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The New Humanitarian

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The New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH's journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.

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A Sudanese collective's care in Cairo | First Person

Thursday, August 29, 2024 • Duration 12:47

"We came mainly seeking safety, seeking to live a decent life. But then we found another war"

Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges. This episode tells a story of the 15,000 Sudanese people living in Egypt's Masaken Osman area. When the war broke out in April 2023, these tower blocks on the dusty outskirts of Cairo became home to a group of refugees. Meet them as they gather to discuss their current challenges and collective efforts to overcome them.

The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster – placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Find more first-person stories at TheNewHumanitarian.org.

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In Syria, 'waiting for war' | First Person

Thursday, August 22, 2024 • Duration 13:05

Our First Person narratives dig into the humanity of humanitarian challenges.

In this episode, Zeina Shahla, a reporting fellow with The New Humanitarian based in Damascus expresses what it is like to live in the shadow of war. With everyone in Syria living on edge since the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated last month in Tehran, Shahla worries if a regional war is going to break out.

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Faith as a way forward | What's Unsaid

Thursday, June 20, 2024 • Duration 24:46

Viewed from Western aid capitals, the international humanitarian system is overwhelmingly secular. But for much of the rest of the world, people's lived realities are very different. As Amjad Mohamed Saleem, a development and peacebuilding entrepreneur tells host Obi Anyadike, being a person of faith in the aid industry is a "dynamic struggle".

What's Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world's conflicts and disasters.

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'Culture of solidarity': Why I'm hosting Congolese relatives who fled the M23 conflict | First Person

Thursday, June 13, 2024 • Duration 12:03

One and a half million people have been uprooted by the conflict between the M23 rebel group and the national army in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many are now living with host families, little-heralded frontline responders who play a central role in relief efforts across the region. Nicholas Bahati Ndoolé, a humanitarian worker based in the city of Goma, is one such host. In this First Person essay, he shares the many challenges his family faces, and explains why he feels he must shelter his relatives.

The continuing conflict in the DRC is featured in The New Humanitarian's annual list of ten crises that demand your attention now, which highlights places in the world where needs are rising, aid budgets have been cut or are insufficient, and where people feel forgotten by the international community. Over the coming months, our First Person series will feature aid workers and people affected by the crises on this year's list.

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An interview with the UN's humanitarian chief | Rethinking Humanitarianism (REPLAY)

Thursday, June 6, 2024 • Duration 51:51

*As Martin Griffiths serves his last month at the helm of OCHA, take another listen to this episode from January 26, 2022 on his vision for the future of humanitarian aid, and his hopes for a non-British successor.

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In the final episode of Season 2 of the Rethinking Humanitarianism podcast, host Heba Aly sits down with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths to discuss his priorities in the role, how he intends to address unequal power dynamics in the aid sector, the increasing influence of donors, and why humanitarians should push back against an ever-expanding scope of activity.

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Got a question or feedback? Email podcast@thenewhumanitarian.org or have your say on Twitter using the hashtag #RethinkingHumanitarianism.

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SHOW NOTES

Griffiths steps down as relief chief
UN aid chief seeks more focused and inclusive humanitarian efforts
The next UN humanitarian chief should be picked on merit

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Does India know what's ahead? | What's Unsaid

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • Duration 24:28

India's incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of hate speech against Muslims during the election campaign. But Harsh Mander, a writer and peace worker, tells host Ali Latifi that Muslims are being mistreated and discriminated against at all levels of civil and political society. With results looming, he warns that Modi's India is starting to head in the direction of Nazi Germany.

What's Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world's conflicts and disasters.

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Venezuelans Are So Tired of Living on the Edge | First Person

Thursday, May 23, 2024 • Duration 10:15

After 25 years as an international humanitarian worker, Susana Raffalli returned to Venezuela only to find herself at the centre of a humanitarian, political, and economic crisis in her own backyard. She describes the devastating impact that 10 years of crisis has had on Venezuelans and argues that the Latin American country has been largely neglected by the international aid sector.

The ongoing turmoil in Venezuela is featured in The New Humanitarian's annual list of ten crises that demand your attention now, which highlights places in the world where needs are rising, aid budgets have been cut or are insufficient, and where people feel forgotten by the international community. Over the coming months, our First Person series will feature aid workers and people affected by the crises on this year's list.

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Let refugees lead | What's Unsaid

Thursday, May 16, 2024 • Duration 23:00

Humanitarian organisations often push an image of refugees as passive victims in need of help. But refugees themselves say they have voices and need to be listened to. Refugee advocate Jean Marie Ishimwe tells host Obi Anyadike why it's time for the refugee-led organisation, or RLO, 'revolution'.

What's Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world's conflicts and disasters.

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'Give us the money': Aid as reparations | Rethinking Humanitarianism (REPLAY)

Thursday, May 9, 2024 • Duration 56:45

*This episode was originally published on December 14, 2022.

The call for reparations, which has long reverberated in former colonies, is now gaining momentum in the aid and philanthropy sectors, too.

It's a call that rejects the idea of aid as charitable giving, and instead reframes it as justice for the ravages of colonialism and imperialism.

But like similar conversations in the United States around slavery, the idea of international reparations for colonialism is a political hot potato. This, despite the many precedents for reparations programmes, including German reparations paid to Holocaust survivors.

Can international reparations be a way forward towards a more equitable world order, or are they too politically charged to succeed, perhaps even counter-productive?

To discuss these thorny questions, Rethinking Humanitarianism host Heba Aly is joined by Uzo Iweala, CEO of the Africa Center; Thomas Craemer, associate professor of public policy at University of Connecticut; and Kizito Byenkya, director of campaigns for the Open Society Foundations.

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If you've got thoughts on this episode, write to us or send us a voice note at podcast@thenewhumanitarian.org.

SHOW NOTES

Loss and damage: Views from the ground at COP27
Will countries hit by climate change finally get payouts at COP27?
Why climate justice requires reparations
Reparations as Philanthropy: Radically Rethinking 'Giving' in Africa | Le Monde

Migrants and refugees are easy political targets | What's Unsaid

Thursday, May 2, 2024 • Duration 25:40

A visit to Inzargai refugee registration centre in Afghanistan's Kandahar province prompts host Ali Latifi to explore how governments around the world are weaponising anti-refugee and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Economic and security "frustrations are absolutely real", Professor Muhammad Zaman, director of the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, tells him. "The outsider is an easy and convenient way to let some of that steam out, without really solving the problems."

What's Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world's conflicts and disasters.

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