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Conflict

Why Sudan’s generals are pushing to normalise Israel ties

by Alessandra Bajec February 13, 2023

Amid domestic political deadlock, Sudan‘s military junta wants to demonstrate its authority while sending a message to Washington. Earlier this month, Sudanese and Israeli officials announced that the two states are moving …

February 13, 2023 579 views

Yazidis In Limbo As Iraqi Forces & Armed Militants Fight in Northern Iraq

by Alessandra Bajec July 6, 2022

DUHOK, Iraqi Kurdistan—On a warm afternoon, 30-year-old Vian Ramo walked along an unpaved road inside an informal housing settlement in Sharya, a town in the Duhok province. Wearing a denim shirt, black …

July 6, 2022 644 views

Yazidi women survivors of ISIL crimes yet to find justice

by Alessandra Bajec June 14, 2022

SHARYA, Iraq – On a warm weekday, Hilwa Ibrahim, 50, was sitting patiently alongside a few other Yazidi women in the office of the NGO Emma Organization for Human Development, in the …

June 14, 2022 669 views

Hundreds of Tunisians stranded in Ukraine return home safely

by Alessandra Bajec March 11, 2022

TUNIS, Tunisia -Tunisian students caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war have given harrowing accounts of fleeing the fighting while leaving behind the lives they worked hard to build for years. A flight …

March 11, 2022 473 views

Why impunity for war crimes could jeopardise Libya’s road to peace

by Alessandra Bajec October 27, 2021

A lack of accountability for crimes against humanity committed since 2016 could jeopardise December elections and put Libya’s peace process at risk. The first results of a probe from Libya’s Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) commissioned …

October 27, 2021 422 views

They’ve Faced 10 Years of Bombs and Bullets. But They’re Still Hopeful

by Alessandra Bajec May 19, 2021

More than 10 years after anti-government protests turned into a full-blown war, people in Syria’s last opposition bastion are still not ready to give up.

May 19, 2021 473 views

Sheikh Jarrah: A new generation leads the fight for Palestinian rights

by Alessandra Bajec May 18, 2021

The mobilisation of young Palestinians in solidarity with residents facing forced displacement has made Sheikh Jarrah the heart of a new wave of Palestinian activism.

May 18, 2021 450 views

Pivotal peace-building Libyan women fight gender gap and violence

by Alessandra Bajec March 8, 2021

Caught between an ongoing cycle of violence and gender inequality, women in Libya are fighting a war inside the war.

March 8, 2021 441 views

Besieged Gaza on the verge of coronavirus catastrophe

by Alessandra Bajec April 15, 2020

The ongoing Israeli blockade, an overstretched health system and a lack of vital medical supplies: coronavirus spells disaster for Gaza’s beleaguered population Coronavirus testing re-started in the Gaza Strip after 480 testing …

April 15, 2020 482 views

Palestinians are trapped between Israeli occupation and coronavirus

by Alessandra Bajec March 13, 2020

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, people are living through double isolation amid a one-month state of emergency Bethlehem has turned into a ghost town since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a 30-day …

March 13, 2020 425 views