UK conference on Sudan fails to set up contact group for ceasefire talks Major setback for diplomatic efforts to end two years of civil war as Arab states refuse to sign joint communique The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025
Sudan faces deepening crisis as civil war hits two-year mark Atrocities are escalating and famine is widespread as the war reaches a critical juncture The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025
Sudan in ‘world’s largest humanitarian crisis’ after two years of civil war NGOs and UN say country is ‘worse off than ever before’ with wide-scale displacement, hunger, famine and attacks on refugee camps The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2025
13 Million Displaced As Sudan War Enters Third Year: UN Sudan's civil war has displaced 13 million people, the United Nations reported Monday, as the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters a third year. International Business Times · Apr 14, 2025
Cambodia’s haunted present: 50 years after Khmer Rouge’s rise, murderous legacy looms large On April 17, 1975, tanks rolled into the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, to cheering crowds who believed that the country’s long civil war might finally be over. The Conversation · Apr 14, 2025
Lebanon's civil war fighters working for reconciliation, 50 years on Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again. Radio France Internationale · Apr 13, 2025
50 years after Lebanon's civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025
The UN decries ongoing combat in Myanmar as earthquake relief faces big challenges Human rights experts for the United Nations are expressing urgent concern about ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s civil war, despite ceasefires called by major parties to facilitate relief efforts after the country’s devastating March 28 earthquake The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025
Myanmar’s military drafts thousands in first year of conscription drive Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve. Al Jazeera · Apr 11, 2025
Alex Garland's Warfare Refuses To Soften the Blow of Combat A Civil War follow up that depicts the bleak, meaningless, moment-to-moment terror of modern war. Reason · Apr 10, 2025
Lebanon's Civil War Fighters Working For Reconciliation, 50 Years On Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same message, half a century after the devastating conflict erupted: never again. International Business Times · Apr 10, 2025
UN special envoy Julie Bishop makes first trip to war-torn Myanmar after big quake The U.N.’s special envoy for Myanmar, Australia’s Julie Bishop, has met with the military-run nation’s foreign minister during her first visit since her appointment last year, Her mission comes in the wake of the massive earthquake that killed more than 3,600 people, and in the larger context of the country’s… The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025
UK to co-host global conference with aim of resolving Sudan’s civil war Foreign ministers will gather in London and seek to exert diplomatic pressure demanding a ceasefire The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2025
Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained leather gloves are headed for auction Auctioneers in Chicago hope to get $4m for 140 items owned by Civil War president The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2025
The National (Scotland) · Apr 8, 2025 Scottish band’s song about Spanish Civil War to go on show in international museum A SCOTTISH rock band is to have one of its songs showcased in a museum dedicated to the Spanish Civil War ...
The Conversation · Apr 7, 2025 South Sudan on the brink of civil war: bold action from the international community is needed South Sudan is likely to return to full-blown civil war unless the international community takes a radical approach to stabilise the country and re-engage in the peace process.
The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2025 First they faced bombing during Myanmar’s civil war. Then came the devastating earthquake Peter Popham speaks to a monk about the devastation the 7.7 magnitude tremor has wrought on the town of Mingun – a few miles from the epicentre. And how it has only added to the woes of a region caught up in the country’s civil war
Euronews · Apr 7, 2025 US revokes all visas for South Sudanese over deportation dispute The Trump administration's move comes amid fears of a renewed civil war in South Sudan, where political tensions have escalated after recent violence.
Louder · Apr 7, 2025 "Their music is as aggressively and pretentiously dull as their choice of band name": The Band's second album is an acknowledged classic, but there are some dissenters For their second album, The Band relocated from upstate New York to California and turned Sammy Davis Jr.’s poolhouse into a makeshift studio
Al Jazeera · Apr 6, 2025 US revokes all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders The decision comes as political tensions mount in South Sudan, causing fears of a renewed civil war.
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Uganda president holds talks with South Sudanese leaders to try to avoid civil war Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is expected to meet South Sudanese officials on the second day of his trip to the capital, Juba
The Conversation · Apr 4, 2025 Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control After a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28. 2025, the country’s military and the myriad resistance groups fighting a yearslong civil war faced international calls for an immediate ceasefire. A pause in the fighting would enable vital aid to enter the major quake zones and allow rescuers to…
The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2025 Asian countries riven by war and disaster face some of steepest Trump tariffs Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos hit with rates over 40% as experts say the real target is China
The Conversation · Apr 2, 2025 Ethiopia’s civil war: what’s behind the Amhara rebellion? Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the Fano, a loose alliance of ethnic-based militia in the Amhara region.
The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2025 Court affirms convictions of 2 key people in plot to kidnap Michigan's governor An appeals court has affirmed the convictions of two men who were accused of leading a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 and start a civil war