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Humanitarian aid

The fact that funds are lacking to relieve suffering is scandalous

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Humanitarian organisations work closely together in Chad, especially in light of global aid cuts. A medical team with IRC and UNHCR staff at an initial reception centre in the border town of Adré.

Humanitarian organisations

Humanitarian crisis in Chad: “How do we prioritise among priorities?”

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by Alain Rusuku
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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

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by Alba Nakuwa

Humanitarian crisis

Burundi’s refugee camps overwhelmed after new fighting in the DRC

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by Mireille Kanyange
The informal settlement of Mathare was among the areas hardest hit by the floods.

Climate risks

Nairobi’s floods showed why urban plans need to be made with the poor

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by Sam Olando
by Eva Dick

Waste management

How plastic pollution threatens life around Lake Tanganyika

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by Mireille Kanyange
Small-scale miners at a riverbed on the outskirts of Harare.

Mining

How Zimbabwe’s gold rush is poisoning water

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by Tsitsi Bhobo
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