Armed Conflicts

Women Clearing Bombs in Cambodia

By Erik Larsson
Mao Neav takes a few quick steps out into the field, followed by her faithful dog Onada, tail wagging, tongue out and panting, ready for what is out there. The field is peppered with cluster bombs.

Building resilient rural livelihoods is key to helping Yemen

By José Graziano da Silva
People in Yemen are currently suffering from the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. More than 17 million people around Yemen’s rugged landscape are acutely food insecure, and the figure is likely to increase as the ongoing conflict continues to erode the ability to grow, import, distribute and pay for food. More than 7 million people are on the verge of famine, while the rest are marginally meeting the minimum day-to-day nutritional needs thanks to external humanitarian and livelihoods support. Large-scale famine is a real risk that will cast an awful shadow for generations to come.

Middle East, Engulfed by a ‘Perfect Storm’

By Baher Kamal
A perfect storm has engulfed the Middle East, and continues to threaten international peace and security.

Yemen, World’s Largest Humanitarian Crisis

By Baher Kamal
With 18.8 million people –nearly 7 in 10 inhabitants-- in need of humanitarian aid, including 10.3 million requiring immediate assistance, Yemen is now the largest single-nation humanitarian crisis in the world, the United Nations informs while warning that the two-year war is rapidly pushing the country towards “social, economic and institutional collapse.“

Demand for Lower Peacekeeping Dues to Pit US Against UN

By Barbara Crossette
The Trump administration, buoyed by a powerful anti-internationalist movement among conservative Republicans in the United States Congress, is headed for a new confrontation with the United Nations over who decides how much the US should pay for peacekeeping.

“We Can’t Protest So We Pray”: Anguish in Amhara During Ethiopia’s State of Emergency 

By James Jeffrey
As dawn breaks in Bahir Dar, men prepare boats beside Lake Tana to take to its island monasteries the tourists that are starting to return.

A Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons Is in the Making

By Sergio Duarte
The nine possessors of nuclear weapons and most of their allies chose to ignore the negotiations on a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

Survivors of Sex Abuse Say UN Neglected Them

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
Several survivors who were sexually abused by peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) continue to be neglected by the UN, an investigative team has found.

The Unbearable Cost of Drought in Africa

By Baher Kamal
Nearly 50 per cent of all emergency multilateral food assistance to Africa is due to natural disasters, with advancing droughts significantly threatening both livelihoods and economic growth, warns the African Union through its ground-breaking extreme weather insurance mechanism designed to help the continent’s countries resist and recover from the ravages of drought.

World Must Act Now on Lake Chad Basin Crisis: FAO DG Graziano da Silva

By Eva Donelli
Food assistance is a priority and the only way to prevent the crisis from worsening in the Lake Chad Basin, is to support food production according to José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

No U.S. Refuge for Syrians Even After Military Strikes

By Lyndal Rowlands
U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday night described the deepening Syrian refugee crisis as partial justification for the first direct U.S. airstrike against the Syrian government, even though the United States still bans all refugees from Syria.

Brazilian Capoeira Heals Wounds in the DRC

By Fabíola Ortiz
On the earthen floor, to the sound of a single-string percussion instrument called a Berimbau, Congolese children stand in a circle practicing rhythmic movements with their arms and feet and chanting.

A Transformational Moment in Nuclear & International Affairs?

By John Burroughs
Is a paradigm shift now underway on nuclear weapons at the United Nations? That was the question posed as about 130 nations gathered this past week to begin negotiations on a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, leading to their total elimination. The treaty would prohibit development, possession and use of nuclear weapons, but would not contain detailed provisions relating to verified dismantlement of nuclear arsenals and governance of a world free of nuclear arms.

Two UN Experts Found Dead in DRC, Search Continues for Interpreter, Drivers

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
The bodies of two UN experts have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two weeks after their team went missing.

Syrian Regime Survives on Russian Arms & UN Vetoes

By Thalif Deen
As the devastating civil war in Syria entered its seventh year last week, President Bashar al-Assad has continued to survive--- despite faltering efforts by the United States and the UN Security Council (UNSC) to rein him in, or impose sanctions on his beleaguered regime.

UN to Investigate Violations Against Rohingya

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
A top UN human rights group has decided to investigate human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.

Food Security in the Middle East Sharply Deteriorated

By IPS World Desk
Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years, undermining the steady improvement achieved before 2010 when the prevalence of undernourishment, stunting, anaemia and poverty were decreasing, a new UN report warns.

Slaves

By Baher Kamal
For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Slavery is, nevertheless, far from being just a chapter of the past—it still there, with estimated 21 million victims of forced labour and extreme exploitation around the world--nearly the equivalent to of the combined population of Scandinavian countries.

Women and Tribal Leaders Call for “Balanced” Libyan Peace Process

By Tharanga Yakupitiyage
A delegation of Libyan tribal leaders and women leaders has called on the UN to take a balanced approach to the Libyan peace process. The delegation from the National Movement for Libya (NML) met with UN officials and U.S. government representatives while visiting New York and Washington D.C. to discuss the UN-led peace process in Libya.

Former Boko Haram Abductees Speak Out

By Busani Bafana
Though still fearful for her life and the safety of her family, one of the girls who escaped abduction by Boko Haram in Nigeria has appealed to global leaders to intervene and help bring back 195 schoolgirls still being held by the terrorist network.

From Barriers to Bridges: Transformation of the Kenya-Ethiopia Border Region

By Siddharth Chatterjee
Consider this. The communities around the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Moyale-Borona area, have long been associated with internecine violence, extreme poverty, and environmental stress. These have led to disastrous societal consequences, including displacement, criminality and violent extremism.
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