Whose water is AI drinking in India?
17/4/2026: The current trajectory of AI infrastructure investment in India is a deeply political allocation of a scarce common resource. The choice before India today is whether its AI infrastructure will deepen existing inequalities or help to dismantle them.
Source: Dialogue Earth
Burkina Faso dissolves more than a hundred NGOs and associations
16/4/2026: Intensifying its crackdown on civil society, Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Territorial Administration and Mobility has banned the activities of 118 NGOs and associations, without any further justifications. In January 2026, all political parties were dissolved.
Source: Amnesty International
Rising death toll of children in attacks on Ukraine
16/4/2026: According to the latest verified data from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, 89 children were killed or injured in attacks in March alone. The UN children’s agency has confirmed that at least 3,452 children in Ukraine have been killed or injured since the full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine began in February 2022.
Source: UN News
Five things to know about Sudan’s food crisis
15/4/2026: The world faces multiple crises at any given time, all vying for our attention. As other crises command headlines, the suffering of Sudan’s people must not be ignored or forgotten. Conflict, displacement and economic pressures continue to fuel unprecedented levels of hunger and humanitarian need.
Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization
More than £1bn pledged for Sudan as humanitarian crisis deepens
15/4/2026: Financial commitments made at a Berlin conference will help offset a chronic humanitarian funding shortfall in a country devastated by three years of conflict, where two-thirds of its population – 34m people – require assistance. The prospect of peace remains as distant as ever, with scant progress reported on ceasefire talks.
Source: The Guardian
US alleges that global aid has failed to improve lives of poor
14/4/2026: The Trump administration is poised to unveil a new global trade initiative aimed at scaling back the obligation of high-income countries to spend tens of billions of dollars each year in foreign aid. In inviting UN member states to sign a declaration of principles, the Trade Over Aid initiative presents a sharp-tongued attack against the value of global charity, alongside a frothy paean to the virtues of the free market.
Source: Devex
Year of action for 75th Anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention
13/4/2026: Throughout 2026 the UN Refugee Agency is embarking on a series of national, regional, and global dialogues to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. These dialogues come as the global asylum system faces unprecedented pressure, making the fundamental principles of the Convention more vital than ever.
Source: UN Refugee Agency
Don’t diminish the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan
12/4/2026: There are concerns about the renewal of the mandate of the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, partly as the US is responsible for drafting the resolution. As both government and opposition forces continue to commit atrocities, the need for a robust UN mission that is able to protect civilians and to ensure the delivery of lifesaving aid has never been greater.
Source: PassBlue
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