Topic: War and conflict
Global South reeling from high cost of basic goods amid Russian invasion of Ukraine: Survey
Report / 29th June 2023"The most vulnerable people around the world are bearing the brunt of skyrocketing food, fuel, and fertilizer prices, with women and girls the hardest hit."
110 million now forcibly displaced as war, climate crisis wreak global havoc
Blog / 16th June 2023'The 46 least developed countries account for less than 1.3% of global gross domestic product, yet they hosted more than 20% of all refugees,' a new report by the United Nations shows.
In famine, ‘f’ is for failure
Blog / 27th April 2023A person dies of hunger every 30 seconds in East Africa, where famine is looming for the third time in little more than a decade. It does not have to be this way, write Fati N’zi Hassane and Reena Ghelani.
War costs us the Earth: Global Days of Action on Military Spending
Blog / 22nd April 2023STWR joins the call for governments to change course and focus on rapid, deep cuts to military spending that are driving an arms race and fueling war. 'War costs the earth', says the Global Campaign on Military Spending.
Most African governments (3 in 4) spend more on arms than feeding their people
Article / 16th March 2023The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms.
‘Ticking time bombs’ for the world’s most vulnerable children
Article / 23rd February 2023Today, there are more children in need of desperate humanitarian assistance than at any other time since World War II. By Baher Kamal for IPS News.
The scramble to help Ukraine shows the need for more, better aid
Blog / 9th February 2023There is no shortage of money - only a shortage of political will to create a fairer world where prosperity is better shared, writes Gabriela Bucher.
UN Nuclear Review: A prime time to stop the new arms race
Blog / 5th August 2022The real solution to the threat of nuclear war is in plain sight, but still the powerful weapons makers and war profiteers refuse to yield. By Marcy Winogra and Medea Benjamin for Common Dreams.
US$2 trillion for war versus US$100 billion to save the planet
Blog / 19th July 2022The money that is being swallowed into the Western military establishments does not only drift away from any climate spending but also promotes greater climate catastrophe, writes Murad Qureshi.
New world records: More weapons than ever. And a hunger crisis like no other
Blog / 8th July 2022While the NATO Summit ended in Madrid with net commitments to double spending on weapons and to increase by eight-fold the number of troops in Europe, the total of hungry people worldwide now marks an unprecedented record.