The following interview was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 28 January 2025, the day before an Israeli law came into force banning UNRWA, the UN relief agency, from operating in Gaza, a Palestinian territory which Israel illegally occupies. Evan … Continue reading →
Sudan is the location of one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. In April 2023 civil war erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of the government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), formerly operated by … Continue reading →
On 29 October 2023, Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), addressed a ceremony to honour the memory of its 59 staff members who have lost their lives in Gaza … Continue reading →
Wikipedia describes the conflict between Palestine and Israel as “one of the world’s most enduring conflicts” and goes on to explain its history as follows: Following the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, … Continue reading →
The table below summarises Wikipedia’s data of the number of deaths from ongoing armed conflicts with 1000 or more fatalities this year. In addition there are 41 other conflicts in which recorded deaths are fewer than 1000. Country/Province/City/Insurgency Deaths this … Continue reading →
As global temperatures climb, the risk of armed conflict is expected to increase substantially, according to experts across several fields. In June 2019 Stanford University published an article [1] investigating how much climate change affects the risk of armed conflict. … Continue reading →