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EU / WFP bags of food aid in a warehouse in Algeria

2 Mar 2022 6 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

Should emergency aid be neutral and unconditional?

Khin Ohmar and Toby Lanzer explore the complex trade-offs made by humanitarians working...

An Afghan man carries a package distributed by a Turkish humanitarian aid group at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara

20 Dec 2021 5 minute read

This article is almost two years old.

‘Let’s not make the same mistake again’

Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan aid organizations who claim international sanctions are making it harder to...

A climate action group are pictured in Newquay, Cornwall, starting a four-day pilgrimage on foot to Carbis Bay to protest climate inaction at the G7 conference. Credit: Robert Taylor/Alamy Live News

10 Jun 2021 6 minute read

This article is more than two years old.

G7 resistance: Harnessing collective power

As the international summit begins in Cornwall, Amy Hall speaks to people showing up to challenge its...

23 May 2019 4 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

At this rate, the UK’s aid programme will be gone by Christmas

The Department for International Development has become a lightning rod for rightwing anger. And with a new Conservative...

17 Dec 2018 6 minute read

This article is almost five years old.

Should the West stop giving aid to Africa?

Is aid just an extension of colonial economics? Or a lifeline for imperfect but necessary support systems?...

2 Sep 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Theresa May’s dancing to the wrong tune on development

These latest announcements look like a modern-day scramble for Africa, Kate Osamor writes.

27 Mar 2018 4 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Labour knocks out a radical new vision for development

Hazel Healy gives five reasons as to why Labour's new development policy paper is worth celebrating.

2 Mar 2018 5 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Save the Children whistleblowers speak out

Brie O’Keefe and Alexia Pepper de Caires speak to Ben Phillips about the...

22 Feb 2018 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Why make women suffer twice?

Don’t cut Oxfam’s support – we need it to root out abuse, says Colombian feminist Gloria Sanchez.

19 Feb 2018 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

When disaster strikes, put women in charge

Oxfam’s Haiti sex scandal highlights how girls and young women are most at risk in emergencies. Vanessa Baird...

The trashing of Oxfam

15 Feb 2018 4 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

The trashing of Oxfam

Abuse must be eradicated but the attack on Oxfam is disproportionate, argues Maggie Black in this opinion...

Oxfam scandal no surprise

14 Feb 2018 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Why defunding Oxfam won't stop abuse

‘The idea of altruistic morality puts aid workers in a double bind, eroding true responsibility’

24 May 2017 4 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

Billions are being pumped out of Africa every year, research shows

Tax havens, transnational companies and climate change: the world keeps exploiting Africa. Matthew Bramall...

18 Jan 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost seven years old.

Britain starts 2017 handing billions of aid money to private sector

A new bill approved by Parliament will assigns aid money to a corporation with a questionable track record, writes ...

13 Oct 2015 3 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

I wish people understood ‘aid’ better

This week the British government announced that it was ending official aid to India. This is a mistake, argues Maggie...

4 Sep 2015 5 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Crisis and the politics of neglect

Disasters and emergencies are brutal in their exposure of who matters and who doesn’t, argues Rich Mallett....

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