2025 UN report details M23 atrocities in DRC: escalating violence, civilian casualties, Rwanda-linked conflict, and catastrophic humanitarian crisis in eastern Congo.

Devastating UN Report Exposes M23 DRC Rights Crisis

Altadena's fire recovery faces luxury developer threats and displacement risks; community land banking and a $55M fund aim to protect residents.

Altadena Fire Recovery Fight Against Shocking Land Grab

Sudan displacement crisis 2025: RSF/SAF conflict displaces 14M, kills 150K amid famine and world's worst humanitarian disaster.

Sudan's Devastating Crisis Revealed 2025 Stats

Cameroon's crisis: displacement, separatist violence, Boko Haram threats, and 2025 election fears amid Anglophone conflict.

Fearful Cameroon Exiles Critical 2025 Crisis Looms

African peace agreements, armed groups, humanitarian crisis, and conflict in CAR and DRC in 2025: Hope amidst the turmoil.

African Peace 2025 Hope Navigating Turmoil

Specific instructions are given in dealing with the other realm. Our mindset is important.  What we are thinking when we are faced with things from the other realm matters. Things like our focus on Jesus and the cross and what he did for you personally.

05 05 2025 Midnight Hour -You Are Being Fortified

Haiti protests surge amid gang violence, security crisis, and displacement. UN mission and U.S. sanctions struggle to address escalating chaos and humanitarian impact.

Haiti's Crisis Protests Rage Amid Gangs 2025

The M23 rebels’ 2025 capture of Lunyasenge DRC defies ceasefire agreements, intensifying the humanitarian crisis as 6 million remain displaced amid stalled peace talks and accusations of Rwandan support for the rebellion.

DRC Crisis M23 Captures Lunyasenge Tragic Story

說真的，它一點也不「放鬆」，這首是「休息過程中自我崩潰的節奏幻覺」

Other Relaxation

Paper Title:
Batnāyya, Iraq: Local Conflicts, Conflict Resolution and Visions for Peace

Date:
27 May 2025

Publisher: 
LUGARIT

Author: 
Dr. Esther Meininghaus

Summary:
In Batnāyya, Chaldean and Assyrian residents seek safety through exclusion of Arab families, deepening the town’s isolation. Political representation is obstructed by armed groups’ control of minority quotas. Residents envision peace through legal equality and secular governance, highlighting the need for inclusive, locally attuned interventions to counter structural marginalization.

Link:
https://link.lugarit.com/Hh71

Photo: 
A Chaldean family photo amid the rubble of their destroyed home following ISIS’s occupation.  Batnaya, Iraq. 14 May 2017. Photo © ZUMA Press, Inc. - via Alamy.


Batnāyya, Iraq: Local Conflicts, Conflict Resolution and Visions for Peace

For generations, the inhabitants of Thar have lived in harmony with nature — spending their lives in chaunras or rooms made of mud, straw, and wood. That harmony, however, is being seriously  undermined by coal development now. 

In this episode of our podcast, we record the fears, frustrations and anger of the residents of Thario Halepoto, a village overshadowed  by Pakistan’s larger coal mine located in Tharparkar district, over their impending displacement from their traditional abodes.

Kacheri (EP-03): Where there is coal, there is also the fear of displacement

Darfur's 12.1 million at-risk faces escalating sexual violence as war crimes and systematic assault drive trauma, with MSF urging global action against perpetrators.

Darfur's Brutal Secret Battling Sexual Violence

Cameroon's humanitarian crisis, the world's most neglected displacement emergency, affects 3.3 million people amid escalating conflict, food insecurity, and inadequate global aid. Addressing displacement and violence is critical to saving lives and stabilizing the region.

Cameroon's Dire Neglected Displacement Crisis Unveiled

The adversary is setting up his show too.  He is a defeated enemy.  God put that void in us that we all see Jesus and be filled.  Jesus is the only one who can fill us up.

07 10 2025 Pastor Paul Interview - Michael- Floods - Global Events

Sudan's military government accused the UAE of directly supporting paramilitary forces in Darfur since fighting began in 2023. As reports of displacement and starvation reached alarming levels, BU senior Raheeq Ibrahim joined us to talk about her family's direct aid campaign, Abna alSudan, and how folks in the U.S. can help.

Originally aired April 10th, 2025.

Those interested in donating can find the latest information on how to do so by visiting Abna alSudan's Instagram page, @abnaalsudan, or by visiting the following link: https://www.instagram.com/abnaalsudan/


Sudan accuses UAE of committing genocide; how to help Sudanese families experiencing hunger

Article Title:
Mashaa’ Wadi al-Joz: The Story of a Poor Neighborhood That Resisted Assad and Lost Everything Even Its Name

Date:
12 August 2025

Publisher: 
LUGARIT + Syrian Anonymous Journalists (صوت سوري)

Author: 
Author:  Omar Abdulaziz Hallaj

Summary:
This article argues that reconstruction in Syria must prioritize spontaneous settlements, safeguard formal and informal property and tenure rights, and address actual housing needs. It warns that unchecked investment risks repeating past exclusions, as seen in Wadi al-Joz. Sustainable recovery requires inclusive planning, legal due diligence, and housing solutions that restore dignity and enable displaced communities’ return.

Link:
https://link.lugarit.com/UGVL

Photo: 
Satellite image of Wadi al-Joz, Hama after its destruction. Image taken on 25 August 2013. Image sourced from Google Earth.


Mashaa’ Wadi al-Joz: The Story of a Poor Neighborhood That Resisted Assad and Lost Everything Even Its Name

العنوان 
مشاع وادي الجوز:  قصة حي فقير قاوم الأسد ولم يبق منه حتى اسمه

تاريخ النشر
١٢ آب ٢٠٢٥

الناشر 
لوغاريت + صوت سوري 

المؤلف
عمر عبد العزيز الحلاج 

الخلاصة
تؤكد المقالة أن إعادة الإعمار في سوريا يجب أن تضع الأحياء العشوائية في صميم استراتيجيات الإسكان، مع مراجعه قانونية دقيقة لحماية حقوق الملكية. وتحذر من المشاريع الاستثمارية الفاخرة التي تعيد إنتاج الإقصاء، داعيةً إلى حلول سكنية ميسورة وشاملة تعيد الكرامة وتمكّن عودة النازحين.

الرابط 
https://link.lugarit.com/UGVL

الصورة
صورة أقمار صناعية لحي وادي الجوز في حماة بعد تدميره. تاريخ الصورة ٢٥ آب ٢٠١٣. الصورة من Google Earth.


مشاع وادي الجوز:  قصة حي فقير قاوم الأسد ولم يبق منه حتى اسمه

Here’s the thing about leaving. Sometimes you plan it for years — a better job, an education, a shot at something bigger. Other times it happens overnight. Governments fall. Food disappears. You run.

This episode of Dispatch from the Heartland is about human migration and displacement — one of the oldest patterns of our species. Moving for survival. Moving for hope. Moving because staying is no longer possible. It’s trauma. It’s hope. It’s a blank page.

In this episode, Tate Chamberlin sits down with Zohra Zori, Lucy Petroucheva, and Angela Eifert to talk about displacement, belonging, and the slow learning curve of new cultures. We’ll look at the mistakes, the forgiveness, and the “othering” that happens when you’re new. We’ll talk about refugee camps that stretch on for years, the difference between sustainability and dependence, and the unspoken emotions you carry when you leave everything behind.

This is a space for vulnerability. For beginning again. For understanding sovereignty even when choice has been stripped away. Because right now, families are uprooted. Cultures are colliding. Dreams are being carried across borders. And even in movement — even in loss — we hold on to the hope of a better life.

This is Dispatch from the Heartland. Join us, won’t you?

Human Migration and Displacement - Part Two

LUGARIT is a small think tank active in international development.

I Am Interchange is fostering curiosity, education, and empathy by exploring the controversial and the provocative.

THIS SEASON:  It seems, now more than ever, that we have found ourselves on the cusp of monumental worldwide change. Whether we consider the environment, politics, infrastructure, health, economics, or equities across a broad swath of social constructs, the consensus is clear and urgent: all is not as it should be. The United Nations (UN), a consortium of 193 Member States from around the globe, agrees. In 2015, the UN unanimously adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calling for urgent action in global partnership to secure “peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.” In alignment with the goals, HATCH — a curated network of innovators, artists, activists, and entrepreneurs working together to accelerate positive global change — focused its fall summit impact labs on topics related to their four impact pillars: EQUITY, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT, and EMPOWERMENT This series will explore those on the frontlines of transformational systems change, accelerating solutions for these human challenges.

He/Him. Twin. Igbo 🇳🇬, born & raised in the US. Journalist. Musician. Different ≠ Deficient.

Clips posted here are interviews, features, or spots from my work on WBUR, where I served as an education reporting fellow, and WTBU, where I reported on justice issues and student government and started Melanin Matters, my own Black news-talk radio show.

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