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Our coverage of under-reported ongoing conflicts across the world and their long-term consequences
Activists are calling for the media to shine a spotlight on the state of the war and Sudan’s humanitarian crisis
Why is the Indian Government turning a blind eye to the ‘civil war’ raging in the northeastern state?
Helena Kennedy KC is set to introduce a Bill to the House of Lords so those suspected of atrocities can be arrested in Britain
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
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
While the British Government demonises refugees, thousands of Afghans – including British Council Teachers – are in danger of deportation back to the Taliban
Evidence that the Manipur state government is stoking tribal and religious conflict in northeast India has accelerated separatist demands
Israel may see Hamas’ offensive as a chance to change the ‘strategic reality’ of the region – which could lead to a wider conflagration
French co-operation with Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan is a welcome step towards ending Russian domination in the region
Joseph Draper talks to some of the hundred thousand refugees fleeing the blockade and then invasion by Azerbaijan
Why is Northern Ireland one of the most dangerous places in Europe for women, with femicide levels outranked only by Romania?
The world’s largest arms fair promises peace in the world
What are the forces driving refugees across the Channel? What are they fleeing? What are they hoping for?
Decades of war and the memory of genocide add to the threat of starvation in the blockaded Armenian enclave
The Armenian Prime Minister has described the situation as an ‘ongoing process of genocide’
Well over half the recent migrants come from the top 15 countries globally hardest hit by explosive weaponry
Africa continues to be caught up in the proxy wars of Europe and the West, reports Brian Latham
Virungas National Park, DRC. Photo: Henry Wismayer/Alamy
Activists from Palestinian Action continue their protests around the Elbit-owned UAV company to mark 75 years since the ‘nakba’ displacement
Simon Speakman Cordall explains how China’s unparalleled access to African markets is also causing the kind of political turmoil that undermines its interests
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
Iain Overton looks at the evidence that gun control measures lead to a decline in gun-related deaths
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
Josiah Mortimer talks to a leading lawyer who took part in the 2003 ricin trials on the terror cell that never was
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
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
Twenty years on from the US invasion, Lorraine Mallinder assesses the ongoing political struggle against corruption and talks to those exposing it
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
Anti-arms trade campaigners say UK-made weapons are contributing to thousands of civilian deaths in the devastating Middle Eastern war
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
Britain joined Russia in blocking a UN Security Council statement condemning the Azeri blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
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
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?
Angelo Calianno reports from northeastern Syria, where the former freedom fighters against Islamist terrorism have been abandoned and forgotten
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
Mohamed Gabode reports from the Somali capital where militants have laid siege to a hotel next to the presidential palace
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…
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
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
If Putin is trying to stoke conflict in the Balkans, he’s going to have to contend with the influence of NATO, the US and the EU in the region, reports Nicola Mikovic
As fiction, Tom Cruise’s sequel to his 80s blockbuster longs for the days of the single warrior in combat, when air-launched explosive violence is all about ground attacks often with civilian casualties