Topic: War and conflict

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‘War without limits’: Aid agencies sound the alarm as Israel’s Gaza blockade enters a second month

News / 8th April 2025

One month after Israel cut off humanitarian aid from the Gaza Strip, aid agencies say the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated dangerously.

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Stopping Israel’s war in Gaza

Article / 24th March 2025

On 18 March, Israel resumed bombing Gaza, upending a two-month ceasefire. Returning to war promises little but more death and destruction, explains the International Crisis Group.

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Famine spreading amid 'unprecedented' humanitarian crisis in Sudan: UN

News / 7th January 2025

Multiple U.N. leaders addressing the UN Security Council have urged action to tackle the spiraling humanitarian crisis unfolding in war-torn Sudan, which has contributed to roughly half of the country facing acute food insecurity. 

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Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’

Blog / 23rd December 2024

A senior UN humanitarian official has issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of the ongoing war in Sudan, as millions remain in desperate need of aid and protection.

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Gaza: Nearly one million Palestinians face winter without shelter

Blog / 23rd December 2024

Only 23 percent of Gaza’s shelter needs have been met this autumn, leaving nearly one million Palestinians vulnerable to exposure during the harsh winter months, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine.

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Open call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel and end to impunity

News / 24th October 2024

STWR joins a coalition of more than 150 NGOs urging the international community to end the impunity that has allowed atrocities by Israeli forces against civilians to escalate in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon.

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Up to 21,000 people are dying each day from conflict-fuelled hunger around the world

Report / 16th October 2024

On World Food Day, analysis by Oxfam reveals that hunger has reached an all-time high exposing the flaws in global peacebuilding and conflict recovery efforts. 

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UN appeals for global solidarity as crises roil East Africa

News / 3rd September 2024

Highlighting the crises roiling parts of eastern Africa, the UN is calling for global solidarity to tackle famine in Sudan, flooding and mass displacement while ensuring free-flowing aid for millions trapped in war zones and those fleeing for their lives.

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Hundreds of legal experts push Biden to drop 'punitive and deadly' sanctions

News / 13th August 2024

As human rights defenders marked the 75th anniversary of the Fourth Geneva Convention and its prohibition on collective punishment, hundreds of legal experts urged the global community to comply with international law by ending the use of illegal sanctions. 

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G7 nations spend 62 times more on military than humanitarian aid

News / 17th June 2024

G7 countries have increased their military expenditures to record highs while they slash spending on humanitarian aid for people affected by wars that these powerful nations often started or stoked, according to a new analysis.

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