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Our coverage of under-reported ongoing conflicts across the world and their long-term consequences
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UK Government Criticised for Not Including Sudanese Voices at Conference on Sudan
The conference followed a weekend of brutal massacres of civilians by the RSF in refugee camps around Darfur
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One Hundred Days of Protests: Georgia on the Crossroads between East and West
Zarina Zabrisky explores the cultural and political tensions of a country caught in the crossfire of global conflict
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The War We Don’t Discuss: Protests and Vigils Planned in Solidarity with Sudan Amid Call for Media Attention
Activists are calling for the media to shine a spotlight on the state of the war and Sudan’s humanitarian crisis
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As India Votes, Modi Ignores the Violence in Manipur
Why is the Indian Government turning a blind eye to the ‘civil war’ raging in the northeastern state?
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International War Criminals are Safe from Arrest in UK – But a Leading Lawyer Plans to Change That
Helena Kennedy KC is set to introduce a Bill to the House of Lords so those suspected of atrocities can be arrested in Britain
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‘Sudan is Neither Cursed nor a Lost Cause’
Barney Cullum argues that Sudan’s corruption-fuelled civil war has a large cast of enablers, including British businesses, undermining the health of the nation
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Why Do Both Russia and the US Support Serbia’s Populist Leader?
Despite claims President Vukic’s party ‘stole the vote’ in recent elections, the West seems to be placing stability in the Balkans over democratic legitimacy
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Relief for Some Afghan British Council Teachers Stuck in Pakistan – Ongoing Anxiety for Others
While the British Government demonises refugees, thousands of Afghans – including British Council Teachers – are in danger of deportation back to the Taliban
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State Complicity and Ethnic Cleansing in India
Evidence that the Manipur state government is stoking tribal and religious conflict in northeast India has accelerated separatist demands
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Gaza’s Last Stand? The Dangers of a Second Nakba
Israel may see Hamas’ offensive as a chance to change the ‘strategic reality’ of the region – which could lead to a wider conflagration
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France May Have Forced America’s Hand (In a Good Way) in the South Caucasus
French co-operation with Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan is a welcome step towards ending Russian domination in the region
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‘They Taunted our Children with Knives’: Armenia’s Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
Joseph Draper talks to some of the hundred thousand refugees fleeing the blockade and then invasion by Azerbaijan
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Gendered Violence: The Hidden War Against Women in Northern Ireland
Why is Northern Ireland one of the most dangerous places in Europe for women, with femicide levels outranked only by Romania?
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London Arms Fair Showcases Record Exhibitors Amid Ukraine Invasion – Byline Times Finds UK Company Secured £1 Million Drone Contract for Ukrainian Special Forces
The world’s largest arms fair promises peace in the world
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‘For me to return to Afghanistan… It’s Death’: The Reality of Demonised Asylum Seekers
What are the forces driving refugees across the Channel? What are they fleeing? What are they hoping for?
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‘This Is Ethnic Cleansing… They Want to Finish What They Started’: Inside the Siege of Nagorno-Karabakh
Decades of war and the memory of genocide add to the threat of starvation in the blockaded Armenian enclave
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‘Using One Hand to Strangle Us, One Hand to Feed Us’: Blockaded Armenian Enclave Abandoned by the West
The Armenian Prime Minister has described the situation as an ‘ongoing process of genocide’
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Majority of English Channel Migrants Fleeing Armed Violence, Study Reveals
Well over half the recent migrants come from the top 15 countries globally hardest hit by explosive weaponry
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Wagner Plans to Move Arms to Ukraine through Mali: US Accuses South Africa of Supplying Weapons to Moscow
Africa continues to be caught up in the proxy wars of Europe and the West, reports Brian Latham
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Terror in the Great Lakes: Braverman Sending UK Refugees into Further Conflict
Virungas National Park, DRC. Photo: Henry Wismayer/Alamy
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Siege of Israeli-Owned Drone Factory in Leicester Continues Despite Nearly 50 Arrests
Activists from Palestinian Action continue their protests around the Elbit-owned UAV company to mark 75 years since the ‘nakba’ displacement
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China’s Belt and Road Power Grab Comes Under Pressure in Sudan
Simon Speakman Cordall explains how China’s unparalleled access to African markets is also causing the kind of political turmoil that undermines its interests
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Wagner Isn’t the Only Proxy Company Waging the Kremlin’s Widening World War – It’s Just the Biggest
Brian Latham explores the relative success of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private military company – effectively a mining company with guns – and its clash with China in a new scramble for Africa
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Lessons from Dunblane: UK’s Response to Mass Shooting Offers Insight into Gun Control Debate in US
Iain Overton looks at the evidence that gun control measures lead to a decline in gun-related deaths
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The Game is Finally Up for Europe’s Longest Serving Autocrat
Ever since it emerged out of the collapse of Yugoslavia, Milo Djukanovic has been in power in Montenegro. Nikola Mikovic explores the end of an era and what it means for the future
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Ricin and the Red Tops: How a Made-Up Terror Plot Helped the Media Build the Case for the Iraq War
Josiah Mortimer talks to a leading lawyer who took part in the 2003 ricin trials on the terror cell that never was
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James Cleverly Signs ‘Roadmap’ with Israel which Threatens to Undermine ‘Apartheid’ Criticism and Human Rights Investigations
The British Government is signing up to a post-Brexit agreement seen by many as an unconditional endorsement of the dangerous direction the Israeli government is taking, reports Ben Gelblum
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Stop the River of Iron: The American Firearms Industry Brings Death to Mexico
As the Mexican state calls for evidence on ‘private companies engaged in the firearms industry and their effects on human rights’ Iain Overton looks at the trail of carnage
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From Operation Iraqi Freedom to Iranian Domination
Twenty years on from the US invasion, Lorraine Mallinder assesses the ongoing political struggle against corruption and talks to those exposing it
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Twelve Years of War Risks Syria’s Recovery from ‘Horror’ Quake
Sian Norris speaks to The White Helmets about the challenges Syria faces in rescuing and supporting survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit the region
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Secret Saudi Arms Sales Court Hearing
Anti-arms trade campaigners say UK-made weapons are contributing to thousands of civilian deaths in the devastating Middle Eastern war
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Veterans Complaining About Prince Harry’s Account of Military Action in Afghanistan Should Look in the Mirror
Iain Overton points out that many of those condemning the Duke of Sussex have made more capital out of their former military careers than he has ever done
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The Cynical Pact Between Russia and the UK over Azerbaijan’s Aggression Towards Armenia
Britain joined Russia in blocking a UN Security Council statement condemning the Azeri blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
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A Hidden War: The Lingering Effects of American Airstrikes in Afghanistan
Tom Mutch and Elhan Afzal visit Sangin, which was at the epicentre of the Taliban-led insurgency, and discover the ongoing devastation of Afghan lives
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An Eerie Quiet Along Georgia’s ‘Border’ with South Ossetia
With Putin’s invasion of Ukraine failing, Will Neal looks at the Kremlin’s ‘frozen’ conflict with another neighbour. Will Russia try to score a victory there?
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Rojava at War: Why Did Turkey Attack an ISIS Detention Centre Guarded by Kurdish Fighters?
Angelo Calianno reports from northeastern Syria, where the former freedom fighters against Islamist terrorism have been abandoned and forgotten
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A Three-Fold Increase in Military Mental Health Discharges
As new data reveals more British forces have killed themselves in the last 40 years than died in combat, Iain Overton reports on the rising proportion discharged for mental and behavioural disorders
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Terror in Mogadishu: Al-Shabab Gunmen Storm Upmarket Somali Hotel
Mohamed Gabode reports from the Somali capital where militants have laid siege to a hotel next to the presidential palace
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Amid War in Ukraine, Georgians Push to Recognise Abkhazian ‘Genocide’
In reaction to the perceived pro-Kremlin tilt in the Government, Georgian opposition parties hope to draw attention to the forgotten slaughter of 30 years ago Venera Meshveliani fled her home in Abkhazia thirty years ago. With it, a wave of ethnic cleansing would see thousands of Georgians tortured, raped and slaughtered by Abkhaz separatists backed…
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‘We Only Need Two Things – Real Enemies and Real Friends’: Myanmar’s Democratic Opposition
Fredo Rockwell talks to dissident and original pro-democracy protester Linn Thant about the National Unity Government movement and its plans to end military rule
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The Hidden Climate Bomb: Carbon Footprint of World’s Armies Higher than Russia
A new analysis of undocumented military carbon emissions estimates that they are equivalent to 85% of all carbon emitted by all the world’s passenger cars, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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1,600 Civilians Killed by British Forces Since 1945 is ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
New data on civilian killings by British forces in colonial wars of independence, plus more recent conflicts, exposes the gaps in our knowledge of recent military history
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Yemeni Children Live in Nests, but the UK is Open for Saudi Business
As Labour’s Chris Bryant accuses Liz Truss of misleading a select committee about her challenging Gulf leaders on human rights, Sian Norris reports on the impact of Saudi Arabia’s armed violence on Yemen’s children
