Can War Be Good for Development?
By EDVIN ARNBY MACHATA
We see it on the news almost everyday—people starving, people fleeing and, more often than not, this suffering and destruction is...
COVID 19: an imminent threat to the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
The Rohingya refugees have suffered problems related to shelter, food, safety, and healthcare from the very beginning, and now the COVID-19 pandemic has further deteriorated their situation.
Conflict Minerals of DR Congo: ‘Even UN Officials Want Them’
In DR Congo people say that mineral greed is not restricted only among the neighboring countries, even the UN peacekeepers who were sent there to bring order and peace seem to be eying the country's minerals.
Somalia Vision 2016: A Long Way To Go
By Abdiwahab Ali
For the first time now there is an internationally recognized federal government in Somalia. Though Somalis disagree about whether federalism is a recipe for sustainable peace and even question whether such a system is little more than paper work.
Over 360,000 people displaced in Chad’s Lake Province, over half of province’s population
Since 2015, the region has been the target of repeated attacks by non-state armed groups conducting an insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria), which have forced millions of people across the four countries to flee their homes.
Severe food crisis hits Yemen: children malnourished, on the brink of starvation
War, rising food prices, a health system overwhelmed by COVID-19, and funding challenges are deeply impacting access to food for children all across Yemen, pushing up the number of children who are on the brink of hunger or even starvation, Save the Children has warned.
Amahdiyya People Still a Target for Islamist Inquisitors in Bangladesh
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An Islamic sect who believe in a metaphorical ‘John the Baptist’ figure are still suffering violence and abuse after decades of persecution. They believe...
What do children play in the Colombian conflict?
By LAURA D. ORTIZ/GSDM
According to the Happy Planet Index in 2012, Colombia is positioned as the 3rd happiest country in the world.
The HPI results, that...
Conflict in the DR Congo: A Reflection From The Field.
One of the hindrances of the traditional vocabulary of war is that we talk about civilians and soldiers or armed actors as if they are clearly separated groups. Much of Congo is covered with lush, fertile, productive land; there is no reason that anyone should go without food in this country, no reason that there should be stunting and micronutrient deficiencies and malnutrition common enough that you can walk through a village and point out all the children suffering from it.
Kabul’s Dark Nights and the Dream of a New Silk Route
By Sayed Jalal
With the deterioration of the security situation in Afghanistan, how feasible the Turkmenistan, Afghanistan Pakistan and India (TAPI) gas pipeline project will be?
