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Why it’s a bad idea to triage refugee food aid when everyone's hungry Blanket food assistance was stopped in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp in August. The impact has been immediate.

Refugees in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp say WFP’s system of prioritising who gets fed is unfair – and here’s the evidence to prove they are right.

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Mapping Gulf State Actors’ Expanding Engagements in East Africa – Africa Center Gulf state actors are expanding their engagements in in East Africa as they compete for influence—reshaping the region's security contours.

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When rebels rule: ISWAP’s formula for winning support in Nigeria’s northeast The jihadist group poses more than a military challenge to the Nigerian government – its hearts and minds campaign is also a political threat.

A must-read:

The combination of religious legitimacy, security provision, and economic integration makes ISWAP’s influence durable.

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Eid amid the “unfathomable horror” unfolding in Gaza A Palestinian journalist writes about the weight of a war whose aims have been reduced to two choices for Gaza’s population: death or expulsion.

"We have realised that this isn’t a fleeting war but a life-long struggle. And this knowledge wears us down – to realise there is no end in sight is exhausting. "

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What happens when the US declares war on your parents? The Black Panther cubs know The Black Panthers shook America awake before the party was eviscerated by the US government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride and burning lessons for today

Powerful storytelling:

The Black Panthers shook America awake before the party was eviscerated by the US government. Their children paid a steep price, but also emerged with unassailable pride and burning lessons for today

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What’s Unsaid | Let refugees lead A refugee advocate says it’s time for the refugee-led organisation, or RLO, ‘revolution’.

With Kenya about to launch its refugee integration Shirika plan -- which has suffered from a lack of consultation with refugees -- now's a good time to re-up this conversation with Jean Marie Ishimwe of R-SEAT.
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Power Shift | Do we want to relinquish power, or not? They represent two sides of an ambitious reform process. They often attend the same meetings, and yet, they’ve never spoken one-on-one. Until now.

Interesting podcast conversation with two people on different sides of the aid reform debate: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

African Union peacekeepers in Somalia accused of widespread abuse TNH interviewed nearly a dozen people who all alleged that they, or their deceased relatives, were victims of beatings or killings by AU peacekeepers.

Cases of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and excessive use of force have fostered deep-seated resentment among much of the Somali population towards African Union peacekeepers. What can be done?

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