Development and
Cooperation

Digital monthly 3/2026

What remains of humanitarian aid?

Food aid in Kakuma is now only available to people who have been classified by the WFP as belonging to the relevant categories.
Refugees

Ending up in the last category means no food at all

Cuts to international aid funding have plunged Kakuma, one of the world’s largest refugee camps in Kenya, into a worsening humanitarian crisis. With food rations reduced to a fraction of the minimum requirement, residents face an impossible choice.

A Taliban fighter stands guard as people receive food rations from China in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Afghanistan

Looking the other way is (not) an option

In Afghanistan, there is a vital need to provide help and strengthen the civilian population without legitimising the Taliban regime. Recent political developments in Germany are disastrous from a human-rights perspective.

Transporting medical patients in Khan Yunis, Gaza.
Crises and conflicts

“The triple nexus needs to be more flexible and tolerant of error”

The humanitarian-development-peace nexus (HDP nexus) seeks to more closely coordinate humanitarian, development and peacebuilding activities. Katharina Valjak from Misereor explains in our interview where there is room for improvement.

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