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26/12/2025
With every survivor account, the picture of RSF atrocities in El Fasher grows clearer. Here, we report from Al Dabbah, where displaced Darfuris sought refuge after crossing the desert. https://buff.ly/GiEPi6v
25/12/2025
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25/12/2025
UN reforms: Budget cuts and dramatic restructuring aren’t going to cut it. Aid needs to tackle its economic inefficiency problem. ⬇️
UN reforms: Budget cuts and dramatic restructuring aren’t going to cut it. The aid sector needs to understand its economic inefficiency problem.
25/12/2025
When Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power one year ago, ending more than half a century of rule over Syria by his family, 38-year-old Amira didn’t know how to feel.
It had been eight years since she was released from one of the regime's Damascus prisons, and watching as others were freed from captivity brought up complex emotions. She shares her experience with The New Humanitarian: ⬇️
The fall of the al-Assad regime opened up wounds buried for decades. For some, though, it also brought the possibility of healing.
24/12/2025
How can we resist the growing co-option of humanitarianism, especially now, given the unchecked rise of far-right authoritarian politics in the West and the apparent collapse of the so-called rules-based international order?
Firstly, by acknowledging some hard truths. Read the full op-ed by TNH CEO Tammam Aloudat. ⬇️
The Trump aid freeze is not the end of humanitarianism. But simply restoring funding won’t fix what’s broken. What comes next?
24/12/2025
Nepal: What began as anger over social media restrictions morphed into demands for fundamental political change.
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What began as anger over social media restrictions morphed into demands for fundamental political change.
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24/12/2025
Humanitarian prioritisation: It’s not “hyper-crises” that should raise alarm, but those at risk of rushed exits. ⬇️
It’s not “hyper-prioritised” crises that should raise red flags, but those at risk of a rushed exit.
24/12/2025
Despite global commitments to “inclusive, people-centred” early warning systems, Tamil-language alerts often never came – even in the hardest-hit areas.
Language gaps left Tamil-speaking communities dangerously unprepared as Cyclone Ditwah triggered deadly floods and landslides.
24/12/2025
How can LatAm countries counter Trump’s migration crackdown? By rallying into a coalition of nations working together to devise a proactive strategy to resist US pressure. Opinion by Sara McKinnon: ⬇️
They should rally into a coalition of nations working together to devise a proactive strategy to resist US pressure.
24/12/2025
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23/12/2025
A UN’s top representative in Gaza has enabled Israel’s weaponisation of aid, alienated Palestinian and international colleagues, and contributed to Israeli efforts to sow division among humanitarians, aid workers involved in the response told The New Humanitarian.
Suzanna Tkalec has praised Israeli authorities while presiding over a deteriorating humanitarian system in Gaza.
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The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) was founded by the United Nations in 1995, in the wake of the Rwandan genocide, out of the conviction that objective on-the-ground reporting of humanitarian crises could help mitigate or even prevent future disasters of that magnitude.
Almost twenty years later, we became an independent non-profit news organisation, allowing us to cast a more critical eye over the multi-billion-dollar emergency aid industry and draw attention to its failures at a time of unprecedented humanitarian need. As digital disinformation went global, and mainstream media retreated from many international crisis zones, our field-based, high-quality journalism filled even more of a gap. Today, we are one of only a handful of newsrooms world-wide specialized in covering crises and disasters – and in holding the aid industry accountable.
In 2019, we changed our name to The New Humanitarian to signal our move from UN project to independent newsroom and our role chronicling the changing nature of – and response to – humanitarian crises.
Throughout our journey, we have remained true to our mission to inform crisis prevention and response by amplifying the voices of those most affected; shining a light on forgotten crises; and resisting superficial, sensational narratives about the crises of our time.
Our name and brand identity
Evocative of respected media brands such as The New Statesman and The Economist, The New Humanitarian is the authoritative news source for policy-makers and practitioners involved in humanitarian response. We are to crises what POLITICO is to politics.
Our logo is designed in GT Sectra, a modern serif font that originated as the house typeface of a Swiss longform journal called Reportagen. It marries the flourish of calligraphy to the precision-cut lettering of a printing press, echoing our commitment to evocative story-telling based on sharp reporting.
The cursor at the end of our logo signals our aim to be fresh and forward-looking, ready to tap in to the latest developments, and tell the ongoing story of crises as they evolve.
But most importantly, The New Humanitarian speaks to the profound shifts impacting our world today.
The drivers of humanitarian needs are changing, thanks to new threats like climate change, longer-lasting conflicts, and a geopolitical landscape that makes the resolution of crises at the international level more challenging.
The impacts of humanitarian crises are changing too, becoming more global in their repercussions. The exodus of refugees from Syria is one of many examples.
Traditional forms of humanitarian intervention are bursting at the seams; new approaches and players are emerging to fill an increasing gap between needs and response.
Tackling the world’s crises is no longer the exclusive domain of governments, “Big Aid” and the United Nations -- nor is it only about disaster relief and aid delivery. In many ways, the whole conception of humanitarianism is changing, evidenced by the private sector’s response to refugees; high school students marching for climate change; and local communities reclaiming agency in shaping their own futures. Today, a new generation of humanitarians is redefining the way the world responds to crises – demanding a seat at the table and a voice in the conversation.
We remain the trusted news source for policy-makers and practitioners in humanitarian response, but The New Humanitarian is expanding to reach this wider audience of people who want to better understand our complex world, in order to change it for the better.
