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Displaced families in Plaine Savo camp, DR Congo.

Don't let Ukraine war eclipse other humanitarian crises
People filling water cans.

The ‘Ukraine effect’ on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable

- Global
An Afghan woman with three of her children sitting in front of their tented shelter. The mother and the daughter are looking at something to their left, while the two sons are looking into the camera.

Afghanistan is facing a total economic meltdown

- Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s crisis stretches far beyond Kabul airport

- Afghanistan
Afghanistan: NRC branded vehicle in one of the sites in Sinjitak, Badghis.

Aid workers are staying in Afghanistan - as they do in crises globally. We must protect them

- Afghanistan

On World Refugee Day, we must choose action over words to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

- Bangladesh
A Palestinian man inspects the ruins of Al Jawhara Tower at the centre of Gaza CIty after it was bombed the previous night.12/5/2021

Gaza: A Hell on Earth

- Palestine

G7 leaders know what needs to be done to prevent famines, but will they act?

- Global

Don’t let the silence of the aftermath kill us

- Perspective
Darfur

Darfur's return to war would spell disaster for Sudan

- Sudan

Yemen’s neighbours need to step up now

- Perspective
Ahmed's wife prepares the lunch for the family inside her tent in Al-Malika camp in Taiz. Photo: Khalid Al-Banna/NRC

World leaders can still avert famine in Yemen

- Perspective
New arrivals are waiting at the entrance to Um Rakuba camp in Sudan, after being transferred from the border areas.

What we got wrong about Covid and refugees

- Global
When the military attacked their village and burned down their home in front of their eyes, Mohammed and his family fled to Bangladesh. Photo gathered in 2018.

The remaking of Myanmar

- Myanmar

The little talked about side-effects of Covid-19

- Global
Date: 9 January 2020 Location: Pissila - Center North of Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa/NRC

Attacks against humanitarian workers must stop

- Global

Why Covid-19 must reshape global crisis funding

- Global

We need to reopen Yemen’s airports and sea routes to save lives

- Yemen
Inside NRC camp management center in the outskirts of Kabul city, our staff provides masks to visitors from the camp and also guide them on prevention measures and train them how can they reduce any potential risk of infection to them and their family. NRC Camp Management is working in 20 settlements consist of 4000 households and 35000 individuals, out of 52 informal settlements in Kabul. Photo: Enayatullah Azad / NRC

The crippling cost of Covid-19 on refugees

- Global

Solidarity must not stop at our borders

- Perspective
Date: 22 January 2020 Location: Barsalogho - Center North Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa/NRC

Military intervention alone will fail to solve the Sahel crisis

- Burkina Faso|Mali|Niger
In an effort to raise awareness of the necessary hygiene steps to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Camp Management team with support from the WASH team in Herat and Badghis are conducting an awareness raising campaign across displacement sites in Afghanistan.

Coronavirus will silently hit the world's displaced hardest

- Global

A battle of values will determine the next decade of aid

- Global
The refugee camp in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, is built on sandy hills where there once used to be forests. The hilly landscape is a challenging area to house hundreds of thousands of refugees.

Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis is moving backwards. Here’s how to resolve it

- Bangladesh|Myanmar
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) distributed food (maize, lentils, oil and corn soya blend) to more than 7,100 people in Ngop. While Leer and Mayendit, both also in Unity state, have been recently declared in famine, Ngop is also in high risk. The food distribution is part of a Rapid Response Mission coordinated and funded by the World Food Programme (WFP) to mitigate this risk.

New Dutch terror bill must not target aid workers

- Netherlands
Norwegian Refugee Council's Secretary General Jan Egeland on the border between El Salvador and Guatemala.

US denial of Central America’s crisis will backfire

- El Salvador|Guatemala|Honduras|USA
Students waving in a renovated classroom at Ahmadlou School in Afghanistan.

In Trump-Iran showdown, Afghan refugees are neglected but devastating collateral damage

- Afghanistan|Iran|USA

Africa’s next full-blown war can still be averted

- Cameroon

Counter-terrorism and humanitarian action: the perils of zero tolerance

- Global

Do not criminalise aid work

- Global

Three crises we cannot ignore in 2019

- Global

World powers must choose peaceful negotiations to avoid an unprecedented disaster in Idlib

- Syria

25 years since the Oslo Accords: Israeli Security Depends on Palestinian Rights

- Norway|Palestine

The world’s most deadly place to deliver aid

- South Sudan

Mosul still reeling from the Islamic State group rule

- Iraq
Following their father’s death and their mother’s remarriage, the grandparents are looking after their eight grandchildren. They fled the violence in ISIS-controlled Deir Az Zour and arrived in a camp in Hasakeh on November 23. “I will be proud of them whatever they do. I want to be able to support them in whatever they choose”. Said the grandfather. The grandmother wishes to go back home when it is safe. But “our house is destroyed” she said and the trip here will be too expensive. Photo: NRC

I predicted 2018 would offer hope for Syrians – but I was painfully wrong

- Syria

Afghan electorate: Basic needs must be met before political progress can be ensured

- Afghanistan

Donald Trump has a unique opportunity to help the Yemen crisis

- Yemen

Congo will be Africa’s mega-crisis in 2018

- DR Congo

Will 2018 be the year of return to Syria?

- Syria

Freeze Afghan deportations: the war is back and worsening

- Afghanistan

Make leadership great again

How to give effectively (and why it is a good idea)

- Jordan

How to strangle a nation

- Yemen

Fighting violent extremism – humanitarians beware

- Global

Attacking the lifesavers

Congo’s wake up call

- DR Congo

South Sudan: Seize this chance for peace

- South Sudan

Forcing displaced Nigerians may worsen crisis

- Nigeria
Field trip to the Nariño department in Colombia in 2009. A villager in Robles. Photo: NRC/Truls Brekke

The UN's roulette game with Colombia

- Colombia

In the line of fire

Congo’s next big crisis

- Perspective

Nigeria's ticking time bomb

- Nigeria

What we must learn from South Sudan

- South Sudan

Escape from Aleppo, at last

- Syria
27 years old Marieblanche has four children; the daughters Laurène at 8 and three years old Therenia. Her two sons are Artikson at 9, and 14 months old Valdest. Food situation is critical, so she is glad that she still can breast feed the youngest one. (Several pictures and more information about Marieblanche). Photos NRC / Ingrid Prestetun

World leadership has stalled for Refugees

- Perspective

Fencing in humanity

- Perspective

Shameful refugee politics

- Perspective

The World Humanitarian Day Mockery

- Global

Peace as the mere absence of conflict is not enough

- Colombia
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