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Jan Egeland remembers the secret negotiations that led to the Oslo accords – podcast

To mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the 1993 Oslo accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), The Conversation Weekly is launching a three-part podcast series. Inside the Oslo Accords revisits the history and legacy of this landmark moment in the Israel-Palestine peace process, through interviews…

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Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.

Bangkok Post

Aid group NRC resumes work with female staff in Taliban heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan has resumed operations in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to its supreme spiritual leader - after its Afghan female staff were allowed to return to work.

Reuters

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Burkina Faso is the world’s ‘most neglected crisis’ as focus remains on Ukraine

Chronic emergencies in Africa are being ignored while Ukraine dominates headlines and receives more funding, says NGO

The Guardian - UK

Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in Kandahar

The head of a major international aid organization says Taliban officials in Kandahar have agreed to consider allowing women to resume work at the agency in the Afghan province

The Independent UK

Key aid group says Taliban signals exemption for women in southern heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan hopes to have an interim arrangement within days to allow its Afghan female staff to return to work in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to the supreme spiritual leader.

Reuters

Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization

The head of a major international aid agency says key Taliban officials told him they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations

The Independent UK

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More than 71 million people internally displaced in 2022: report

A "perfect storm" of overlapping crises forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, sending the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

Taliban ‘Men-Only’ Aid Edict Divides Charity Community

The World Food Program seems poised to carry on, driving NGOs to call it quits on aid.

Foreign Policy

Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work

An aid agency chief has told The Associated Press that the Taliban's “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

‘Battle for the nation’s soul’: Norway faces debate about gas and oil wealth

Russia’s war in Ukraine has earned Norway billions – and caused controversy

The Guardian - UK

A $2.5 million prize gives this humanitarian group more power to halt human suffering

Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has been awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize for helping millions in crisis, talks about unprecedented challenges and dreams of a better future.

WEKU

As Ukraine worries UN, some leaders rue what's pushed aside

In speech after speech, world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly are spotlighting Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Urgent appeal for aid as Somalia slides into catastrophic famine

The United Nations humanitarian agency has called for a massive scale-up in resources to save Somalia from famine.

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Radio France Internationale

NGO warns world's 'most neglected' refugee crises are all in Africa

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) says the world is paying too little attention to a profusion of mass displacements of people across Africa, who risk death by starvation and prolonged conflicts.

Daily Record

Russian colonels slam Vladimir Putin in explicit rant heard on leaked recording

Russian military officials Colonel Maksin Vlasov and Colonel Vitaly Kovtun have slammed the failure to take the Ukraine capital in an alleged call infiltrated by Ukrainian intelligence services.

Al Jazeera

NRC: World’s 10 ‘most neglected’ refugee crises all in Africa

In DR Congo, the most-neglected country on list for 2nd year running, a third of the population went hungry last year.

Asharq Al-Awsat

World's 'Most Neglected' Refugee Crises All in Africa, Says NGO

The world is paying too little attention to a slew of mass displacements of people across Africa, risking starvation deaths and prolonging conflicts, the Norwegian Refugee Council warned in a report published Wednesday. "With the all-absorbing war in Europe's Ukraine, I fear African suffering will be pushed further into the…

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Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

DNIPRO, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces desperately tried to block a complete Russian takeover of one of the country’s two eastern provinces Tuesday, with Russian troops clawing out incremental gains even as European leaders agreed to a partial oil embargo aimed at starving Moscow’s mammoth war machine.

Daily Mirror

Russian colonels 'slam Vladimir Putin with foul-mouthed tirade in leaked audio'

Two top Russian military officials Colonel Maksin Vlasov and Colonel Vitaly Kovtun both tore into Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine in a foul-mouth tirade that was reportedly secretly recorded

Reuters

Russians reach centre of Ukraine industrial city; U.S. to give Kyiv advanced rockets

Russian forces fought their way into the centre of Ukraine's industrial city of Sievierodonetsk on Wednesday, edging closer to claiming a big prize in their offensive in the eastern Donbas region.

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

Los Angeles Times

Russian forces close in on takeover of eastern Ukrainian province

Radio France Internationale

World 'falling apart' as number of internally displaced people hits record high

In a world beset by conflicts and natural disasters, the number of people who fled their homes and sought shelter within their own countries hit a record high of close to 60 million by the end of 2021.

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