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
If Trump commits war crimes in Iran, he can be prosecuted
7/4/2026: The terrible precedent of the world’s most powerful president openly flouting international humanitarian law should compel action. The former Executive Director of Human Rights Watch believes that the international justice system is positioned to act.
Source: The Guardian
Why Are the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan in an ‘Open War’?
18/3/2026: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban regime have sharply escalated since late February. At the core of the conflict is Pakistan’s continued assertion that the Afghan Taliban is offering a safe haven for the jihadist militant group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban.
Source: Council on Foreign Relations
Drifting through dispute in the South China Sea
27/2/2026: The geopolitics of the South China Sea in 2025 were shaped by confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry. While some progress was made towards reaching an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct in the South China Sea, negotiations will remain fraught in 2026.
Source: East Asia Forum
The growing threat of conflict in the Horn of Africa
23/2/2026: If civil war in Ethiopia reignites, there are fears it would drag in neighbouring Sudan. Tigray’s elite has become deeply split, with every policy issue framed through the lens of factional allegiance. Demobilisation and other terms of the Pretoria peace deal have not been enforced. None of the probable scenarios offers a clear path to victory for any of the parties.
Source: The New Humanitarian