Arab Spring protesters were often below 24 years old. Cairo January 28, 2011. R.
Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
A certain combination of demographics and corruption can lead to political upheaval.
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Already one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian disasters, the situation in Yemen is only getting worse.
A school teacher, leads a class at the Obama Primary School in Kenya.
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The impact of peace education or human rights courses ultimately depends on how teachers – who may not be neutral – implement them.
A march for the missing in Mexico City in May 2017.
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The figures have been taken out of context.
Food is delivered by the UN in South Sudan.
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Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It’s now backtracked on the decision.
Turkanas have contributed significantly to the conflict in Kenya’s Laikipia County.
Siegfried Modola/Reuters
For over 20 years, Kenya’s Laikipia region and its neighbours have witnessed violence between January and April over location and geography.
A North Korean ballistic rocket launching drill, undated photo.
REUTERS/ North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
Tensions in Asia may soon boil over. If U.S. leaders fail to seek pathways to peace, the consequences may be grim, warns former National Security Council member.
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Most revenge isn’t violent or dramatic, but instead involves petty acts against coworkers or lovers. And some types work better than others.
Among the Syrian refugee population it is estimated that there are 2,000 university professionals and 100,000 university qualified students.
Many pastoralists in central Kenya lost access to their ancestral pasture lands in the early 20th century.
Reuters/Siegfried Modola
The simplistic assumption that the violence in central Kenya is the result of drought mask the more complex underlying dynamics of politics, access to resources and land.
Aftermath of a Boko Haram attack on the village of Mairi in north-eastern Nigeria in February 2-16.
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International law should include an offence of ‘creating a famine’.
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Leaders in Davos are being asked to consider how global cooperation could be reinvigorated. They could do worse than start with UN reforms.
Kashmiri villagers shout slogans during a funeral of civilians, in Beerwah, north of Srinagar, August 2016.
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`Militancy’ in Kashmir has taken on significantly changed dimensions, described best not by the armed struggle of a few, but by the unarmed, highly discursive resistance over new spaces of protest.
EPA/Yahya Arhab
As one of the world’s messiest conflicts, the war in Yemen seems to defy any political resolution.
Iraqi officials at the site of a suspected mass grave south of Mosul in November 2016.
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When mass graves are disturbed, it makes it harder to find out the truth about what happened.
Demonstrators chant slogans while flashing the Oromo protest gesture during Irreecha, the thanksgiving festival of the Oromo people, in Bishoftu town, Oromia region, Ethiopia, October 2, 2016.
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The current state of emergency in Ethiopia is the last attempt by the Tigrayan-led regime to stop the Oromo and Amhara protests and maintain political power.
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PTSD isn’t all about bombs and bullets. The baggage soldiers and medics bring to war zones will help us better understand diverse responses.
ISIS fighters celebrating in Mosul, Iraq, in 2014. Criminological studies suggest terrorists would use diverse tactics to neutralise feelings of guilt.
Reuters
Do ISIS fighters feel guilty about the violence they perpetrate? Not likely, according to criminological research, which suggests terrorists “neutralise” their guilt, just as many other criminals do.
On October 2, the Colombian people will decide the future of their country.
Jaime Saldarriaga/Reuters
As Colombians head to the polls for the October 2 referendum to permanently end the country’s civil war, everything from grief and hope to partisan politics will factor into their decision.
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Ridrigo Lodono announce the signed peace accord in Cartagena.
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The peace accords signed by the FARC and the Colombian govenment on September 26 are momentous, but they’re only the beginning of the path to peace.