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Famine warning signs were clear – so why are 20 million lives now at risk?
03/22/2017. South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen are on the brink of catastrophe, thanks to conflict, drought, and a shocking failure in our international response
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Hunger in Africa : our File
March 2017. Nearly 20 million people are threatened by the violent famine in Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria and South Sudan. Here is a collection of articles that will give you a non-exhaustive overview.
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“Massive scaling up urgently needed to tackle hunger crisis”
03/22/2017. The ICRC is appealing for $400m to help those most affected by the humanitarian crises in Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan and north-east Nigeria
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The digital transformation of the humanitarian sector
12/05/2016. How might technology reshape humanitarian relief in the coming years, and what should we be doing to prepare?
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Humanitarian & Digital : The major turning point
Discover those 3 publications of this issue on the theme of Humanitarian & Digital
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Innovation transforms education for refugee students in Africa
03/14/2017. Tablet computers and mobile networks are bringing the latest in online education to students in refugee camps, and it’s firing up their interest in learning.
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Connectivity is a lifeline for refugees
01/16/2017. Globally, refugees are 50 per cent less likely than the general population to have an internet-enabled phone, and 29 % of refugee households have no phone at all. This must change, by Filippo Grandi.
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A Study on the Roots of Restraint in War
03/15/2017. A two-year research initiative launched by the ICRC to advance to understand how norms of restraint develop and spread through State armed forces and non-State armed groups.
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Hunting for the Grand Bargain
03/22/2017. Ten 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.
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Local aid agencies: still waiting for a bigger share of the funding cake
03/27/2017. Donors and UN agencies who agreed to provide at least one quarter of humanitarian aid funding "as directly as possible" to local NGOs are struggling to deliver on their pledge.
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