The New Humanitarian

Hi, this is Will covering for Irwin for another edition of Inklings, where we explore all things aid and aid-adjacent unfolding in humanitarian hubs, on the front lines of emergency response, or in the dark corners of online aid punditry. It’s also available as an email newsletter. Subscribe here.

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At least 89 people have died and as many as 72 are still missing following the latest deadly shipwreck on the Atlantic Ocean migration route between the west coast of Africa and the Spanish Canary Islands. The boat – a traditional fishing vessel – set sail from near the Senegal-Gambia...

160 dead or missing in Atlantic migrant crossing

Almost 3,000 children have been arrested and 1,000 convicted over mostly gang membership-related charges in El Salvador as part of President Nayib Bukele’s so-called “war on gangs”, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. The report includes testimonies of 90 people, among them 66 victims...

Salvadoran minors pay price of gang crackdown

When the Israeli military issued evacuation orders on 13 October last year, telling 1.1 million Palestinians in the north of the Gaza Strip to head south, Mahmoud Shalabi decided he wasn’t going to leave. “I would rather die in my home than in a tent,” Shalabi told The New...

What is life like in northern Gaza?

The US has blocked a British judge from holding a hearing on the British-held island of Diego Garcia to determine whether a group of asylum seekers is being unlawfully detained there. Around 60 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers have been confined to a fenced camp the size of a football...

US blocks Diego Garcia asylum seekers detention hearing

The nexus isn’t a myth. The response to the refugee crisis in eastern Chad is a rare example of a joined-up approach to humanitarian and development challenges. Since war broke out in Sudan last April, more than 750,000 refugees and migrant returnees have fled to eastern Chad. They joined more than 400,000 people still displaced in Chad since the Darfur genocide of the 2000s.

Yes, the nexus is real. But it needs a radical overhaul

At the end of this year, the last UN peacekeepers are scheduled to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo after two difficult decades, a withdrawal that reflects broader changes underway to the international security system. The peacekeeping mission – known by its French acronym, MONUSCO – has been the...

The changing face of peacekeeping: What’s gone wrong with the UN?

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

New York City, NY

Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Tampa, FL

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A man peacefully sitting with his son in his car in their church parking lot was assaulted by a Denver police officer in June 2019 and will receive a $75,000 settlement. The payoff appears on the Denver City Council agenda for Monday. The item is on the consent calendar. Items on the consent calendar are considered routine and generally pass in a block vote without discussion.

Man hit in face by Denver police officer to receive $75,000 settlement

The aid sector’s localisation agenda is falling short. This is hardly a secret. Years of underfunding, systemic power imbalances, and frustration from local humanitarians are proof. But what if the very processes meant to localise aid are part of the problem, rather than the solution?. For years, the international...

Localisation doesn’t shift power. It deepens international dominance.

Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Afghanistan has once again come under scrutiny for consistent allegations of human rights violations perpetrated mainly by the group. At the same time, given that Afghanistan was completely dependent on foreign assistance before 2021, aid cutbacks, sanctions, and banking restrictions imposed by...

How to engage with the Taliban, if you have to

The Sudanese army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have inflicted “horrendous violence” on people across Sudan, according to a new report by the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The report draws on medical and operational data, highling patterns of violence observed by...

MSF report flags ‘horrendous’ Sudan violence

The foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has said the UN peacekeeping mission in the country is unlikely to leave while Rwandan troops remain present on the ground supporting an insurgency by the M23 armed group. The peacekeeping mission, known by its French acronym MONUSCO, was asked...

UN peacekeeper withdrawal paused in DR Congo

South Carolina State

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Almost two weeks after the Malawian army raided the Dzaleka refugee camp to uproot people smuggling gangs, there’s still a good deal of support for the action, but it's tinged with worry that these powerful networks may simply reestablish themselves. Over 200 people were arrested on the night of...

Malawi refugee camp raid unlikely to smash people smuggling networks

Los Angeles, CA

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Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage that shows a veteran LAPD officer chasing a young man through a Pacoima housing project before fatally shooting him in the back as he ran away.

20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Haiti PM calls on gang members to disarm

The day after a second batch of 200 Kenyan law enforcement officers were deployed as part of an international stabilisation mission, acting Haitian Prime Minister Garry...

Haiti PM calls on gang members to disarm

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