The Long Read: UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray
In a Reuters exclusive, KATHARINE HOURELD and GIULIA PARAVICINI report on the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region…
“So stressful”: Alone and unpaid, Lebanon’s migrant maids in grip of mental health crisis
ABBIE CHEESEMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the ongoing crisis among female migrant domestic workers in Lebanon…
UK lawmakers hear more reports of aid worker sex abuse in Congo
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Britain’s charity watchdog said it has received reports of at least eight cases of sexual assault and abuse by aid workers in Democratic Republic of Congo, vowing to ensure “robust action”. It said the incidents were reported both before and after an investigation published last month by the Thomson Reuters Foundation […]
Sex-for-jobs scandal: How aid workers got away with sex abuse in Congo’s Ebola crisis
Following revelations of a sex-for-jobs scandal published last week, NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, and ROBERT FLUMMERFELT, of The New Humanitarian, take a look at how such exploitation could occur…
Congo ‘jobs-for-sex’ expose prompts calls for greater scrutiny of aid workers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Vetting aid workers more closely and giving women more power is critical to tackle sex abuse in humanitarian crises as exposed in a joint investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, aid experts said on Wednesday. In the expose, 51 women recounted multiple incidents of abuse by mainly […]
Fear, rumours lead to hundreds of attacks on COVID-19 responders
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Healthcare workers fighting coronavirus in dozens of countries are facing violence from fearful communities who have attacked doctors and burned down clinics, aid agencies said on Tuesday. In Colombia, ambulances were blocked from entering a town to screen for COVID-19 cases, said the International Committee of the Red Cross, which […]
Trafficking risk high for hundreds of migrants sent back to Libya
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of migrants returned to Libya this month are at high risk of human trafficking as worsening violence is allowing criminal gangs to thrive, according to the United Nations. At least 953 migrants headed for Europe were picked up in the Mediterranean and sent back to Libya in the first two […]
Second Greek migrant camp in flames as arrivals continue to rise
Athens, GreeceReuters A fire in a severely overcrowded migrant camp in Greece forced hundreds of people into the streets, compounding their plight with more refugees arriving on Greek islands daily in what an aid group called a worsening “nightmare”. Greece sent more police to the island of Samos on Tuesday after the fire, which occurred […]
MSF reports sharp rise in sexual abuse and misconduct complaints
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation The number of complaints of sexual abuse, harassment and other unacceptable behaviour against field workers at Medecins Sans Frontieres almost doubled last year, the medical aid organisation said on Monday. MSF, which runs 43,000 field workers around the world, said it hoped the increase from 172 to 356 complaints in 2018 were […]
First aid in years lifts hope for cut-off towns in Central African Republic
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Aid workers have negotiated with fighters to enter a remote part of Central African Republic for the first time in years, raising hope for other areas, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres was the first to reach the town of Mingala, in the southern Basse-Kotto prefecture, […]