May 15
Sudan: As Aid Efforts Ramp Up in Sudan, Local Groups Must Take Centre Stage
'We are facing this crisis on our own.' Read more »
May 11
Sudan: Local Ceasefires and Disrupted Aid - How Sudan's Conflict Is Impacting Darfur
'We are going to see tough days in many cities.' Read more »
May 08
Somalia: Why Somalia Is One of the Hardest Places in the World to Be a Journalist
'Women detainees held in a next-door cell whispered about the rapes they had experienced and passed me written notes with contact details of their families.' Read more »
May 03
Sudan: How Years of Impunity Gave Sudan's Generals Licence to Destroy My Country
'We woke up that Saturday to a new reality of killings, of bodies strewn on the streets, of artillery bombardment and burning buildings.' Read more »
May 02
Sudan: 'A Ticket to Anywhere' - Stories of Grief and Relief On a Bus Out of Khartoum
'We were living for five days under continuous fire.' Read more »
Ghana: Soaring Prices and Dwindling Farm Yields Drive Growing Hunger in Ghana
'Everybody buys food. So if there's a problem with food prices then it becomes a major driver of food insecurity.' Read more »
May 01
East Africa: Hard Borders and Little Aid - How Civilians Are Escaping Sudan's Conflict
'I never imagined I would find myself in this situation.' Read more »
April 27
Africa: We Need to Talk About International Aid and Refugee Self-Reliance
'International organisations and NGOs often treat refugees as burdens that need to be taken care of rather than as human beings capable of taking care of ourselves.' Read more »
April 26
Sudan: Aid Agencies in Sudan Face Massive Reboot As War Takes Hold
'This is now a much harder operational environment.' Read more »
Somalia: 'I Poison My Children in Order to Survive' - the Terrible Toll of Somalia's Drought
'I have six children, and this is the only way I can get food.' Read more »
April 25
Sudan: Khartoum Diary - 'I Lost My Son in This Meaningless Power Struggle'
'This is not Kabul or Mogadishu. It is not even Darfur or another warzone in Sudan.' Read more »
April 21
Uganda: Refugee Programme Hit By Fresh Fraud Concerns
'We kept asking for feedback. But nothing happened.' Read more »
April 20
Ethiopia: Tigray's Long Road to Recovery
'Life is more and more difficult. We lack everything.' Read more »
April 19
Sierra Leone: What's Changed Since #AidToo? Not Much, Say Sex Workers in Sierra Leone
'It has to pay for the girls to leave sex work. If they cannot earn as much, then they will always go back.' Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Unrest - The View From Darfur
'International media are focusing on Khartoum, but rights violations are also happening here.' Read more »
April 17
Nigeria: Why Oil Is a Humanitarian Issue for Nigeria's New President
'What the communities are asking for is that they clean up the mess, compensate the people, and restore their environment to what it was before they came in.' Read more »
Sudan: The Humanitarian Backdrop to Sudan's Unrest
'This crisis extends way beyond Khartoum.' Read more »
April 11
Congo-Kinshasa: 'We Try to Set Examples' - Meet the Local Activists Feeding War-Displaced People
'The objective is not to mobilise millions, but to help the community we know.' Read more »
March 29
Congo-Kinshasa: Why Ebola Sex Abuse Victims May Never Find Justice
'The UN has essentially created a two-tier system for survivors of sexual abuse.' Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia's New Struggle Over War Crimes Accountability
The atrocities reported so far are only 'the tip of the iceberg'. Read more »
March 15
Malawi: Cyclone Freddy Points to Urgent Need for Climate-Smart Solutions in Malawi
Climate change means more storms, droughts, and unpredictable weather - how can farmers prepare better? Read more »
March 13
Congo-Kinshasa: 'I Just Want to Return Home' - Displaced Congolese On the M23 Conflict and the Need for Peace
'My big wish is for the government to bring peace.' Read more »
March 09
Kenya: Let Refugees Be Economic Contributors
'People like me have historically had neither freedom of movement nor the right to work.' Read more »
March 08
Congo-Kinshasa: More Women Accuse Aid Workers in Ebola Sex Abuse Scandal
'I'm left wondering what I might have done with my life.' Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Sex Abuse Victims Say Help Is Too Little Too Late
'They came to get information from us, then left us with nothing.' Read more »