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Seen But Not Heard: Community voices on peacekeeping in CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan

15/10/2025

2 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The UN peacekeeping operations have been deployed to CAR, DRC, Mali and South Sudan with the primary goal of ensuring the protection of civilians, and while the missions have succeeded at maintaining a partial level of stability, affected populations are still exposed to protection threats on a daily basis. With an increasing mismatch between resources […]

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Briefing note

The Ebola Outbreak in DRC: Strengthening the response

08/10/2018

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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On 1 August 2018, the Ministry of Health in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new Ebola epidemic in Beni territory, North Kivu. It was the first time that Ebola had struck in an area of chronic insecurity and humanitarian crisis. A large-scale response to the outbreak, including health workers on the ground, volunteers […]

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Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

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Briefing note

From Pledge to commitment: How should donors engage to reconstruct Central African Republic during the Brussels Conference?

15/11/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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On 17 November 2016, donors meet in Brussels to discuss reconstruction in Central African Republic (CAR). During this meeting, the CAR authorities hope that international donors and partners will make commitments to help to restore peace and security, renew the social contract and revive the economy. This policy briefing highlights the need for a long-term […]

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Briefing paper

Central African Republic: Unprotected Zones. The suffering of the civilian population in Haute-Kotto

31/10/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Although stability appears to be returning to the Central African Republic, the root causes of the crisis have not been resolved. Indeed, while there have been no intercommunal clashes in the east of the country, it remains in the grip of non-state armed groups. This briefing illustrates how the population of Haute-Kotto, which has been […]

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Briefing paper

From Words to Action: Reviewing the commitments made at the ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ Conference six months on

07/09/2016

2 documents

35 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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The ‘Supporting Syria and the Region’ conference held in London on 4 February 2016 agreed ‘a comprehensive new approach on how to respond to this protracted crisis. The promises made in London have the potential to make a significant contribution to improving the lives of both refugee and vulnerable host communities in Jordan, Lebanon and […]

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Briefing note

Commitment to Change: What world leaders must promise at the World Humanitarian Summit

22/04/2016

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in May 2016 will take place in a world in which warring parties kill civilians without consequence, and in which El Nino highlights yet again the rising tide of disasters affected by climate change. The Summit also takes place in the shadow of Syria’s conflict and the greatest displacement […]

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Briefing paper

Fuelling the Fire: How the UN Security Council’s Permanent Members are undermining their own commitments on Syria

11/03/2016

5 documents

36 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish

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March 2016 marks five years of upheaval and conflict in Syria – conflict that has reduced lives to shadows and cities to rubble. The Syrian government and its allies, as well as armed opposition and extremist groups, bear the primary and direct responsibility for the horrific reality that Syria’s civilians face on this grim anniversary. […]

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Briefing paper

For Human Dignity: The World Humanitarian Summit and the challenge to deliver

08/07/2015

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The UN Secretary-General has called the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 ‘to make humanitarian action fit for the future’. Tens of millions of people receive humanitarian aid every year, but millions more suffer without adequate help and protection, and their number is relentlessly rising. One summit cannot change everything. But the key tests of its […]

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