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“Systematically marginalised communities – including forcibly displaced people – find ourselves having to play the role of educator over and over again.” | Writes Sana Mustafa

Historically marginalised, many of the 280 million Dalits that form 20% of India’s population today still live on the fringes of society.

Photojournalist @ArletteBashizi  reports from Goma on the humanitarian impact of the M23 insurgency as another regional ceasefire deal breaks down.

More than 600,000 people have been displaced since the M23 rebel group re-emerged in eastern DR Congo in late 2021. But what is life like for those uprooted?

Months after devastating floods, more than 20 million nationwide still require regular humanitarian assistance in Pakistan.

“The drought in Somalia has underscored the problems of international aid: its unaccountability, its focus on short-term intervention, and its perpetuation of a social and political system built on tribalism and corruption.” | Writes Liban Mahamad

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“This isn’t like the 21st century anymore; it’s more like the 16th or 17th. Patients just die in front of your eyes.” @FredHarter  reports from Ethiopia:

War, an aid blockade, and deliberate looting by Eritrean soldiers, has left Tigray’s health system on life support.

#Ethiopia’s #Tigray  conflict has taken yet another turn for the worse in the past two weeks:

A survey by the regional health bureau said 90 percent of Tigray’s 40 hospitals and roughly 1,000 smaller clinics have been damaged.

A survey by the regional health bureau said 90 percent of Tigray’s 40 hospitals and roughly 1,000 smaller clinics have been damaged.

We’ve been warning about #Tigray  ceasefire breaking down in the past few Cheat Sheets. That now seems to have happened after fighting flared around the region’s southern border and an airstrike hit its capital. @PKleinfeld  explains what’s happening:

Aid convoys have not reached Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region since mid-December. Will the government's ‘humanitarian truce’ solve the problem? @MariaG_N  reports:

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