Aid workers used to be considered off-limits in conflicts. The deaths of 7 aid workers in Gaza show that’s not the case anymore. Attacks on aid workers are on the rise.
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The SADC mission shows how difficult it is to run a large-scale military intervention, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and supporting the operation.
Haiti will be able to emerge from the crisis it is in if it has a strong public administration and co-ordinated international aid from countries that respect human rights.
South Africa is among a few countries that completely prohibit the involvement of citizens in foreign armed conflict.
Haiti is facing a wave of chaos as gang violence grips the country.
Undermining the delicate relations between Israel and Egypt could potentially grant Hamas a strategic political achievement.
Palestine remains the single issue on which South Africa’s support for a people’s struggle has been unquestionably consistent.
Without a ceasefire and a negotiated peace there will be no end to the killing of civilians in Gaza.
In this podcast, expert on the Middle East and former Australian ambassador to Lebanon Ian Parmeter joins The Conversation to analyse the conflict so far; explaining its background and ramifications.
A spiralling Sudan will affect peace and security in the Lake Chad Basin region, of which Nigeria is a member.
The ongoing war in Sudan poses security, humanitarian, political and economic challenges for Chad.
The focus of efforts to save the lives of earthquake victims needs to shift to the emerging threats from disease and lack of clean water and shelter.
Governments coming to power riding a wave of youth protests can employ authoritarian tactics to silence dissent from the same movements.
Homes for Ukraine has been in operation for six months. Refugees in the UK and the people hosting them, however, will likely need support for years to come.
Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia are caught in a conflict in a country that was supposed to provide them refuge.
Although it has been extended by two more weeks, the decision to end the visa program is disappointing given heavy fighting continues and the humanitarian crisis worsens.
Our work highlights the potential of phone surveys to monitor active and large-scale conflicts.
Russia’s invasion isn’t only devastating the lives of ordinary Ukrainians but is also disrupting global supply chains and increasing poverty around the world.
Four scholars of race, religion and immigration explain how US refugee and asylum policy has long been racially and religiously discriminatory in practice.
Refugee camps should only be a temporary solution. They’re no place for ongoing health care.
Top contributors
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor and Department Chair, Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
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Senior Lecturer and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Economics and South African Research Chair in the Economics of Social Policy, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Global Health and Development, UNSW Sydney
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Dean and Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Joseph C. Hostetler - Baker Hostetler Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex
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Lecturer in Criminal and Military law and the Law of Armed Conflict at the Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor in Public Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor and Inaugural Judith Neilson Chair in Architecture, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
