At least 100,000 people have been displaced as armed groups occupy towns, cut off trade links, and attack Bangui, the capital.

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Thousands of Syrian detainees have returned since a change in the rules in October, but homecoming is often not all it’s cracked up to be.

Forced to flee violence at home, many Colombians are now being sidelined as the international community focuses on Venezuelan migrants.

EU countries have turned their backs on asylum seeker and migrant deaths while cracking down on the NGOs that have tried to fill the gap.

A visit by the UN, conducted with government officials, couldn’t get everywhere it wanted to go.

Aid groups say the blacklisting will throw up a new set of obstacles in a country where it’s already difficult to deliver assistance.

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As the pandemic rages, women are avoiding hospitals and choosing instead to give birth at home with the help of self-taught midwives.

Even as lockdowns, travel restrictions, and hardline policies saw a precipitous drop in asylum claims, application backlogs have piled up.

Allow in vital supplies, fund aid, impose consequences for violating the rules of war, and, most of all, end years of fighting.

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Four big policy issues to keep an eye on in the year ahead: from social protection to (more) systemic crises.

From citizen-led aid to fostering successful mergers, check out TNH readers’ ideas for the future of humanitarianism.

From upheaval in Idlib to the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia, from a blast in Lebanon to storms around the globe: our month-by-month guide to 2020.

From everyone here at The New Humanitarian, thank you for strengthening our drive to amplify the voices of people at the heart of crises. 

A few of our favourite 2020 stories, and why they will still matter in the new year.

Our 12 most popular stories of the year.

Conflict, economic crisis, storms, and more made 2020 a hungry year – and next year looks no better.

As the UN marks its 75th anniversary this year, we’re asking if reform of multilateral agencies has a chance.