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Profiles
Aisling Irwin
Cash or food? The debate continues...
The prospect of thousands of Mozambicans dealing with their devastated ...
Alex Klaushofer
INTERVIEW: Abyei clashes trigger humanitarian crisis, says MSF
Fresh fighting this month between former civil war foes ...
Brinley Bruton
'Cash sent home is more effective than aid'
Here's a number that will knock your mittens off. I ...
Joanne Tomkinson
Research and Communications Coordinator
MEDIAWATCH: Rethinking aid in Afghanistan
Water trucks covered in images of fighter jets - just ...
Joanne Tomkinson
Research and Communications Coordinator
MEDIAWATCH: Rethinking aid in Afghanistan
Water trucks covered in images of fighter jets - just ...
Mark Snelling
Aid scandal in the Sahel, but what's new?
Time, once again, to look at why foreign aid isn't ...
Nina Brenjo
Climate change and conflicts: Is there a link at all?
Many scientists, politicians and journalists now agree that climate change ...
Rachael Taylor
International justice versus local needs in Uganda
The International Criminal Court (ICC) launched its first war crimes ...
Ruben Andersson
From bad to worse for Nepal's displaced
The peace deal signed last year between Nepal's government and ...
Tim Large
When Trafalgar Square became a Darfur refugee camp
Under a hot sun, a crowd gathered by the smouldering ...
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HAVE YOUR SAY: How have soaring food prices affected you?
World leaders are meeting in Rome this week to tackle ...
Alex Whiting
Can a certificate make aid agencies better listeners?
Aid agencies say they want to save lives or even ...
Emma Batha
Noma: The grotesque face of poverty
Of all the leaflets to land on my desk this ...
Joanne Tomkinson
Research and Communications Coordinator
MEDIAWATCH: Rethinking aid in Afghanistan
Water trucks covered in images of fighter jets - just ...
Mark H Jones
Virginia Tech, social media and emergencies
Much has been made of how students used social media ...
Megan Rowling
Who'll pay for the poorest to adapt to life after global warming?
When climate change really kicks in, poorer countries say they're ...
Peter Apps
Kenya crisis jeopardises Africa's emergence from poverty
The sudden outbreak of violence plaguing Kenya since last week's ...
Rebecka Rosenquist
Are the radicals of 1968 the humanitarian hawks of today?
A period less like 1968 I cant imagine. That's what ...
Ruth Gidley
Why not just do air drops in Myanmar?
The Myanmar military junta is sticking to its guns about ...
Valentina Frigerio
Challenging assumptions about northern Uganda
After two years of setbacks since Uganda signed an initial ...

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