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- War and Peace
On Mahatma Gandhi’s 154th birthday, is non-violence still an...
Non-violence is a comprehensive philosophy to refute the need for…
October 2, 2023
- Global Health
Geopolitics at Heart of Elections for New Director of...
Who will bridge the difference between nations in the most…
September 28, 2023
- Development
The Sustainable Development Goals are hard to achieve, but...
The SDGs still provide the vision for a better world…
September 24, 2023
- Global Health
Shenanigans in WHO South-East Asia as Politician’s Daughter Contests...
Will self-serving politics or principled professionalism prevail in elections critical…
September 18, 2023
- Humanitarian
Afghanistan is in urgent need of a ‘mental health...
Tackling the psychological trauma of its decades-long crisis is essential…
September 5, 2023
- Genocide
Saving ourselves from Evil is ultimately a personal responsibility
Evil flourishes when institutions protect themselves rather than looking out…
August 30, 2023
- Peace
Ten Lessons in Peace Mediation from Sudan
Compromising principles to make peace will eventually lead to failure…
August 24, 2023
- Global Health
Eastern Mediterranean Countries Deserve Better Health: Will the New...
Given the right choice, the new regional director of WHO…
August 24, 2023
- Humanitarian
My boss died in a Baghdad bombing that changed...
Twenty years after Sergio Vieira de Mello and 22 others…
August 18, 2023
- Human Rights
Tackling modern slavery is the best way of paying...
The blame-and-compensate culture is no way to heal old wounds.…
August 13, 2023
- Human Rights
Treating indigenous people fairly benefits all humanity
Development approaches that leave behind indigenous communities is a loss…
August 8, 2023
- Justice
Mandela Day is a moment to question everything you...
The number of inmates around the world grows every year,…
July 14, 2023
- Sudan
- War and Peace
Sudan’s scary future must be faced with patient realism
Sudan will have to find its own solutions, but that…
July 10, 2023
- Red Cross Red Crescent
The Red Cross Red Crescent must learn to emerge...
IFRC was badly let down by its President, Francesco Rocca. …
June 29, 2023
- Human Rights
“Like the sun in the day and the moon...
An Afghan lady discovers her own voice 23 June 2023…
June 23, 2023
- Humanitarian
How ‘World Refugee Day’ lost its meaning, and how...
The world is running on an outdated – and deadly…
June 20, 2023
- Integrity
The conflicting presidencies of Francesco Rocca
Francesco Rocca must do the decent thing and immediately resign…
June 10, 2023
- Global Health
Pandemic-proofing the world is an easy political choice
There is little time to lose to better prepare the…
June 6, 2023