War And Peace / War

Report from Gaza by Wafa Al-Udaini.

The lush Casamance region of Senegal is home to a long running conflict between the state and an armed separatist movement. Tilda Kämmlein reports on how the illegal trade in timber is fuelling the strife and devastating the local environment.

Graeme Green reports on the Ukrainian parents who have been separated from their children during the Ukraine conflict.

Not welcome here. By Charlotte Rubin.

A former child soldier in the ferocious Lord’s Resistance Army has been on trial for war crimes in Uganda for 13 years. Meanwhile thousands of other fighters have been welcomed home under amnesty legislation. Sophie Neiman visits Gulu to find out how this contentious case is failing the LRA’s victims.

‘Stop the wars’

Can Ukrainian educators deliver face-to-face schooling during a war?

When they do it, when we do it. Illustration by Kate Evans.

ILYA recounts how hundreds of unarmed civilians were slaughtered by troops under British command in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.

War by Kate Evans.

ILYA brings to life a second chapter in the life of the Māori warrior chief as he becomes embroiled in a bitter rebellion against the British and their allies in the War of the North.

The families of the disappeared are not giving up their search until they have answers. Jan-Peter Westad reports.

Western volunteers on why they fight for Rojava.

Links for campaigning and more reading on Kurdistan.

Under the cover of Covid-19, Turkey is hammering the Kurds. Again. Should the world care? Vanessa Baird offers several good reasons why it should.

In Cameroon, civil war is brewing along linguistic lines. Its origins lie in the botched decolonization of the country’s anglophone territory, but President Paul Biya’s repressive regime has poured fuel on the fire. Lorraine Mallinder reports.

Civil war, ISIS invasions, mountains of rubbish. Never a dull day in Lebanon. The country’s constant turmoil is exhausting, says Reem Haddad, reporting from Beirut.

As president Bashar al-Assad’s regime tightens its grip on war-torn Syria, Sally Hayden reports from three government strongholds on life for ordinary citizens, who are seeking normality, even if rubble and memories are all they have left.

Is the UN still capable of keeping the peace and protecting civilians? Was it ever? Ian Williams inspects the record.