Torture and Rape: Russia’s Weapon of War in Ukraine
‘I can’t describe all of it… Those drunk, stinking men, tearing my clothes, treating me like I was a rubber doll… It was unbearable,’ one...
Shreya Mundhra I Firstpost.
4 days ago
War in Ukraine Increases Gender-Based Violence
A woman walks through a dark street in Kyiv during power cuts following a Russian attack on Ukrainian energy facilities. (Reuters: Thomas...
Annika Burgess I ABC
4 days ago
Why has the west turned its back on Sudan?
As territory is won and lost by opposing military forces, people grasp at scraps of normality. But the country is undergoing the world’s...
Mark Townsend | The Guardian
4 days ago
Almost 80,000 flee DR Congo amid fighting, sexual violence: UNHCR
© MONUSCO/Aubin Mukoni | People continue to flee fighting in the eastern DR Congo where Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have made major gains. 4...
UNHCR
Mar 20
12 million at risk of sexual violence in Sudan crisis
UN Security Council meets to discuss war’s toll on children as MSF secretary-general slams ‘hollow’ ceasefire calls. A woman and baby at...
Al Jazeera
Mar 14
Sudan: Access to Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’
UN NEWS UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal Displaced families flee North Darfur's El Fasher town in search of safety. Across Sudan, more than 12...
UN
Mar 6
80,000 Flee Eastern DR Congo due to War and Mass Rape
In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have left tens of thousands fleeing across...
United Nations
Mar 6
Myanmar’s Crisis Deepens as Junta Escalates Atrocities
Rains lash an internally displaced persons camp in northern Myanmar. (file) © UNICEF/Minzayar Oo 28 February 2025 I Human Rights Myanmar...
United Nations
Feb 27
Ukraine: 3 Years of War, Civilian Suffering, Atrocities
Olena stands in front of her damaged home in Kharkiv, hit during a May 2024 attack (file) © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres 23 February 2025 I...
United Nations
Feb 22
Ukraine: 3 Years of War Reverses Progress for Women
Millions of Ukrainians have fled their homeland as refugees since the beginning of Russia's invasion. © UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi 19 February...
United Nations
Feb 18
Sudan Genocide Emergency: January 2025
By Olivia Cash The Goz al-Haj camp, north of Khartoum, Sudan, 25 December 2024. Photograph: The Guardian In April 2023, Sudan erupted...
Olivia Cash
Feb 14
Sudan’s genocidal RSF surrounds Darfur’s El-Fasher
A fire rages in a livestock market in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state, on September 1, 2023, in the aftermath of a...
