Tuesday 17 December 2013

IRIN work 2012-13

It's been a while since I posted - I'm now a sort of regional editor covering the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia (well, Afghanistan/Pakistan) for IRIN. Here are the stories from the last 14 months that I've written...
Talking about climate change
SARS-like virus in the Middle East
Working with the Taliban
Bleak humanitarian outlook for 2013
More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen
Aid agencies launch Yemen appeal
Libya’s displaced Tawergha threaten unilateral return
Analysis: Towards security and good governance in Libya
Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics
Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world
Arab cities aim to build resilience to natural disasters
Raids free enslaved migrants/refugees in Yemen
Getting governments to cough up for DRR
Deprivation, despair at a migrant dead-end
Exaggerated hopes for Yemen's National Dialogue Conference?
Bringing peace, stability and aid back to Yemen's north 
Yemen flash floods damage IDP camps
Analysis: Debating the best way to improve water and sanitation post-MDGs
When the water runs dry, the ideas flow
Sanitizing the truth - when WASH fails
IDPs return amid continuing insecurity in Yemen's war-torn Abyan
Schools start fresh after years of disruption in southern Yemen
Catastrophic” humanitarian situation in Yemen’s Dammaj
Somali refugees in Yemeni limbo
Small disasters neglected despite big impact 
Afghan government promises rethink on IDPs