The year in humanitarian news
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
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Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
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A timeline of significant events in 2022. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (and the global impacts) to Haiti’s spiralling gang violence...
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![A famine that’s not a famine: ‘Children are waiting to die’](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de8161_78289bf7b86e4550b1cc9353ef4a7583~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/de8161_78289bf7b86e4550b1cc9353ef4a7583~mv2.webp)
A famine that’s not a famine: ‘Children are waiting to die’
Agencies say Somalia is ‘on the brink of famine’, but evidence suggests the extent of mass starvation is much worse Abdirahman’s mother...
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![NEW ANALYSIS – AFGHANISTAN TOPS LIST OF 7 COUNTRIES WHERE CHILDREN WERE MOST IN NEED IN 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/854712_7374eeca874346b38d613fd79ee60ed5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_810,h_494,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/854712_7374eeca874346b38d613fd79ee60ed5~mv2.webp)
NEW ANALYSIS – AFGHANISTAN TOPS LIST OF 7 COUNTRIES WHERE CHILDREN WERE MOST IN NEED IN 2022
Thenumber of children needing humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% this year to 149 million, with Afghanistan then the Democratic...
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![Haiti faces famine – but its troubles are rooted in a brutal colonial past](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de8161_a57a6821c5a6494cb7518f15cfadb1a3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_653,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/de8161_a57a6821c5a6494cb7518f15cfadb1a3~mv2.webp)
Haiti faces famine – but its troubles are rooted in a brutal colonial past
The Caribbean country has been blighted by colonial exploitation, natural disasters and violent gangs – now a food crisis looms. What can...
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![Ukraine remembers Stalin-era famine as Russia war rages](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/854712_9ea51836c89b4153b4af539ff725b452~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_682,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/854712_9ea51836c89b4153b4af539ff725b452~mv2.webp)
Ukraine remembers Stalin-era famine as Russia war rages
Ukraine accused the Kremlin on Saturday of reviving the "genocidal" tactics of Josef Stalin as Kyiv commemorated a Soviet-era famine that...
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Ethiopian rivals agree on humanitarian access for war-ravaged Tigray
Region is in the grip of a severe crisis due to a lack of food and medicine after a two-year conflict Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan...
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![Afghanistan: Parents sell children and kidneys to feed starving families](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef73fe_36407a7a99634c28a8157a659bbda00d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ef73fe_36407a7a99634c28a8157a659bbda00d~mv2.webp)
Afghanistan: Parents sell children and kidneys to feed starving families
After the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan last year, the Taliban regime took over but has not received international...
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Taliban delegation travel to Norway for human rights talks
Oslo meeting with Afghan rulers will include allies and ‘not represent legitimisation or recognition’ A Taliban delegation is to hold...
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Afghanistan: Taliban Takeover Worsens Rights Crisis
Broad Threats to Women, Media; Aid Loss Heightens Famine Risk The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan accelerated the country’s human rights...
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![Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis Is a Genocide, Activists and Members of the Diaspora Say](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ef73fe_8cdfd360bd424d31b5de10fc798543f5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_551,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ef73fe_8cdfd360bd424d31b5de10fc798543f5~mv2.webp)
Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis Is a Genocide, Activists and Members of the Diaspora Say
This op-ed talks about the ethnic cleansing, mass rape, and forced famine underway in Tigray. YASUYOSHI CHIBA I had taken the power of...
Iraq in the News
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