Sudan’s death toll in 2025 could be as high as 100,000: how we did the count

Posted Tuesday, 6 Oct 2026 by Paola Vesco, Amber Deniz, David Randahl, Johan Brosché & Magnus Öberg

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Monday, 1 Dec 2025

Peace and good institutions save lives from floods

Why do some countries succeed in minimising the human toll of floods, while others face repeated catastrophes? The answer lies not only in meteorological or economic conditions, but also in political ones.

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Thursday, 27 Nov 2025

It comes in peace? AI’s promise and peril for women, peace and security

Can AI help revive the WPS agenda or does it risk deepening the challenges that WPS meant to overcome?

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Friday, 30 Dec 2022

The Results of a Prediction Competition Suggest the Fog of War Can Be Partially Lifted

We may never be able to eradicate political violence like what is now seen in Ethiopia, or in the deaths and damage wrought around the Colombo region in Sri Lanka. As Plato noted, “Only the dead have seen the end of war”. But a more realistic goal may be within ...

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Monday, 22 Feb 2021

Climate, Crop, and Conflict: a matter of space?

Anthropogenic climate change poses unprecedented threats to socio-ecological systems, affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. Among others, global warming has resulted in an increased frequency, intensity and duration of extremes, such as heatwaves, droughts and heavy precipitations. Climate-related impacts include alteration of ecosystems, disruption of food production and water ...

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