Essay: Finding hope amid the rubble of our world is not naive. It is necessary
Quaker and peace advocate, BRIDGET MOIX, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that the work of advocating for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world will need to be continually renewed, not just this year but for many years ahead…
Essay: Food and fighting – five ways that conflict causes hunger
HEATHER KEITH, of Baptist World Aid Australia, looks at the connection between conflicts and food crises around the world…
UN adds Ukraine, Ethiopia, Mozambique to children killing inquiry
United NationsReuters UN officials will investigate the killing and wounding of children in Ukraine, Ethiopia and Mozambique, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Monday in a report that found 2,515 children were killed and 5,555 maimed in global conflicts in 2021. The annual Children and Armed Conflict report also verified the recruitment and use of 6,310 […]
Essay: Ukrainian refugees might not return home, even long after the war eventually ends
In an article first published on The Conversation, SANDRA JOIREMAN, Weinstein Chair of International Studies and professor of political science at the University of Richmond, looks at what history shows about people displaced as a result of conflicts…
Offering “spiritual help”: Burkina Faso’s army chaplains tested by extremist conflict
SAM MEDNICK, of Associated Press, reports from West Africa on the challenges facing military chaplains amid ongoing conflict…
Vaccine barriers: Insecurity, suspicion will mar COVID-19 inoculation programs in Africa war zones
NITA BHALLA and MOHAMMED OMER, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the barriers to distributing COVID-19 vaccines in war-torn parts of Africa…
UN chief to push pandemic ceasefire at world leaders meeting, but fears opportunities lost
United NationsReuters UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will use his annual address to world leaders next week to push for a global ceasefire until the end of 2020 so countries can fight the coronavirus pandemic, but he said opportunities will be lost because presidents and prime ministers are not physically in New York. Chinese President Xi […]
Water-related conflicts set to rise amid demand growth and climate impacts
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation From Yemen to India, and parts of Central America to the African Sahel, about a quarter of the world’s people face extreme water shortages that are fueling conflict, social unrest and migration, water experts said on Wednesday. With the world’s population rising and climate change bringing more erratic rainfall, including severe droughts, competition […]
Pope praises UN Security Council efforts for ceasefires
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has praised UN Security Council efforts for worldwide ceasefires to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. In remarks Sunday to the public in St Peter’s Square, Francis hailed the Security Council’s “request for a global and immediate ceasefire, which would permit the peace and security indispensable for supplying so urgently needed humanitarian […]
UN again urges global cease-fire to fight virus
AP The United Nations secretary-general is again urging factions in conflict to heed his call for a global cease-fire to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report to the UN Security Council released Thursday, Antonio Guterres pointed to the more than 20,000 civilians killed or injured in 2019 attacks in 10 countries – and […]