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Women and the Path for Peace in Africa: DR Congo

January 27, 2026

This research article draws on in-depth interviews with Dr. Susanne Alldén, who is a senior lecturer in Peace and Development Studies at Linnaeus University in

Beyond the Battlefield: Sudan’s Women and Children

December 3, 2025

More than two years into the Sudan’s civil war, the power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a

Syria’s Lost Children: The Assad Regime’s Legacy of Disappearances

October 16, 2025

With the protracted Syrian Civil War and the recent collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria remains one of the largest humanitarian crises

Ukraine’s Abducted Children: Humanitarian Impact and the Road Ahead

September 10, 2025

Three years after Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, the war continues to have devastating consequences for civilians. A quarter of Ukrainians have fled the country,

Women and the Path for Peace in Africa: Ethiopia

August 19, 2025

Ethiopia today is characterized by growing fragmentation and eruptions of violence since the catastrophic Tigray war. The civil war, which lasted from 2020 to 2022,

OPI-ROCCA: Records Of Critical Cyber Attacks

Women and the Path for Peace in Africa: DR Congo

Beyond the Battlefield: Sudan’s Women and Children

Syria’s Lost Children: The Assad Regime’s Legacy of Disappearances

Ukraine’s Abducted Children: Humanitarian Impact and the Road Ahead

Women and the Path for Peace in Africa: Ethiopia

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