PKK’s decision to disband shows the benefit of engaging in politics rather than an armed struggle: The recent decision by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to disarm and disband has important lessons for any country facing a seemingly intractable insurgency. On May 12, the group stated that following its 12th Congress it will “dissolve the …
Sudan’s war isn’t nearly over – armed civilian groups are rising: Sudan’s war, now entering its third year, has taken another unexpected turn. In March 2025, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), also known as the Janjaweed, withdrew from Khartoum, abandoning the presidential palace and airport. This retreat marks a significant contrast to the paramilitary group’s …
Lebanon peace deal: Israel-Hezbollah agreement needs to be guaranteed by the Lebanese armed forces: After a month of heavy bombardment, and despite continuing its military campaign and clearing border villages in south Lebanon, Israel is reportedly indirectly negotiating a peace deal with Hezbollah leaders. The terms of a ceasefire require the full implementation of UN …
Women in South Africa’s armed struggle: new book records history at first hand: South Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after decades of “non-violence” as a policy of resistance, the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) formed …
Getting climate funds to conflict zones – a case for working with armed groups and local communities: Conflict-ridden and fragile countries are among the most vulnerable to climate change and least prepared to deal with it. They are largely excluded from climate adaptation programmes and funding. This is partly because funding is channelled through national …
Gaza Update: ceasefire holds for now, but array of armed Hamas allies could threaten this fragile truce: So far, the ceasefire between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas, originally set at four days and since extended twice as more hostages and prisoners are exchanged, remains in place. There have been concerns that isolated incidents …
Projects funded by the World Bank Group’s private sector arm fuel armed conflict – it’s time to reform the system: To what extent does private investment help developing countries to reduce conflict and violence and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals? This is a hotly debated issue. Most international institutions such as the World Bank …
The UK has relatively few armed police – but their specialist squads are hotbeds of ‘warrior culture’: Armed police are relatively rare in the UK. Juiced Up Media/Shutterstock When unarmed black Briton Chris Kaba was killed by a single shot from a London Metropolitan police officer in September 2022, his family and communities of colour …
Somaliland crisis: delayed elections and armed conflict threaten dream of statehood: Workers next to the Independence Monument, depicting a hand holding a map of the country, in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, in September 2021. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images With a presidential election delayed for months and deadly clashes between security forces and clan …
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Mining and armed conflict threaten eastern DRC’s biodiversity in a complex web: Artisanal miners take a break on a mountaintop that is being mined for cassiterite south-west of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, in 2017. Griff Tapper/AFP via Getty Images The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected eastern provinces are home to numerous protected areas. …
Armed conflict and climate change: how these two threats play out in Africa: Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images The world is falling miserably short of reducing carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, a 2015 treaty to keep global warming well below 2?. The results of this failure are a …
Armed militias in Brazil hold enormous sway over fate of Amazon – and the global climate: Giuseppe Flandoli/Shutterstock The future of the environmental agenda is on a collision course with Brazil’s violent past, as the murders of Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips have recently illustrated. Three men who fished illegally …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Armed Forces Day, 21 Feb 2016 Image by GovernmentZA President Jacob Zuma lays wreaths at SS Mendi Memorial in commemoration of the South African soldiers who died when the military steamship SS Mendi sank in 21 February 1917, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. (Photo: GCIS) Image automatically curated and published by …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Armed Forces Day, 21 Feb 2016 Image by GovernmentZA President Jacob Zuma lays wreaths at SS Mendi Memorial in commemoration of the South African soldiers who died when the military steamship SS Mendi sank in 21 February 1917, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. (Photo: GCIS) Image automatically curated and published by …
A cool Port Elizabeth image: Armed Forces Day, 21 Feb 2016 Image by GovernmentZA President Jacob Zuma lays wreaths at SS Mendi Memorial in commemoration of the South African soldiers who died when the military steamship SS Mendi sank in 21 February 1917, New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. (Photo: GCIS) Image automatically curated and published by …
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