The Israel-Iran war is a reminder that many ongoing wars and conflicts are taking part in different part of the world and for ...

As armed groups continue to wreak havoc across Africa, a leading African Catholic has blamed the scourge on the race to ...

Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has declared an “internal armed conflict” in the country, ordering security forces to “neutralize” several criminal groups accused of spreading extreme ...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ annual report on Children in Armed Conflict detailed “a staggering 25% surge in grave violations” against children under the age of 18 from 2023, when the number of ...

What rules related to IHL govern the supply of weapons to a party to armed conflict? At the global level, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) sets common international standards for the regulation of the ...

The ‘armed conflict’ announcement followed a violent takeover of the state-owned TV channel, TC Television, and the prison escape of José Adolfo “Fito” Macías Villamar, ...

After 52 years of armed conflict, FARC rebels open what leaders hope will be their last conference as a guerrilla army, where they are due to vote on a historic peace deal with the Colombian ...

A new study has concluded that the decline in Grauer’s gorillas in a sector of their main stronghold in the Democratic Republic of Congo was the result of the impacts of armed conflict, rather ...

Global biodiversity hotspots, which cover only 2.4% of the Earth’s land, have witnessed more than 80% of armed conflicts between 1950 and 2000, some of which continue even today.

Armed conflict and other situations of violence affect women, men, girls and boys differently. Certain people may be more vulnerable to sexual violence than others. This includes those who are ...