In May, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) released its annual report, highlighting a sharp rise in violence against healthcare organisations and workers in conflict zones. Richard Gardiner explores the underlying drivers of this trend and argues that the SHCC’s findings reflect deeper concerns about the state of the aid sector as…
Tamsin Hunt examines developments in conflict hotspots in Ukraine, the Middle East and Sudan, assessing prospects for peace, and the potential regional repercussions of drawn-out instability.
Despite the UN, state authorities, and non-governmental organisations’ repeated calls for better protection of aid workers, attacks on them have been increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa, writes Saif Islam.
The recent rise in global food prices, driven by several factors ranging from the Covid-19 pandemic to climate shocks, could become a catalyst for increased political instability and civil unrest, writes Darren Davids.
Despite the overthrow of long-serving president Omar Al Bashir in April, protesters continue to call for the Military Transitional Council to hand over power to a civilian administration. With negotiations faltering on several occasions, it appears that Sudan is on the brink of a political crisis for the second time this year. The road to stability…