Conflict

7/11/2024: Ethiopia is about to start investigating crimes reported in a brutal war that engulfed the north of the country from 2020 to 2022. But trust is at an all-time low and survivors feel forgotten. An earlier UN investigation concluded that all sides committed war crimes.

Source: The Guardian

31/10/2024: Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), a nonprofit specializing in conflict-related data collection, has recorded  nearly 19,000 deaths in the first 15 months of the conflict in Sudan. They estimate an additional 43,500 deaths caused by indirect factors such as the absence of emergency care, the breakdown of vaccination programs and a lack of essential food and medicine.

Source: The Conversation

31/5/2024: A statement by Principals of the UN's Inter-Agency Standing Committee warns that more than 800,000 civilians are bracing for an imminent large-scale attack in the city of Al Fasher. They fear a nightmare scenario in which famine will take hold in large parts of Sudan and more people will flee to neighbouring countries.

Source: World Health Organization

24/5/2024: The International Court of Justice has issued new provisional measures that order Israel to immediately end military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza and to open the governate’s border crossing for urgent aid deliveries.

Source: UN News

23/5/2024: Over 100 human rights and civil society groups have signed a letter to the US President calling on him to oppose threats of punitive actions against the International Criminal Court. Although the US is not a member of the ICC, Republican and Democratic administrations have supported the Court in specific cases. The Court is seeking arrest warrants for three leaders of Hamas and two senior Israeli officials.

Source: Human Rights Watch

21/5/2024: The International Criminal Court’s decision to seek warrants on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has triggered a strong backlash both from the Biden administration and a group of pro-Israeli Senators in the US Congress. The names in the ICC arrest warrants also include leaders of Hamas.

Source: Inter Press Service 

10/5/2024: Kenyan President William Ruto has launched mediation talks, dubbed the Tumaini Initiative, between parties in South Sudan's peace process. He said that the initiative exemplifies the pan-African policy of African solutions to African challenges.

Source: The East African

22/4/2024: Total global military expenditure reached $2,443 billion in 2023, an increase of 6.8 per cent in real terms from 2022. This was the steepest year-on-year increase since 2009 according to new data on global military spending published today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

19/4/2024: A decade ago, Europe responded to Rwanda’s incursions into the Democratic Republic of Congo with sanctions. Today, it’s turning a blind eye – with devastating consequences for the Congolese. Rwanda continues to receive unprecedented sums from Europe and the UK for development, despite evidence that the M23 rebel group has again led a military assault in eastern DRC.

Source: African Arguments

19/4/2024: Top UN and African Union officials have warned the Security Council that the world must rethink the way it supports the Sudanese people. Efforts to negotiate a ceasefire in the year-long war have been hampered by the support that rival armies obtain from outside Sudan, flouting the Council’s sanctions regime. Meanwhile, extreme food insecurity has prompted UN agencies to launch a famine prevention plan.

Source: UN News