- Arthur Bassas
- • September 8, 2023
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We are back with our ever-popular weekly summary after a pause in August, grappling with the hottest summer on record. We continued to publish exclusive stories, provocative opinion pieces and a podcast episode, staying active on Twitter (X), Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Follow us…
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- Opinion by Hasmik Egian and Mouin Rabbani
- • September 5, 2023
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In 2014, the Syrian conflict appeared to be spinning out of control. Reaching new levels of horror and suffering that inflicted death, displacement and destruction on a massive scale within Syria, it had also developed into a full-fledged regional…
- Categories: OPINIONS
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- Damilola Banjo
- • September 4, 2023
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Albania is proposing the creation of a digital platform to complement the United Nations’ humanitarian aid system, drawing donations from corporations and foundations to help alleviate the growing desperation of people across the world. Ferit Hoxha, Albania’s ambassador to…
- Categories: Humanitarian Aid, Security Council Presidency, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Opinion by Jamal Benomar
- • August 30, 2023
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It is no secret that United Nations mediation is in a state of decline. The UN is no longer in the lead role in conflict countries where the secretary-general and his representatives or special envoys are mandated to provide…
- Categories: OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN Special Envoys
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- Evelyn Leopold
- • August 29, 2023
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With the death of Yevgeny Prgozhin, the leader of the brutal Wagner Group, Russia seems determined to allow the mercenaries to operate in Africa, particularly in Mali and the Central African Republic. Murders, theft of resources and rape characterize the Wagner…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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- Opinion by Afghan Women's Forum
- • August 25, 2023
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As we celebrate Women’s Equality Day, on Aug. 26, Afghanistan sits in stark contrast to much progress elsewhere in the world. It’s clear that the country is going backward and that the prospects for equality for Afghan women and…
- Categories: Education, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Dawn Clancy
- • August 24, 2023
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has not discouraged the United Nations from buying millions of dollars of goods and services from Moscow, according to the latest annual statistical report on UN procurement, published in July. In 2022, UN purchases…
- Categories: Africa, General Assembly, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Arthur Bassas
- • August 23, 2023
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Hundreds of cluster munitions have been used on Ukrainian territory since the full-scale war began in February 2022 as countries across the world have continuously condemned their deployment. Now it appears that the munitions the United States is sending…
- Categories: Disarmament, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War
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- Clair MacDougall
- • August 21, 2023
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MONROVIA, Liberia — Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee stood behind a wooden podium in a cramped conference room and recounted her narrow escape from one of the worst massacres in Liberia’s civil war, a devastating conflict that ended 20…
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, International Justice
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- Joe Penney
- • August 16, 2023
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In April 2021, Islamic State jihadists overran the Mozambican town of Palma, killing dozens of people and forcing a standoff between insurgents and hundreds of civilians holed up at the Amarula Hotel. The vicious insurgency that started in 2017…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights, Peace and Security, Security Council
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- Damilola Banjo
- • August 15, 2023
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LAGOS — When Hilda Bassey broke the Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon by an individual, she had no real professional cooking experience. Though steeped in Nigerian food culture, she had not gone to cooking school. Her…
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- Opinion by Savita Pawnday and Kate Ferguson
- • August 14, 2023
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We believe that war crimes, crimes against humanity and potentially genocide are currently being deliberately perpetrated in Sudan. We urge all of those committed to the collective responsibility to protect people from these crimes to listen to populations whose…
- Categories: Africa, Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS
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- Anastasiia Carrier
- • August 9, 2023
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Fatima Gailani comes from a prominent Afghan family who has been working to improve life in her country since the 1980s. But under the Taliban rule since August 2021, women’s rights in Afghanistan have been particularly battered if not…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Human Rights, Women as Changemakers
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- Opinion by Eloisa Romani and Zahraa Kapasi
- • August 8, 2023
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For the disarmament agenda to progress, its machinery needs to be revisited. Current efforts by the Conference on Disarmament — the United Nations body tasked with negotiating treaties on weapons control — have stalled for almost 30 years because…
- Categories: Disarmament, General Assembly, OPINIONS
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- Chloé Cosson
- • August 7, 2023
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The coup in Niger in late July sent shockwaves in West Africa and far beyond. Besides enormous consequences from the crisis in the region, it could also have a “negative impact” on the current withdrawal of the UN peacekeeping…
- Categories: Africa, Security Council, UN Peacekeeping
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