Nov 23, 2022
The UN has accused the Taliban of resorting to a ‘collective punishment’ of torture and other abuses as it tries to quell a brewing rebellion. Source: In Afghanistan’s shadowy new conflict, new displacement and new civilian abuses, The New Humanitarian, Ali M Latifi,...
Jul 9, 2022
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...
Jun 27, 2022
An internal United Nations report details escalating Taliban violations of human rights—and little U.N. leverage. In the 10 months since the Taliban retook the country … the country has gone backward at vertiginous speed. The Taliban have reversed most of the...
Jan 12, 2017
…Haitians did not powerlessly watch Matthew wash through their land, waiting for foreign aid to appear. They have banded together – families, neighbours, cooperatives, work societies, community, solidarity and diaspora groups – to begin the clean-up, and get the...
Jan 12, 2017
Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Haiti earthquake and the start of a challenging and tumultuous year for the country. Source: An Update from the Haiti Support...