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A podcast from IRIN's newsroom in Geneva Level 3 — the UN designation for the world's most severe humanitarian crises — brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that...

In the latest Decolonise How? podcast, we ask whether ethical journalism is possible when individual ideals collide with institutional reali...

Like many local aid workers living through war, Hind Obeid is surviving a crisis while responding to it. Obeid works for an NGO that support...

In this episode of Decolonise How? , host Patrick Gathara sits down with journalist Jane Ferguson to debate what role foreign correspondents...

Philippe Lazzarini has ended his term as head of UNRWA, the UN agency that provides essential services to Palestinians. In an exit interview...

There's more than one way to cover crises, says Professor Martin Scott. In the second episode of Decolonise How? , host Patrick Gathara sits...

"The first place that people are dehumanised is in stories." - Sophie Otiende The way we tell stories about humanitarian crises can distort...

Is it problematic to call human suffering a "tragedy"? Even well-intentioned humanitarian language can harm, says Heidi Mogstad, senior rese...

Decolonise How? is a new podcast by The New Humanitarian that examines the stories we tell about humanitarian crises. Join host Patrick Gath...

AI and new tech in crises: When is technology a force for good, and when are we piling on the problems in humanitarian response? In this epi...

Humanitarians have a "burnout culture", experts say. They work long hours in difficult environments. They're trying to help people in the wo...

Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community are waiting for justice. A landmark genocide case at the International Court of Justice is a major s...

Protests have spread across Iran, and the fallout is rapidly evolving. In this episode, Hamid Dabashi, Iranian-American author and professor...

The crisis of illiberalism. The global gender backlash. Aid blind spots. Gaza and the failure of international law. Our guests have taken on...

The UN has a new refugee chief: Barham Salih is the former president of Iraq. He takes over as high commissioner for refugees in January 202...

When countries can commit genocide or invade neighbours with few repercussions, it's clear that international norms and laws are not working...

The UN's high commissioner for refugees, Filippo Grandi, finishes his term at the end of the year. As with most top UN roles, picking the ne...

The UN Security Council has passed a resolution backing US President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza. It authorises an "international sta...

When aid funding is tight, education is often cut first. But schools offer more than just learning, and communities say education is their p...

The UN climate summit, COP30, is getting under way in Brazil, with global temperatures rising – and global cooperation under deep strain. Te...

Global polls show citizens in many countries want their governments to fund humanitarian aid. But the US and other nations have gutted aid d...

The backlash against women's and LGBTIQI+ rights is growing – part of an organised movement that goes beyond one country or one president. B...

Global funding cuts are worsening emergency aid's weaknesses when it comes to the LGBTQI+ community. The Trump administration is explicitly...

Remaking humanitarianism: Dispatches from the future How can we reimagine the international humanitarian system so that it builds on – rathe...

The 80th UN General Assembly should be consequential given all that's happening: the genocide in Gaza, spiralling emergencies, aid cuts, the...

As world leaders gather for the 80th UN General Assembly, we're digging into the past to illuminate the present. What UN reforms are needed?...

As the genocide in Gaza continues, humanitarian organisations face mounting pressure and unprecedented constraints. Famine has been declared...

When is the UN a force for good, and when is it a fig leaf? CEO Tammam Aloudat speaks with Mark Leon Goldberg and Anjali Dayal – hosts of th...

"It's not just our finances that are under attack, but it's also our morale and our legitimacy." In a fresh season of the podcast, TNH CEO T...

On 7 October 2023, Rita Baroud was a 20-year-old in Gaza thinking about doing a master's degree. Today, evacuated to France after surviving...

Power Shift is an experiment in dialogue that puts decision-makers in aid and philanthropy and those affected by their decisions in honest,...

After a decade of fighting jihadist groups in the Sahel – and losing – isn't it time for governments to try dialogue? Speaking about her res...

Power Shift is an experiment in dialogue that puts decision-makers in aid and philanthropy and those affected by their decisions in honest,...

Daylight abductions of permanent residents. Mass deportations with no due process. Homelessness at a record high. Outbreaks of previously el...

Power Shift is an experiment in dialogue that puts decision-makers in aid and philanthropy and those affected by their decisions in honest,...

Power Shift is an experiment in dialogue that puts decision-makers in aid and philanthropy and those affected by their decisions in honest,...

The Trump administration's aid freeze is a pivotal moment for the humanitarian sector. Veteran aid worker and TNH CEO Tammam Aloudat doesn't...

The US aid freeze has exposed not only the fragility of humanitarian funding but also longstanding dependencies, vulnerabilities, and power...

The fallout from the US aid funding freeze continues. In Haiti, one of USAID's largest recipients, could this actually be a moment for optim...

People affected by crises, and the people who respond to them, have been calling for change and equity for years, but for every reform pledg...

The term 'decolonising aid' is everywhere. And yet, many decisions about aid are made behind closed doors in the West, and those most affect...

Since the early days of the American west, World War Two, the Cold War, or the war on terror, conflict has been presented in the movies as h...

Can power truly shift in a sector whose origins are rooted in colonialism? If not, what lies beyond the international aid system as we know...

The New Humanitarian's new CEO, Tammam Aloudat, sits down with our Middle East Editor Annie Slemrod for a special episode of Rethinking Huma...

Eighteen months of war have forced more than 10 million Sudanese from their homes, created the world's largest hunger crisis, and triggered...

Ever wondered what daily life in Afghanistan, Syria, and Venezuela have in common? In this episode, What's Unsaid host Ali Latifi, who lives...

"We constantly urge each other to remain tender toward one another". Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian chall...

When violent gangs moved into her neighbourhood in April, Haitian journalist and former UN official Monique Clesca left the Caribbean nation...

"We came mainly seeking safety, seeking to live a decent life. But then we found another war" Our First Person narratives dig into the human...

Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. In this episode, Zeina Shahla, a reporting fellow with The New...

Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. In this episode, Ali Latifi, The New Humanitarian's Asia Edito...