Calls for humanitarian corridor through strait of Hormuz
29/4/2026: The war on Iran is taking a toll on the world's most vulnerable people, by slowing or blocking food and medical aid from reaching them. Now aid organisations are calling for a “humanitarian corridor” to be opened through the strait of Hormuz.
Source: The Guardian
Mali’s armed groups fill a governance vacuum
29/4/2026: Coordinated attacks from separatists and jihadists have severely threatened what remains of central government in Mali. Research shows that non-state armed groups have capitalised on weak local institutions to provide essential services and gain legitimacy. Military solutions may not be the answer.
Source: The Conversation
Hungary should halt withdrawal from International Criminal Court
24/4/2026: At his first international press conference, Hungary’s prime minister-elect Péter Magyar pledged to reverse his country’s move to leave the International Criminal Court. His predecessor had announced Hungary’s intention to withdraw from the Court, while hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted for war crimes in Gaza.
Source: Human Rights Watch
UN conference faces challenge of nuclear non-proliferation review
24/4/2026: At a time of deepening global mistrust, governments from nearly every country are about to convene at the UN to review the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. The Treaty’s last two review conferences, in 2015 and 2022, ended without agreement.
Source: UN News
US spending on ‘reckless’ Iran war could have saved 87 million lives
20/4/2026: The $2bn a day that the US has been spending on the war in Iran could have saved more than 87 million lives, according to the head of the UN’s humanitarian agency. He also warned that language threatening to bomb Iran back to the stone ages was very dangerous.
Source: The Guardian
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
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
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
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