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Rare earth mining site in Kachin State, Myanmar.

Rare earths

Myanmar: A hidden source of China’s most critical minerals

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by Seng Li
by Johanna Sydow
A mining site near Rubaya in eastern DRC.

Conflict and resources

Minerals for peace – or war over minerals in the DR Congo?

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by Ezra Moïse Amisi
by Bossissi Nkuba
An Iranian woman with a mobile phone outside a café in Tehran in April 2026. The windows are covered with tape to prevent them from shattering in the event of an explosion.

Iran

How Iranians try to get by every day amid war

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by Ariya Farahmand
Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, hundreds of people have been killed by mines and unexploded ordnance. Mine clearance services, such as those provided by the teams of civil society organisation The HALO Trust, remove explosive remnants from the earth.

Conflicts

More landmine casualties, less humanitarian aid

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by Kim Berg
Experts from The HALO Trust educate schoolchildren in Idlib province about the dangers posed by mines and unexploded ordnance.

Humanitarian aid

Mines: a lethal obstacle to Syria’s reconstruction

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by Kim Berg
This elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in Iran’s Hormozgan Province was de-stroyed by a US missile. The attack in late February claimed the lives of many civilians, most of them children.

International law

Iran war: Call out violations of international law, push for reform

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by Kai Ambos
Many people are still living in refugee camps, as here in the Tigrayan capital, Mekelle.

Conflict

The long aftermath of the war in northern Ethiopia

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by Hafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet
Artwork by Muthoni Nderitu

Humanitarian aid

The fact that funds are lacking to relieve suffering is scandalous

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
Humanitarian organisations work closely together in Chad, especially in light of global aid cuts. A medical team with IRC and UNHCR staff at an initial reception centre in the border town of Adré.

Humanitarian organisations

Humanitarian crisis in Chad: “How do we prioritise among priorities?”

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by Alain Rusuku
by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
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