This blog was orginally posted on the Diplomatic Courier Deaths in Afghanistan due to the coronavirus could potentially exceed the total number of civilians killed during the past two decades of conflict. As of April 22, Afghanistan had 1,178 confirmed cases compared to 840 seven days earlier,
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How will Remittances Affect the Somali Covid-19 Response? By Nisar Majid and Laura Hammond, with Nauja Kleist, Khalif Abdirahman and Guhad Adan This blog iwas orginally published on the SOAS Research and Evidence Facility project site and the Conflict Research Programme at the London School of Economics Photo by
Food is central to power. Food has influenced power relations through land grabs and the manipulation of food aid as part of a system of political patronage, and through looting, displacement and diversion of aid by soldiers, warlords and militia. It has played a role in how countries are
Expanding the Rules of Engagement In sector jargon, the concept of “community engagement” (CE) refers to a process of interaction and exchange between an aid agency and a community. To my ear, that sounds more like gathering intelligence, or conducting market research. Closer to a modern day ‘getting