyond, epitomises the challenges facing the government and aid groups as they try to rebuild a country devastated by the earthquake.
Audio slideshow: FLEEING THE HORN - Somali conflict forces thousands to leave
At least 17,000 illegal migrants from the Horn of Africa leave their countries for South Africa annually, most of them transiting through Kenya, according to the U.N.'s International Organisation for Migration. Many of them pay thousands of U.S. dollars to
Building homes from sticks and twigs in South Sudan
This blog is written by Helen Mould of Islamic Relief who recently visited Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan to report on the drought and food shortages in the region. While in South Sudan she visited Wau and Tonj North County in Warrap State. Islamic Relief
Cold weather causes problems for Yemens displaced women and children
This blog is written by Najwa Mekki, Communications Officer for UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa. From 22-28 January she visited Yemen and made a trip to Amran to meet some of the women and children displaced by conflict in the country's troubled
Copenhagen: Shaking the pieces of the global geo-political puzzle
By Saleemul Huq, Achala Chandani and Simon Anderson Before COP15 there was widespread optimism that even if the outcome was not legally binding, it would include strong positives for the 100 or so developing nations that have done least to cause climate ch
After Copenhagen: Sadder but wiser and looking to justice and China
Tom Athanasiou, the director of EcoEquity, a U.S.-based activist think tank on climate justice issues, has written a thoughtful reflection on the Copenhagen climate talks and where global efforts to curb climate change may go from here. An abbreviated vers