‘It is a humanitarian crisis, but we don’t see any humanitarian response to it’ James Blake | Freelance journalist and analyst focusing on international security, counter-terrorism, humanitarian, and...
USA + 5 more
USA + 5 more
‘It is a humanitarian crisis, but we don’t see any humanitarian response to it’ James Blake | Freelance journalist and analyst focusing on international security, counter-terrorism, humanitarian, and...
Honduras + 2 more
By Tomás Ayuso “We all knew we had to leave” As another “caravan” of Central Americans, mainly from Honduras and 12,000 strong, enters Mexico, several thousand members of the group that travelled in...
World + 4 more
I’m driving down a rural, two-lane highway. Outside, the headlights of the car create a small halo in the surrounding darkness. There are no street lights, no houses, no one else on the road. I can’t...
USA + 4 more
Trump’s new restrictions mean long waits simply to register claims The movement of thousands of Central American asylum seekers and migrants north from Honduras towards the southern border of the...
Manuel Rueda Mexico City awoke to a strange mix of calm and chaos on Wednesday, following a powerful earthquake that has killed at least 225 people. Read more on IRIN.
World + 11 more
By Kristy Siegfried OXFORD, 21 December 2016 It’s been a tumultuous year: shock election results, the Brexit referendum, a nervy global economy, and a raft of extremist attacks – all of which have...
Mexico + 3 more
By Nina Lakhani For years, Central Americans – mainly working-age men – have passed through Tapachula, near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala, en route to the US in search of a better life. But...
Mexico + 4 more
TAPACHULA, 20 January 2016 (IRIN) - As gang violence has spread across the so-called “Northern Triangle” region, increasing numbers of children from El Salvador and Honduras are crossing Mexico’s...
USA + 4 more
NEW YORK, 17 July 2015 (IRIN) - Fleeing gang violence in his hometown near San Pedro Sulas in Honduras, 14-year-old Gredys Alexander Hernández tried to reach safety in the United States, only to be...
USA + 4 more
By Philippa Garson NEW YORK, 2 May 2015 (IRIN) - An aggressive strategy by the United States to deter thousands of people fleeing violence in Mexico and Central America includes keeping women and...
Colombia + 1 more
NEW YORK, 9 May 2014 (IRIN) - Easing up on drug prohibition will not solve the plight of the thousands of people displaced by the drug wars in Colombia, Mexico and other countries. Many detect the...
World + 6 more
DAKAR, 9 janvier 2013 (IRIN) - Quelques organisations d'aide humanitaire sortent peu à peu de leur champ d'action habituel que sont la guerre et les catastrophes naturelles pour s'attaquer aux...
World + 6 more
DAKAR, 8 January 2013 (IRIN) - The gradual expansion by a small number of humanitarian agencies beyond their traditional remits of war and natural disaster towards tackling the consequences of...
World + 5 more
LONDRES, 2 août 2012 (IRIN) - Le monde est-il prêt à faire face aux bouleversements liés à l'eau ? De telles perturbations sont en effet inévitables et sont déjà d'actualité. Des écologistes, des...
World + 5 more
LONDON, 1 August 2012 (IRIN) - Is the world ready to face water shocks? For water shocks are certainly coming; water shocks, in fact, are already here. A meeting of ecologists, policymakers and water...
Angola + 20 more
JOHANNESBURG, 8 July 2010 (IRIN) - The La Niña phenomenon has officially arrived and disaster response teams around the world might need to brace themselves for heavier monsoons, bigger and more...
Argentina + 29 more
DAKAR, 11 mai 2009 (IRIN) - Aucun cas de grippe A (H1N1) n'a encore été confirmé en Afrique, et les experts médicaux se demandent si ce constat est le fait de la chance ou si, bien au contraire, il...