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05/01/2026

The numbers behind the 2026 Global Humanitarian Overview hide a problem: How humanitarians transition out of emergencies. https://buff.ly/lN0WAkw

Behind the numbers: The UN’s Global Humanitarian Overview points to the dangers of a rushed transition: ⬇️
03/01/2026

Behind the numbers: The UN’s Global Humanitarian Overview points to the dangers of a rushed transition: ⬇️

It’s not “hyper-prioritised” crises that should raise red flags, but those at risk of a rushed exit.

International norms are falling short. Three legal experts discuss steps forward: enforcing laws, including non-state ac...
03/01/2026

International norms are falling short. Three legal experts discuss steps forward: enforcing laws, including non-state actors, and erasing legal loopholes. ⬇️

International norms are falling short. Three legal experts discuss steps forward: enforcing laws, including non-state actors, and erasing legal loopholes.

malawi is grappling with a triple crisis – a deep-seated food emergency, diminishing aid, and soaring debt. With over fo...
02/01/2026

malawi is grappling with a triple crisis – a deep-seated food emergency, diminishing aid, and soaring debt. With over four million Malawians – 22% of the population – facing the threat of acute malnutrition until the next harvest in March, the president declared a nationwide state of disaster.

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More than four million people need urgent food aid.

Opinion: Despite high living standards, many Greenlander lives are shaped by feelings of inferiority, loss of language, ...
02/01/2026

Opinion: Despite high living standards, many Greenlander lives are shaped by feelings of inferiority, loss of language, and ruptured identity. And what emerges is a quiet, invisible crisis of sexual abuse, neglect and violence, alcohol addiction, and su***de. If that isn’t a humanitarian crisis, what is it? ⬇️

The humanitarian framework doesn’t have the tools to respond to intangible cultural harm.

“When talking about localisation, we have to keep in mind two things: Local actors cannot do miracles, and do not expect...
02/01/2026

“When talking about localisation, we have to keep in mind two things: Local actors cannot do miracles, and do not expect to get out today and them taking the role tomorrow without actually working with them on some transitional period.” - Hourie Tafech of Refugees International

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On the podcast: The race to lead the UN refugee agency, how to make the selection more transparent, and what refugees want from a new UNHCR boss.

TNH CEO Tamman Aloudat speaks with legal scholar Shahd Hammouri about the similarities between Trump’s Gaza peace plan a...
01/01/2026

TNH CEO Tamman Aloudat speaks with legal scholar Shahd Hammouri about the similarities between Trump’s Gaza peace plan and the occupation of Iraq, on

Three views on UN Security Council Gaza peace endorsement: Parallels with Iraq, why the war isn’t over for Gazans, and aid workers’ moral dilemmas.

Sudanese fleeing RSF massacres in El Fasher crossed the desert to reach a displacement camp in Al Dabbah in Northern Sta...
31/12/2025

Sudanese fleeing RSF massacres in El Fasher crossed the desert to reach a displacement camp in Al Dabbah in Northern State. Local communities have welcomed them with food but conditions remain harsh.

Stories of extreme violence show we are still only beginning to grasp the scale of the atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces.

Five years away from its self-imposed deadline, billions of dollars have been spent and billions more pledged, yet most ...
29/12/2025

Five years away from its self-imposed deadline, billions of dollars have been spent and billions more pledged, yet most of the Great Green Wall remains barren. This investigation explains why. ⬇️

The vision was of a wall of trees halting the advance of the desert, but the reality is a failed form of green neo-colonialism.

Our new joint investigation with the Refugees Platform in Egypt reveals a sharp surge in deportations of Sudanese refuge...
29/12/2025

Our new joint investigation with the Refugees Platform in Egypt reveals a sharp surge in deportations of Sudanese refugees from Egypt, and how weak UNHCR pushback and muted EU criticism have helped enable it. ⬇️

Critics say the UN has failed to mount a sustained public challenge to an unprecedented crackdown.

Unless the weak current rules are confronted head-on, the minerals rush will deepen inequality and further destabilise r...
29/12/2025

Unless the weak current rules are confronted head-on, the minerals rush will deepen inequality and further destabilise regions already under strain. ⬇️

Unless the weak current rules are confronted head-on, the minerals rush will deepen inequality and further destabilise regions already under strain.

Early warnings save lives – but only if people can understand them.Our reporting examines how language exclusion, margin...
29/12/2025

Early warnings save lives – but only if people can understand them.

Our reporting examines how language exclusion, marginalisation, and institutional failures combined to turn a natural hazard into a humanitarian crisis – with lessons far beyond Sri Lanka. ⬇️

Language gaps left Tamil-speaking communities dangerously unprepared as Cyclone Ditwah triggered deadly floods and landslides.

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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.