Africa: When African Smallholders Access Finance, They'll Show You What's Possible

I was born in Rwanda, but my family soon became refugees in Uganda during the conflict and unrest on the cusp of independence. My father was a teacher and went to great lengths to… Read more »

Sudan: Blood On Foreign Powers' Hands

Sudan's civil war grinds on. It's close to three and a half years since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia began their battle for supremacy,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Dual Crises in Eastern DRC As Ebola Surges and Hunger Deepens

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is battling the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record, with United Nations officials warning that hunger is actively undermining efforts… Read more »

Africa: Children in Conflict Zones and Remote Areas Bear the Brunt of Global

Despite growing up and working in vastly different geographic regions and environments -- one shaped by decades of armed conflict and political instability, and the other by… Read more »

Sudan: Three Years of War in Sudan - a Crisis the World Can't Ignore

Three years into the war in Sudan, survivors and human rights defenders are struggling to respond to overwhelming needs amid widespread violence, displacement, and limited global… Read more »

Africa: Building Peace Infrastructures - African Leaders Reflect On Peacebuilding

As the United Nations held its first-ever Peacebuilding Week (June 22-26), UN officials and developmental partners gathered at Egypt's Permanent Mission on June 23 to hold a… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Trump Declared Peace in Congo. This Is the Reality

"General" Sultani Makenga stood before thousands of newly trained armed group recruits in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in February and offered them a promise. "You are now… Read more »

South Sudan: Famine in South Sudan Projected to Worsen Without Humanitarian Intervention

In 2026, the humanitarian situation in South Sudan has taken a considerable turn for the worse, with widespread food shortages, ongoing disruptions to food production systems, and… Read more »

Kenya: Stateless At Home - Kenyan Somalis Struggle to Reclaim Citizenship From Refugee Records

In 2006, Amina Saida was only two years old when her parents moved to the Dadaab refugee camp in northern Kenya, near the border with Somalia. Read more »

Sudan: Sudanese Civil War Escalates As Drone Strikes Deepen Civilian Toll and Regional Risks

The past two weeks have marked a significantly violent escalation in the Sudanese Civil War, with drone strikes and artillery shelling between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria - Lessons From the Aba Women's Riots for Today's Women's Movements

The Aba Women's Riots of 1929 remain one of the most powerful demonstrations of Nigerian women's collective resistance. Thousands of market women, farmers, traders, and mothers… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis

The ordinary sounds of Nahid Ali's home in Khartoum were completely drowned out by the sound of war which began on April 15 2023. Her baby was just 21 days old. The morning started… Read more »

Libya: UN Report Warns of Escalating Human Rights Abuses Against Migrants and Refugees in Libya

A new UN report warns of the "brutal and normalized reality" for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya as they face exploitation and human rights violations. Read more »

Africa: UN Peacekeepers and Associated Personnel Killed in Malicious Attacks in 2025

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Sudan: Sudan's War Nears 1,000 Days

As Sudan approaches 1,000 days of civil war, late December and early January saw a brutal escalation of violence, with drone strikes hitting areas at the center of the country's… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Crisis - Mass Killings Continue While the World Looks Away

Satellite images show corpses piled high in El Fasher, North Darfur, awaiting mass burial or cremation as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia tries to cover up the scale of its… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Day Laborers, Trapped in a Complex War Between M25 Rebels and the DR Congo, Return Home

Fulgence Ndayizeye, a Burundian bicycle taxi driver who used to cross the Congolese-Burundian border every day to support his family, wanted to return home. Read more »

East Africa: Refugees Forced to Fill Gaps As Funding, Power and Legal Recognition Move Out of Reach

A new global synthesis report and refugee voices from East Africa and the Middle East warn that reductions in humanitarian footprints risks breaking the refugee protection system. Read more »

Africa: Rising Arms Revenues and Rising Death Tolls Underscore Ongoing Military Conflicts & Civil Wars

The revenues from arms sales and military services by the 100 largest arms-producing companies rose by 5.9 per cent in 2024, reaching a record $679 billion, according to new data… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - Three Years of Broken Promises

Three years ago, Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power in Burkina Faso with two promises that have proved hollow: to address the country's deepening security crisis and… Read more »

Nigeria: Trump's Threat of 'Military Action' in Nigeria Stokes Religious Tensions

Diplomatic relations between Nigeria and the US have continued to sour after US President Donald Trump threatened 'military' intervention over what some American lawmakers have… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores

Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Fresh Start for Coffee Producers

Long years of civil war and instability set off a crippling decline in coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the country's output in 2010 was less than a tenth the… Read more »

Sudan: UN Says Ailing Environment a Key 'Stress Factor'

A report by the U.N. Environment Programme assessing Sudan's environmental degradation, scheduled for a national launch in Khartoum on Jul. 8, has spurred debate for linking… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ogaden Crackdown Carries High Human Cost

An intensified counter-insurgency campaign against Somali rebels and their suspected civilian supporters in Ethiopia's Ogaden region is drawing growing criticism by human… Read more »