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Weather Extremes Threaten Food Security in Lesotho
Lesotho is facing a food security crisis as changing weather patterns and poverty leave some smallholder farmers with no option but to abandon farming and sell their land.
Bid to Revitalize Community-based Healthcare in Indonesia
Efforts in Indonesia to save a volunteer-led community health initiative are working, but more is needed to boost the program, shown to improve child and maternal health, say health officials.
Calls Mount for Government Action on War Inquiry
As the government of Sri Lanka comes under increasing international pressure to implement recommendations submitted by a presidentially appointed war commission, IRIN asked national analysts which recommendations were most easily achievable.
Southeast Asian Half-island Nation of Timor-Leste Falling Short on Millennium Development Goals
The Southeast Asian half-island nation of Timor-Leste is falling short on most Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), experts warn.
Aid Management Goes Automated in The Philippines
The Philippines government and an international aid agency are automating inventory systems to improve relief distribution in one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries.
Dying for Lack of Reproductive Healthcare
Lack of access to reproductive health services in Myanmar has led to high rates of maternal deaths and unplanned pregnancies among the country’s displaced, migrant and refugee populations, say health experts.
The Impact of Truth-seeking on Mental Health in Cambodia
On February 3 judges in the Extraordinary Chamber of the Courts in Cambodia (ECCC) – more commonly known as the Khmer Rouge trials – sentenced Kaing Guek Eav (“Duch”), the former chairman of the Khmer Rouge’s Tuol Sleng security prison, to life...
Time Running Out for Displaced Farmers
Much of Dawood Boy’s village in northern Afghanistan is empty. More than 1,000 families from Alburz in Balkh Province abandoned it 4-6 months ago after a drought affecting nearly half the country left 2.8 million people in need of food assistance, according...
