Conflict

10/11/2025: Little progress has been reported since the June signing of a US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and a separate July ceasefire agreed in Doha between Kinshasa and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels. Congolese civil society remain sceptical of deals they view as externally imposed and part of a long-term pattern of exploitation.

Source: The New Humanitarian

7/11/2025: The Trump administration is dragging its feet on obligations under the 2017 Women, Peace, and Security Act which recognizes the benefits of inclusion of women in peace and security efforts. The agencies and personnel responsible for reporting on the Act have been dismantled.

Source: Devex

6/11/2025: In the last week, the US and the Russian Federation have flouted the regulations and norms around nuclear non-proliferation and are flirting more openly with nuclear might. The NEW-Start treaty, the last remaining arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia, is set to expire in February 2026.

Source: Inter Press Service

31/10/2025: Pressure applied by Washington on the United Arab Emirates to halt supplies to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan is seen as potential leverage to stop the fighting and atrocities.  But the US is partnering with the UAE to secure its supply chain for critical minerals to use in semiconductors and defense technologies. And The New York Times has reported how the US relationship with the UAE has expanded the Trump family’s private crypto and real estate businesses.

Source: PassBlue

29/10/2025: A group of human rights and humanitarian aid workers claim that satellite images reveal a scale of violence in Sudan unseen since the mass killings of civilians in Bosnia, Srebrenica, and an earlier wave of genocide a generation ago in Darfur. In the conflict betweeen the RSF and the Sudanese Armed Forces, both sides have committed atrocities but the RSF is accused of a more systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing against Darfur’s Black tribes.

Source: Devex

22/10/2025: While there’s a lot of concern about individual wars, such as Ukraine or Gaza, there are terrible wars – such as Myanmar or Sudan – that get far less attention. And the rise of war itself seems to be flying completely under the radar. Essentially, the system put in place by the victors of World War II is crumbling.  There are a number of emerging alternatives to that system that has kept the world reasonably peaceful for 80 years.

Source: The New Humanitarian

6/10/2025: The International Criminal Court has convicted Ali Kosheib on charges involving war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2003 and 2004 in West Darfur. Human Rights Watch calls on governments to condemn US moves against the ICC - which provides a court of last resort, when all other avenues to justice are blocked.

Source: Human Rights Watch

30/9/2025: As rumours grow that the unpredictable Trump administration is contemplating a resumption of nuclear tests, the UN Secretary-General has called on every State to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. This would end once and for all the enduring harm of poisoned lands and chronic illness caused by tests.

Source: Inter Press Service

30/9/2025: The UN Secretary-General has acknowledged the important role played by Arab and Muslim States in creating a peace proposal for Gaza that has been accepted by Israel. Unfettered humanitarian access across Gaza will depend on support from all parties.

Source: UN News

24/9/2025: The decision of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to withdraw from the International Criminal Court will jeopardize access to justice for victims of atrocity crimes, warns Human Rights Watch. Increasingly repressive military juntas in the three countries have been engaged in armed conflicts with Islamist armed groups.

Source: Human Rights Watch