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Responding by God's mercy in South Sudan
NDRF Chair Mark Mitchell is in Juba responding to the famine in South Sudan with Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand. He reports on the country's humanitarian crisis, fuelled by rising temperatures...
Hunting for the Grand Bargain
10 months on from the signature of a landmark agreement to reform emergency aid, critics worry that the process of translating 51 separate commitments into action is creating new layers of bureaucracy...
Want to sell aid to the Australian public? Look to values, not national interests
If recent speeches are anything to go by, politicians believe the best way to sell aid to Australians is to convince them it aids Australia too. It’s an understandable belief, but is it correct?
In west Mosul, 'nowhere is safe for civilians'
The Iraqi army on Sunday resumed operations against ISIL in Mosul after a one-day pause, amid growing concerns over an escalating civilian death toll as fierce fighting spreads across the city.
Informal armies: community defence groups in South Sudan’s civil war
As South Sudan’s civil war enters its 4th year, Saferworld’s most recent publication explores one aspect of the current crisis: the mobilisation and transformation of the country’s ‘informal armies’.
Ethiopia’s deadly rubbish dump landslide was down to politics, not providence
One of the greatest challenges of rapid urban development is the disposal of increased quantities of municipal waste. The fatal landfill collapse in Addis Ababa demonstrates the potential consequences...
South Sudan keeps buying weapons amid famine: UN
The government of South Sudan is spending its oil revenue on weapons, even as the country descends into a famine largely caused by Juba's military operations, according to a confidential UN report.
Facing Future Challenges on Uncertain Ground: A Conversation with UNDP Administrator Helen Clark
As she prepares to step down after eight years as UNDP Administrator and head of the UN Development Group, Helen Clark joins CGD President Masood Ahmed to reflect on recent gains and consider challeng...
Newshub’s television and web coverage of CID Members aid activities in the Greater Horn of Africa
Kiwi aid agencies are echoing calls from Buckingham Palace for donations to help east African nations facing famine and starvation. The UN says the world is facing the largest humanitarian crisis sinc...
Civil society sets advocacy targets for AIIB
Just over a year since the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank launched, civil society groups across Europe and Asia say their initial wariness toward the bank has deepened.
