Civil conflict, displacement, rising food prices, and climate change all cause food insecurity in Nigeria.
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We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
Guns for hire are back in business – and they’re making war even more dangerous.
Schools and students are often targeted during times of armed conflict. Abducted children can be recruited as soldiers and schools are ideal locations for military headquarters.
When confronted with the consequences of arms sales, democratic governments fall back on a number of flawed arguments.
History shows Olympic Games have only very limited ability to promote peace between warring nations.
Many Yemeni women are not victims of war or just escaping or hiding. In many and contrasting ways they are actively supporting it, and not only on humanitarian grounds.
Nothing displays the ethical superiority of one’s values better than to treat a foe with the respect due another human being.
Outside observers are keen to declare the Syrian conflict almost over. It is anything but.
Vladimir Putin may not appear restricted by rules and legal norms abroad, but he is still judged in the court of public opinion at home.
If you’re a non-believer, then staying away from Church may be the best thing for your psychological health this Christmas.
We all know the holidays can be stressful, but we may not realize that we often continue the cycle. Here’s how to let things go and enjoy the holidays instead of dreading them.
President Joseph Kabila was supposed to step down at the end of his term in 2016. By clinging on to power he threw the Democratic Republic of Congo into a vicious cycle of deadly conflict.
What can international law do to help curb the use of a lethal, indiscriminate weapon?
The wars in Syria and Iraq are products of secretive decision-making by the executive. Their disastrous consequences are evidence of the need for war powers reform.
Thousands of Liberian women have banded together to bring about peace and to fight for women’s rights. They’ve changed the face of the African nation.
The Trump administration’s change of US policy toward Iran has reinforced hardliners’ ambitions and nationalistic feelings, complicating an already difficult situation in the region.
Does ancient Greek war hawk Pericles provide clues to a besieged Donald Trump’s next move? War has always been a helpful distraction for cornered world leaders.
If the US, simply focuses on trying to hunt down jihadist leaders in Niger it will be missing an opportunity to address the underlying causes of violence in the region.
Constructing large dams can provide much needed electricity for Myanmar. But this can also threaten the livelihoods of millions.
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