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Without a shift in strategy to combine military efforts with governance and development initiatives, ISWAP’s political s...
02/08/2025

Without a shift in strategy to combine military efforts with governance and development initiatives, ISWAP’s political savvy will continue to make it a formidable actor in the Lake Chad Basin insurgency, says Malik Samuel.

The jihadist group poses more than a military challenge to the Nigerian government – its hearts and minds campaign is also a political threat.

“This war isn’t only about destruction, but also about erasure – making Gaza unlivable and pushing us out with no way ba...
02/08/2025

“This war isn’t only about destruction, but also about erasure – making Gaza unlivable and pushing us out with no way back. It is a slow, deliberate ethnic cleansing.’
Read part two of Rita Baroud's poignant and powerful diary about evacuating from Gaza:

A series of articles chronicling journalist Rita Baroud’s evacuation from Gaza in her own words.

A new report has found Ethiopian soldiers and their Eritrean and ethnic-militia allies committed grave sexual violence c...
02/08/2025

A new report has found Ethiopian soldiers and their Eritrean and ethnic-militia allies committed grave sexual violence crimes during the Tigray war, constituting “war crimes and crimes against humanity”.

See here: ⬇️

The failure to hold perpetrators to account has fueled revenge attacks.

Nearly a decade after the 2016 peace agreement, Colombia is experiencing a new surge in armed violence, with conflict re...
02/08/2025

Nearly a decade after the 2016 peace agreement, Colombia is experiencing a new surge in armed violence, with conflict related violent events increasing by 45% in the first three months of 2025 compared to the same period last year. How did we get here?

Read our explainer here: ⬇️

The fragmentation of armed groups, allure of illicit profits from drug production, and spotty implementation of a peace deal are fueling conflict.

"Maybe I survived Gaza, but Gaza has not survived. Since arriving in Marseille, all I’ve felt is guilt. The guilt of sta...
01/08/2025

"Maybe I survived Gaza, but Gaza has not survived. Since arriving in Marseille, all I’ve felt is guilt. The guilt of staying alive, the guilt of leaving. The painful privilege of survival."

Read the second part of Rita Baroud's evacuation diary:

A series of articles chronicling journalist Rita Baroud’s evacuation from Gaza in her own words.

"Don't look away" is a series of first-person articles written by people in Gaza documenting how individual lives have b...
01/08/2025

"Don't look away" is a series of first-person articles written by people in Gaza documenting how individual lives have been upended and thrust into terror and uncertainty by unimaginable violence, deprivation, and intentional starvation.
Read the latest:

A series of articles chronicling journalist Rita Baroud’s evacuation from Gaza in her own words.

Mass displacement, lost livelihoods, and of victims of explosive devices: As violence escalates in Colombia, aid groups ...
31/07/2025

Mass displacement, lost livelihoods, and of victims of explosive devices: As violence escalates in Colombia, aid groups register the worst humanitarian consequences of the past eight years.

Here’s the data behind the story:

Nearly a decade after the 2016 peace agreement, armed conflict has been escalating rapidly, causing a cascade of humanitarian consequences.

"I write. I speak. I document. I tell stories. Because that’s the only thing I can still do for them from here. I can’t ...
31/07/2025

"I write. I speak. I document. I tell stories. Because that’s the only thing I can still do for them from here. I can’t send bread, but I can send words. I can’t stop the missiles, but I can scream with their voice."

Rita Baroud's evacuation diary:

A series of articles chronicling journalist Rita Baroud’s evacuation from Gaza in her own words.

“Risks faced by activists and communities living on the fence-lines of Brazil’s oil and gas industry rarely draw attenti...
30/07/2025

“Risks faced by activists and communities living on the fence-lines of Brazil’s oil and gas industry rarely draw attention from national and international media. But that can and should change.”

Opinion by Richard Pearshouse of Human Rights Watch

As it prepares to host the next round of UN climate talks in November, the environment – and frontline activists – are facing increasing threats.

Community and refugee groups are doing a remarkable job, but they need help, writes Nanfuka Fatuma:
30/07/2025

Community and refugee groups are doing a remarkable job, but they need help, writes Nanfuka Fatuma:

Community and refugee groups are doing a remarkable job, but they need help.

In Darfur’s displacement epicentre, grassroots mutual aid networks are helping keep people alive amid soaring needs and ...
29/07/2025

In Darfur’s displacement epicentre, grassroots mutual aid networks are helping keep people alive amid soaring needs and limited international support.

Volunteers in Tawila are feeding thousands daily as international aid falls short.

Displacing ISWAP will require more than military victories: It will require the Nigerian state providing reliable securi...
29/07/2025

Displacing ISWAP will require more than military victories: It will require the Nigerian state providing reliable security, a fair system of justice, functional services, and accountable local governance, argues Malik Samuel.

The jihadist group poses more than a military challenge to the Nigerian government – its hearts and minds campaign is also a political threat.

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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.