In the aftermath of the tsunami, the UN Deputy Secretary General criticised industrialised nations for failing to provide sufficient aid to the Asian countries hit by the disaster. These countries ...

Prioritising certain crises and needs means sidelining others. The most consequential trend of the 2026 GHO is the explicit ...

Razia Sultana, a Burmese-born attorney, teacher and human-rights advocate, was named this month as one of 10 honorees as the State Department's 2019 International Women of Courage. Sultana is now a ...

In 2023, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview, aid organizations faced a $37 billion funding shortfall to help crisis-affected communities. Yet in that year, the World Bank’s International ...

Editor's Note: Patrick Meier is an internationally recognised thought leader on the application of new technologies for crisis early warning, humanitarian response, human rights and civil resistance.

When disasters strike, whether from natural causes like earthquakes, hurricanes, and typhoons, or man-made causes such as conflict or famine, the United States has swiftly responded by mobilizing ...