Armed conflict

Armed conflicts persist across Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, and expanding fronts in the Sahel, DRC, Syria, and Yemen. Heavy fighting, mass displacement, and humanitarian crises continue as insurgencies and state wars intensify across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Sweida ceasefire collapses as Druze-government clashes expose Syria's fragile order

The resumption of fighting in southern Syria reveals how sectarian fragmentation undermines any hope of stable governance

By Layla Hassan

/ 14 Nov 2025

Sweida ceasefire collapses as Druze-government clashes expose Syria's fragile order

The reckoning arrives: Roger Lumbala and the limits of justice in Congo's endless war

After decades of impunity, a Congolese warlord faces trial in Paris—but the proceedings expose how selective accountability perpetuates cycles of violence

By Featured News Desk

/ 12 Nov 2025

The reckoning arrives: Roger Lumbala and the limits of justice in Congo's endless war

North Kivu's cash for guns program exposes Kinshasa's policy contradictions

After arming local militias to fight M23, DRC now pays civilians to surrender weapons—a tactical shift that risks deepening the very insecurity it claims to address

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 12 Nov 2025

North Kivu's cash for guns program exposes Kinshasa's policy contradictions

Istanbul talks collapse exposes Pakistan-Afghanistan structural deadlock

The failure of Turkey-Qatar mediation reveals how sovereignty disputes and militant sanctuaries create an unsolvable security dilemma despite economic interdependence

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 8 Nov 2025

Istanbul talks collapse exposes Pakistan-Afghanistan structural deadlock

Analysis: Justice deferred - The ICC's 'victory' against Joseph Kony

Two decades after his arrest warrant, the International Criminal Court confirms charges against the LRA leader—while he remains at large, exposing the chasm between legal procedure and meaningful accountability in Africa

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 7 Nov 2025

Analysis: Justice deferred - The ICC's 'victory' against Joseph Kony

The engineered starvation of Darfur: How famine became a weapon of war

As El Fasher falls and 375,000 people face confirmed famine conditions, Sudan's crisis reveals the calculated brutality behind Africa's latest mass atrocity event

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 5 Nov 2025

The engineered starvation of Darfur: How famine became a weapon of war

Trump's Gaza Ceasefire: Strategic Pause or Genuine Peace?

Trump's Gaza peace plan paused the war but left core conflicts unresolved. Analysis reveals why the ceasefire is fragile and what comes next in Phase Two talks.

By Layla Hassan

/ 22 Oct 2025

Trump's Gaza Ceasefire: Strategic Pause or Genuine Peace?

Syria's SDF Integration Test After Aleppo Ceasefire

October's Aleppo clashes exposed Syria's fragility. Can al-Sharaa integrate Kurdish forces, or will competing regional powers tear the country apart again?

By Layla Hassan

/ 19 Oct 2025

Syria's SDF Integration Test After Aleppo Ceasefire

Sudan Conflict Spillover Threatens CAR's Fragile Stability

Sudan's war spills into CAR as Wagner mercenaries, humanitarian crisis, and contested elections threaten to collapse a nation barely emerging from civil war.

By Editorial Team

/ 19 Oct 2025

Sudan Conflict Spillover Threatens CAR's Fragile Stability

Trump's Caucasus Peace Deal: Can It End 40 Years of War?

The US-brokered Armenia-Azerbaijan peace formalizes ethnic cleansing, creates a strategic corridor, and reshapes South Caucasus power—but can it last?

By Viktor Petersen and Elena Kowalski

/ 16 Oct 2025

Trump's Caucasus Peace Deal: Can It End 40 Years of War?

DRC-M23 Ceasefire Monitor: Can Doha Deal End Congo War?

New monitoring mechanism signed in Doha faces massive challenges as violence continues in eastern DRC. Analysis of peace prospects amid 7M displaced.

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 16 Oct 2025

DRC-M23 Ceasefire Monitor: Can Doha Deal End Congo War?