Psychological Toll as Israel Erases Lebanese Villages
By Justin Salhani Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity. Civilians stand outside their homes destroyed in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, in February 2025 [Raghed Waked/Al Jazeera] Beirut, Lebanon – In February 2025, Ali stood outside his house in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, and pointed at the crack in the foundation and fruit trees pulled up by the Israeli military. The Israeli military had recently withd
Al Jazeera
Jul 3
Rohingya starvation is Myanmar's genocidal state policy
Rohingya Hunger as State Policy: Food Deprivation and the Question of Genocide
Yousuf Syed Khan
Jun 26
UK Foreign Office favors UAE over Sudan genocide victims
UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told The UK Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to ‘pressure’ from the United Arab Emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committee. Rapid Support Forces killers during genocide in El Fasher The Guardian 23 June 2026 By Mark Townsend The British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a genocidal militia
Genocide Watch
Jun 22
US Senators propose PEACE in Sudan Act of 2026
The Goz al-Haj camp, north of Khartoum, Sudan. Photograph: The Guardian United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee June 10, 2026 Senators Shaheen, Risch, Coons, Cornyn Introduce Legislation to Address Conflict in Sudan WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Jim Risch (R-ID), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Preventing External Aggression and Conflict E
Genocide Watch
Jun 15
Israel and Hamas in Gaza: Genocide is never justifiable
Genocide is Never Justifiable: Israel and Hamas in Gaza By Grace Condon and Frankie Condon Republished from post on February 4, 2024 This post was taken down by hackers. It was republished March 5, 2025. It is republished again June 2, 2026. The UN estimates there are 1.7 million displaced people in Gaza, many of whom have fled the fighting around Khan Younis. Source: Reuters The 7 October assault by Hamas on Israel enacted long-established genocidal intent by Hamas again
Tanzania: Allegations of Detention Amidst Coerced Returns
By: The Global Detention Project May 28, 2026 Tanzania’s Nyarygusu Refugee Camp is currently scheduled for closure this summer – Source: WFP 2016 The Global Detention Project has received allegations from Burundian refugees in Tanzania that authorities are detaining individuals who leave Nyarugusu refugee camp, imposing movement restrictions on camp residents, and intensifying harassment and intimidation aimed at pressuring Burundian refugees to leave the country. These claim
Catastrophe Is Emerging in the World’s Most Vulnerable Places
Peter Goodman traveled to Somalia, visiting camps for displaced people, schools, health centers and a hospital for the treatment of malnourished children. Photographs by Finbarr O’Reilly.
Peter S. Goodman
May 18
The UAE must be held responsible for the Sudan crisis
The UAE must be held responsible for its part in Sudan’s crisis Letter to the Editor The Guardian 17 May 2026 Dr Lutz Oette and Anna Snowdon respond to an article by Nesrine Malik in which she calls out the primary sponsors of the calamity Nesrine Malik’s article is timely, highlighting how evidence of the United Arab Emirates’ complicity in Sudan’s war has begun to prompt calls for action to be taken (The UAE tries hard to keep its reputation spotless. But with the war in Su
Somalia's drought impact worsened by aid cuts
Drought Fallout Worsened by Aid Cuts and Ongoing Conflict In the largely arid Puntland region in north-eastern Somalia, where the past three rainy seasons have failed, there is nothing to see but dry water ponds, destroyed crops, and animal carcasses. As the drought intensifies, and the malnutrition rate soars, the race is on to stop another hunger catastrophe. But several international organisations have had to stop operations in the Kismayo camp and elsewhere, in large part
Ceasefire violations in Gaza
Special Report: Ceasefire Violations in Gaza April 2026 By Aiden Carlton, Leonardo Monopoli and Karolina Bonde Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images In October 2025, Israel and Hamas signed a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar, in a renewed attempt to end nearly two years of the war in Gaza. The "Comprehensive End of Gaza War" built on a collapsed January 2025 ceasefire and set out binding obligations for both sides. The conditions included an end to ho
Genocide Watch
May 4
M23 attacks violate Rwanda/DRC ceasefire agreement
March 2026 By the Great Lakes & Central Africa Task Force Secretary Marco Rubio hosts a Democratic Republic of the Congo-Rwanda Peace Agreement signing ceremony between Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., June 27, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett) Despite efforts to negotiate a permanent peace agreement to end the
Genocide Watch
May 2
Special Report: Poland and Selective Humanitarianism
By Michał Jagielski Genocide Watch Migrants wait at the Polish-Belarusian border on November 18, 2021 in Grodno, Belarus. Thousands of people are trapped in freezing conditions at the Poland-Belarus border. (Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Poland is not unique in its selective humanitarianism. As the EU’s decision to restrict asylum rights for certain groups showed, the entire continent suffers from a neo-racist attitude towards migrants. However, Poland constit
Genocide Watch
Apr 24
