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Republish this article GENEVA Change doesn’t come easy – even when the push starts at the top. When Ignacio Packer stepped down as head of the International Council of Voluntary Agencies, an influential NGO network, his goal was to make way for new voices and leadership from the so-called Global South. That’s why his eventual replacement was a surprise pick for some – especially Packer. Jamie Munn, a veteran humanitarian and most recently country director for the Norwegian Refugee Counci...

China’s Chamber of Commerce representative has met with Mohammad Hanif Hamza, the CEO of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat in Kabul to discuss investment in the energy sector in the country. DABS said in a series of tweets on Thursday that China intends to invest in the production of 500 megawatts of electricity from coal in

Heads of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan, under the umbrella of the World Health Organization, have collectively said banning women from humanitarian work has immediate life-threatening consequences for all Afghans. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the agencies said the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision to ban women from working for NGOs was

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Somalia has reached a tipping point. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at immediate risk, according to the . Famine is unfolding in

Ten efforts to decolonise aid - The New Humanitarian puts quality, independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world