Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 3/2026

What remains of humanitarian aid?

Food aid in Kakuma is now only available to people who have been classified by the WFP as belonging to the relevant categories.
Refugees

Ending up in the last category means no food at all

Cuts to international aid funding have plunged Kakuma, one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Kenya, into a worsening humanitarian crisis. With food rations reduced to a fraction of the minimum requirement, residents face an impossible choice.

Patients wait in front of the IRC health centre in Farchana in eastern Chad.
Resources

The fact that life in eastern Chad works is nothing short of a miracle

The influx of refugees from Sudan brought international aid organisations to eastern Chad, a region that is almost entirely cut off from any infrastructure. Feelings on the ground are mixed.

Trade between Chad and Sudan flourished even during the war until the temporary closure of the border at the end of February.
War and flight

From Sudan to Chad: Refuge in one of the world’s poorest countries

Almost 12 million people have fled since the outbreak of the war in Sudan. About a million of them have sought refuge in neighbouring Chad. The humanitarian situation there is rapidly deteriorating. An eyewitness report.

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A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations from China in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan

Looking the other way is (not) an option

In Afghanistan, there is a vital need to provide help and strengthen the civilian population without legitimising the Taliban regime. Recent political developments in Germany are disastrous from a human-rights perspective.

Transporting medical patients in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
Crises and conflicts

“The triple nexus needs to be more flexible and tolerant of error”

The humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDP nexus) seeks to more closely coordinate humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities. Katharina Valjak from Misereor explains in our interview where there is room for improvement.