Amnesty International says the ‘Trump effect’ is accelerating human rights destruction
The US president’s first 100 days in office have acted as ‘a super-accelerator of trends already well advanced,’ warns the organization in its annual report
Cars kill more people than wars in Africa: Traffic accidents claim a life every two minutes
A total of 259,061 people lost their lives in road accidents in the continent in 2021, according to the latest report from the Africa Transport Policy Program
Sudan: Inside the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Hundreds of thousands of victims, including both the dead and the wounded, along with extreme malnutrition and famine in certain regions, have left the country on the brink of catastrophe after more than a year and a half of war. In response, some organizations are working tirelessly to increase aid and address the growing crisis
A Gazan journalist’s story: ‘By day, I covered the horrors of war. At night, I worked on my thesis by candlelight’
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Mohamed Solaimane finished writing his thesis in a tent for displaced people in the Strip, overcoming unimaginable obstacles. This is his first-person account of how his work became a symbol of resistance against adversity
Colombia, the world’s largest exporter of mercenaries: ‘We’re like soccer players. Headhunters look at your work and make you an offer’
Thousands of former military personnel are hired for large sums to fight in wars or to serve as private security abroad. The network behind this business is in the government’s sights
Colombian mercenaries recruited to fight alongside paramilitaries in Sudan’s civil war
Dozens of former soldiers, hired through private security companies, are fighting for the Rapid Support Forces against the regular army in one of the bloodiest current conflicts
Sudan is bleeding out in the worst spiral of violence since the start of the civil war
Research estimates the conflict has claimed over 61,000 lives since April 2023, three times the UN figure. Chances of a ceasefire are increasingly slim
Yiech Pur Biel, Olympic refugee athlete: ‘The first time I really ran, I ran for my life’
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As a young boy, he was forced to flee his home in South Sudan before going on to compete in the first Refugee Olympic Team, and now uses his experiences to offer hope to others
‘The bomb exploded right on the roof’: Every day across the world, there are an average of eight attacks on education
A report concludes that, in 2022 and 2023, attacks against students and teachers increased by 20%, as did the military use of schools. The worst hit places were Palestine, Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Myanmar
Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the Red Cross Committee: ‘Gaza is a paradigm shift because of the high level of destruction’
The Swiss-Croatian diplomat warns against ‘dehumanizing’ the other side in times of war, and the risks of artificial intelligence, such as autonomous weapon systems
Increase in armed conflicts causes record of 120 million displaced people in the world
If all refugees, internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, and other people in need of international protection were brought together in one country, they would form the 12th largest in the world, with a population similar to that of Japan
Conflicts reach highest peak globally since World War II
There are up to 56 active conflicts across the globe, with an increasingly international component: 92 countries are involved in wars outside their borders
Evidence of renewed ethnic cleansing in Sudan looms over Darfur
The war in the African country has acquired its own dimension in the western region, where local testimonies and experts warn that violence against the civilian population could constitute genocide
Warring sides in Sudan have weaponized humanitarian aid
Around 25 million people, half the nation’s population, are suffering one of the world’s direst humanitarian crises
Sudan: Seven drivers of a ‘humanitarian crisis of epic proportions’
The civil war that has been devastating the African country for almost a year has produced the largest number of internally displaced individuals in the world and a famine emergency affecting five million people. It also looms as a regional conflict
UN seeks $4 billion for aid in Syria as civilians face growing humanitarian crisis
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Thirteen years of war has left 90% of Syria’s population below the poverty line. The U.N. World Food Program ended its main assistance program in January
War pushes Sudan toward famine
About 40% of the country is experiencing severe hunger, with seven million people at risk of starvation
A video confirms fighting between Russian and Ukrainian soldiers in Sudan
Special forces sent by Kyiv are conducting operations in the African country against rebel militias backed by Wagner mercenaries
About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people, medical charity MSF says
U.N. warns that Europe may have to deal with a rise in the numbers of Sudanese refugees if a cease-fire agreement isn’t signed soon between Sudan’s warring sides
Worldwide demand for humanitarian aid rises to record high, as more than 40% remains unmet
A Doctors Without Borders report warns of a huge shortfall in meeting the global need caused by armed conflict and climate change
The world is facing a ‘historic confluence’ of humanitarian crises, with children hit first and hardest, warns UNICEF
Gaza, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan… The list of conflicts and crises has never been longer or more dire. In the Gaza Strip, at least 5,000 children have been killed in just two months, with thousands more left orphaned and over 3,500 women and children still missing under the rubble, according to the U.N.
Cholera crosses the Sudanese border and bursts into South Sudan refugee camps
The Ministry of Health confirms a positive case in the Renk Transit Center, located in the north of the country, where thousands of displaced people are living shoulder to shoulder
From faculties to refugee camps: The war in Sudan has displaced thousands of university students
Sudanese higher education students – who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence – now live in poor conditions as displaced people, without any certainty about their education and their future
‘We shouldn’t have to choose between helping a South Sudanese person, a Ukrainian or an Afghan’
Dominique Hyde, the U.N. Refugee Agency’s director of foreign relations, says the humanitarian crisis resulting from the war in Sudan is the worst she’s seen in three decades
After five months of war, Sudan has the highest number of internally displaced people in the world
The fighting that broke out in April, added to previous violence, especially in the Darfur region, has forced over seven million people to flee their homes
Sudan’s military chief visits Eritrea to discuss Sudan conflict with the president
Monday’s talks between Burhan and Isaias will focus on bilateral relations and the conflict in Sudan
Global food security is at crossroads as rice shortages and surging prices hit the most vulnerable
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Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production