Sudan in poly-crisis as war enters fourth year
10/4/2026: Since the start of the civil war in Sudan in April 2023, over 4 million people have fled the country and 9 million remain internally displaced. The world’s largest displacement crisis is also a hunger crisis, with 21 million Sudanese facing acute food insecurity, including 6.3 million in the most dire state of food emergency.
Source: UN News
What the latest OECD numbers tell us about the future of aid
10/4/2026: Foreign aid from the world’s wealthiest nations fell by 23% in 2025, according to preliminary data. The destruction of US foreign aid programmes represented three quarters of the global decline.
Source: The New Humanitarian
African economic growth to take a hit due to Iran war
9/4/2026: A fresh geopolitical shock is clouding sub-Saharan Africa’s development outlook. In addition to economic disruption, both foreign government investment and personal remittances from the Gulf region may be impacted.
Source: Devex
More than 200 organizations call for an end to Trump’s threats
7/4/2026: Led by Amnesty Interatoinal and Human Rights Watch, more than 200 organizations have signed a statement expressing alarm at President Trump’s threats against Iran. A threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” may amount to a threat of genocide.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Kerala shows the way on eliminating extreme poverty
7/4/2026: Kerala's achievements in reducing extreme poverty offer a compelling model for developing countries. Its experience reveals the inherent limits of growth-led poverty reduction, highlighting instead the importance of public action and collective engagement in addressing persistent poverty.
Source: East Asia Forum
If Trump commits war crimes in Iran, he can be prosecuted
7/4/2026: The terrible precedent of the world’s most powerful president openly flouting international humanitarian law should compel action. The former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch believes that the international justice system is positioned to act.
Source: The Guardian
UN80 Is the Wrong Answer to the Right Question
5/4/2026: The US initiated war with Iran while diplomatic negotiations were in progress and without UN Security Council authorization. What is required for the UN is not incremental reform, such as the UN80 plans, but reinvention.
Source: PassBlue
Why Are the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan in an ‘Open War’?
18/3/2026: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime have sharply escalated since late February. At the core of the conflict is Pakistan’s continued assertion that the Afghan Taliban is offering a safe haven for the jihadist militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Global food insecurity at risk from Middle East escalation
17/3/2026: The World Food Programme has warned that the total number of people around the world facing acute levels of hunger could reach record numbers in 2026 if the escalation in the Middle East continues to destabilize the world’s economy. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are the most vulnerable due to a reliance on food and fuel imports.
Source: World Food Programme
Rising anger over one-sided US health funding pacts with African countries
27/2/2026: At least 17 African countries have signed bilateral agreements with the current US administration, collectively securing $11.3bn in health aid. But there is growing outrage at US demands to share biological resources and patient data, and other conditions.
Source: The Guardian