Here are some of the key factors and themes likely to worsen lives for millions in crisis hotspots over the coming year.

What used to be a “throw some fish stew in the alley and see who shows up” situation transformed into an overengineered, ...

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Editor’s note: This ongoing series explores the humanitarian implications of South-South migration. Although South-South migration flows are larger than the numbers of people heading South to North – ...

In Arabic “jihad” refers to striving in the service of God. Its use in connection to political violence is seen as offensive and a perversion of its true meaning by many Muslims. It is, however, ...

Myanmar is experiencing unprecedented levels of conflict between the military junta, or Tatmadaw, and increasingly collaborative ethnic armed organisations (EAOs). In the past year, various EAOs’ ...

A donkey cart rattles down a sandy track that winds between thorny trees in Senegal’s Ferlo valley. Its passengers jolt with every bump as it passes a broken metal gate that once controlled access to ...

The memorandum of understanding between the UN and troop-contributing countries (TCC) leaves member states with primary jurisdiction over their soldiers. That means TCCs are responsible for conducting ...

In 2018, as Uganda was catering for hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese escaping conflict across the border, a major corruption and mismanagement scandal hit the country's widely praised refugee ...

Last year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) published a major report on the status of global compliance with international humanitarian law, warning that its legitimacy is at risk ...

International aid cuts – most dramatically the stop-work orders implemented by the United States – are not only hitting relief programmes worldwide, but they’re also taking their toll on the local ...