Violence in South Sudan Orchestrated By Government, UN Report Reveals
A confidential UN report says deadly fighting in South Sudan in July was directed by the highest levels of government, and that leaders are intent on a military solution that has escalated the conflict from a “primarily political to tribal war”. The UN report obtained by the Associated Press says President Salva Kiir and Paul […]
War Disproportionately Affects Women, So Why So Few Female Peacekeepers?
As atrocities mount in South Sudan, with reports of government and non-government soldiers killing and raping, the UK is preparing to send peacekeeping troops there. How will the UN peacekeeping summit, hosted this week in London, make maintaining peace and security more effective, in particular the protection of women and girls? Globally, there are 16 […]
Nearly Half Of All Refugees Are Children, Says Unicef
Children now make up more than half of the world’s refugees, according to a Unicef report, despite the fact they account for less than a third of the global population. Just two countries – Syria and Afghanistan – comprise half of all child refugees under protection by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), […]
Bridging The Language Divide In Thailand’s Strife-Torn Deep South
For Ismail Jamaat, a science teacher at Tanjung primary school, going to work can feel like entering a war zone. During the past decade, his government school has endured three firebomb attacks. In 2013, Ismail, along with scores of schoolchildren, witnessed the murder of his friend and colleague Cholathee Charoenchol by masked gunmen […]
Pakistanis Displaced By War Return To Wrecked Homes And A Ruined Economy
Bara Market was once a bustling hive of about 10,000 shops. Now it is rubble – reminder of the destruction that the war between Pakistan’s government and militant groups has inflicted on the economy in this region on the Afghanistan border. Pakistan’s military launched an offensive in October 2014 against militant groups in the federally […]
Refugees Claim Abuse By Soldiers As Mali’s Conflict Spreads
Hundreds of refugees have arrived in Mauritania, fleeing Mali’s spreading conflict, just a year after armed groups signed up for peace with the government in Bamako. The arrival of more than 500 Fulani nomads from central Mali adds to the strain on Mbera camp in south-eastern Mauritania, where aid agencies are struggling to meet the […]
No Legal Status: How India Is Ignoring Its Thousands Of Displaced Citizens
It has been three years since Madvi Deva, 30, saw his two young children and his elderly parents. “I miss them very much. But if I go back to my village in Chhattisgarh [state in central India], I will die,” he says. Deva and his wife, Sumi, are now living in Terapad village in Khammam […]
Little Respite For Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Fighting
Aid agencies are warning that northern Iraq is in dire need of support due to a renewed offensive in the area, a funding slowdown and the threat of more attacks on the region’s cities, which are likely to result in hundreds of thousands more people being displaced. The UN said camps for displaced people are […]
Climate-Related Disaster Can Increase Risk Of Armed Conflict
Climate-related disasters increase the risk of armed conflicts, according to research that shows a quarter of the violent struggles in ethnically divided countries were preceded by extreme weather. The role of severe heatwaves, floods and storms in increasing the risk of wars has been controversial, particularly in relation to the long drought in Syria. […]
After Brexit, The UK Still Has A Role To Play In Preventing Conflict
As the UK heads towards Brexit, and reviews its place in, and relationships with, the wider world, it must not lose sight of its role in building peace. Despite understandable anxiety, suspicion and mistrust today, British people are still likely to be living, some years from now, in a democratically governed, prosperous and peaceful UK. […]
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