A year after the Taliban took power, humanitarian needs are rising even as foreign aid has dried up. During the former Islamic Republic, foreign aid grants funded 75 percent of public spending. Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the United States has provided...
Two visions are battling it out. The winner may just shape the future of humanitarian response. Source: Policymakers and racial justice activists came together to discuss decolonising aid. Here’s what happened…Behind closed doors: Views on decolonising aid, The New...
19 million people in Afghanistan will encounter “potentially life-threatening levels of hunger” from June to November of this year, while 6 million people will be under “near-famine conditions.” The lack of food will leave 1.1 million children at risk of death due to...
The Russian invasion is sucking up attention, funding, and resources. Aid workers say it’s starting to cost lives. The UN’s appeal for Ukraine is more than 80 percent funded for this year. In comparison, the UN response plan for Afghanistan is around 38...
“We’ve been here before. We know what acting slowly does,” said Jeremy Taylor of the Norwegian Refugee Council about the unprecedented drought that’s pushing the Horn of Africa to the brink of famine. Source: Ten stories on drought and disaster risk reduction, The New...
