UK funding for nuclear weapons make for more dangerous world
1/7/2026: The majority of the funding of the Defence Investment Plan announced by the UK Prime Minister is dedicated to nuclear weapons. Surveys show that the security priorities of most British people centre on access to healthcare, the affordability of housing, transport, food and energy, and reducing the risk of street crime. A nuclear missile does nothing to provide any of these.
Source: Campaign Against Arms Trade
Call for EU to review Tunisia agreement on migrants
26/6/2026: Three years after the signing of the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding on migrant workers, a group of human rights organisations has written to the President of the European Union, questioning flaws in its implementation. They point to the authoritarian drift in Tunisia, while failing to ensure that refugee and migrants’ rights are fully respected.
Source: Human Rights Watch
Can South Africa survive loss of US funding for HIV?
26/6/2026: The Trump administration has confirmed its plans to end support for South Africa through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief completely by 2027, as it doubles down on accusations of discrimination against the white community. More than eight million people live with HIV in South Africa.
Source: Devex
Why Sudan’s war cannot be understood through SAF and RSF alone
26/6/2026: Much of the international response to the conflict in Sudan continues to assume that meaningful political change depends on an agreement between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Yet significant aspects of governance are already taking place through other actors and structures who are largely absent from prevailing visions of political settlement.
Source: African Arguments
UN envoy reports on peace process in eastern DR Congo
26/6/2026: The new head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has warned that the security situation in the east remains highly unstable and called for the swift deployment of the mechanism for monitoring and verifying ceasefire commitments under the Doha process. It is nearly a year since the DRC and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington, DC.
Source: UN News
US Democracy at risk on 250th anniversary
25/6/2026: Human Rights Watch has warned that current US policies threaten the exercise of human rights that are essential to democracy and consistent with national celebration. The administration has substantively undermined the rule of law, free speech and expression, and the right to vote.
Source: Human Rights Watch
UN expert warns that growth is insufficient response to global poverty
25/6/2026: A new report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights highlights the transformative potential of national anti-poverty strategies that expand social protection. Evidence shows that the current economic growth model does not reliably reduce poverty and often deepens inequalities.
Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights
Concern for target to deliver universal access to electricity
24/6/2026: Progress in providing access to electricity across the world has stalled. Rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa without access to electricity are increasing in number. Achieving universal access by 2030 will now require the annual rate of progress to triple.
Source: World Health Organization
New political declaration launches final push to end AIDS by 2030
24/6/2026: The recent UN High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS has reaffirmed the international commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The Declaration underscores the determination of countries to maintain momentum despite a rapidly evolving financing landscape for global health.
Source: World Health Organization
Why is the World Bank wavering on climate finance?
24/6/2026: The World Bank's target for climate finance for developing countries is under review. Civil society leaders are concerned that the US administration is applying pressure on the Bank to abandon the target altogether.
Source: Devex