Climate hazards are compounding decades of conflict-driven displacement, while fragmented responses expose vulnerable communities to repeated crises. Millions of people in the Great Lakes region have spent decades displaced by conflict, but climate change is adding a new layer to the crisis. Floods, landslides and rising lake waters are uprooting communities and sometimes displacing people…
Gaza’s Health Ministry reports rising casualties amid escalated Israeli attacks, with victims trapped under rubble. Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026 Several people have been wounded in an Israeli strike on a medical warehouse inside a hospital compound in central Gaza, while separate attacks killed two people elsewhere in the Strip. The Israeli drone…
Mothers and their children are in dire need of food and safety in Sudan’s conflict-stricken Kordofan State. People are queuing for food in an already overcrowded camp with hundreds of thousands who sought refuge in El Obeid. Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Videos show the first moments Palestinian-American Loui Ridi arrived at his home in Qusra, a village in the occupied West Bank, reuniting with his family amid an intimidating siege of his home and his family by illegal Israeli settlers. Published On 17 Aug 202617 Aug 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share…
Dr G.P.A. N.N. Richard. PHOTO/UGC. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The Institute of Global Peace and Conflict Management (IGPCM), a lobby that contributes to the prevention and management of conflicts around the world, has appointed Cameroonian-born, Dr G.P.A. N.N. Richard, as its new liaison officer for Central and East Africa. The appointment, announced on Thursday, is part…
The United Nations human rights agency and the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates have condemned a days-long Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra. The two statements were issued on Thursday, as dozens of Israeli settlers continue to besiege three Palestinian families in the Ras al-Ain…
Multiple and often overlapping crises such as floods or drought due to climate change, violent conflict and economic instability are creating new forms of vulnerability. Collectively they’re known as a polycrisis. These have severe effects on countries in sub-Saharan Africa with high poverty levels where weak institutions and limited public resources make it harder to…
The Horn of Africa is once again facing the danger of military and political escalation as renewed manoeuvring involving Eritrea, illegal TPLF-led political and military actors, and other regional and external forces threatens to undermine the fragile peace achieved after years of devastating conflict. At the centre of these concerns is Tigray, a region still…
Presidents of Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador, along with Spain’s King Felipe VI, are expected to attend Friday’s ceremony. Published On 6 Aug 20266 Aug 2026 Colombia’s outgoing defence minister has warned of a heightened risk of “terrorism” ahead of Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella. Minister of Defence Pedro Sanchez told radio…
Luanda — Angola and the African Union’s delegations met on Tuesday in Luanda to prepare for the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the continental organization on Strengthening Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. The summit, an initiative of Angola, is scheduled for August 29 and 30 in Luanda. The work was…
