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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Talking to the 'other side': Humanitarian negotiations in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, Sudan

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 30 August 2013
    HPG Working Papers
    Irina Mosel and Ashley Jackson
    This Working Paper examines humanitarian negotiations with armed non-state actors in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile. Through interviews with armed groups, aid workers, local and international experts and civilians, the study aims to improve understanding of the opportunities for, and obstacles to, engagement with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the Government of Sudan for humanitarian access.
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  2. Peace and conflict in Myanmar

    Event - Round-table - 2 July 2013 10:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    This roundtable aims to facilitate a high-level policy dialogue on three pressing interrelated issues: the ethnic peace process; the crisis in Rakhine State; and the Buddhist-Muslim violence in Myanmar and the wider ASEAN region.

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  3. Referendum results in Juba, 2011
    Referendum results in Juba, 2011

    A man reacts as the preliminary results of the referendum are announced in Juba on January 30, 2011
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: © Siegfried Modola/IRIN
    Source: IRIN

    South Sudan at a crossroads: humanitarian response in a changing context

    Event - Public event - 22 May 2013 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT+01 (BST))

    Much has been accomplished in South Sudan in recent years, but has the humanitarian situation in the world’s newest nation improved? This event will launch edition 57 of the Humanitarian Exchange on South Sudan, which examines from different perspectives the drivers of continuing humanitarian needs in the country and how humanitarian, development and government actors interpret and respond to these.

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  5. ICRC team at a Kabul checkpoint
    ICRC team at a Kabul checkpoint

    Afghanistan: An ICRC team at a Kabul checkpoint manned by one of the numerous armed groups active in the city in 1994
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    Credit: © ICRC / Thierry Gassman
    Source: ICRC website

    The other side: humanitarian engagement with the Taliban in Afghanistan

    Event - Public event - 11 December 2012 11:00 - 12:30 (GMT+00)

    This event launches a new report into how aid agencies engage with the Taliban to gain access to Afghans in need of assistance. It offers a valuable and rare insight into how the Taliban view humanitarian and development assistance. The report draws on dozens of interviews with Taliban militia and leaders and conversely, investigates the approaches used by aid agencies to gain access to populations in Taliban-held territory.

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    Rakhine crisis: Restricted humanitarian access and risk of radicalisation

    Opinion - Articles and blogs - 10 November 2012
    'In addressing the Rakhine crisis, Myanmar must not forget its regional responsibilities as a member-state of ASEAN and upcoming chair of ASEAN in 2014... Myanmar should respond positively to regional offers of support, recognising that the Rakhine crisis has already affected neighbouring countries and that the threat of radicalisation is real.'
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  8. Mothers wait to be seen in a therapeutic feeding centre in Maradi Region, Niger
    Mothers wait to be seen in a therapeutic feeding centre in Maradi Region, Niger

    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: UN Photo/WFP/Phil Behan
    Source: UN Multimedia

    The crisis in the Sahel – time for a new drumbeat?

    Event - Public event - 31 October 2012 15:00 - 17:00 (GMT+00)

    This event launches the 55th edition of Humanitarian Exchange, the theme of which is the crisis in the Sahel. Drawing on the articles in this issue as well as their own experience and research speakers in Dakar, Ghana, and London will reflect on and debate these issues as well as respond to questions and comments from our audiences in the room and online.

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    Social protection and basic services in fragile and conflict-affected situations

    Publication - Discussion papers - 25 October 2012
    Samuel Carpenter, Rachel Slater and Richard Mallett
    In an effort to generate better understanding and to identify useful lessons and findings for researchers and decision makers working on and in fragile and conflicted-affected situations, this paper synthesises and assesses the available evidence on social protection and basic services (health, education and water) in fragile and conflict-affected situations.
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  10. Homs Faces Renewed Round of Shelling
    Homs Faces Renewed Round of Shelling

    Smoke billows skyward as homes and buildings are shelled in the city of Homs, Syria.
    License: Creative Commons
    Credit: UN Photo/David Manyua
    Source: UN Multimedia

    The crisis in Syria

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    Responding to the need for deliberation and coordination amongst humanitarian actors in Syria and neighbouring countries, HPG convened two high level roundtables. These brought together UN agencies, NGOs, donor representatives, and national and diaspora humanitarian groups to discuss the deepening political and humanitarian crisis, consider its impact on civilians caught up in the conflict and reflect on the response of the international and national community.

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