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Boy sitting in the rubble of a destroyed UNRWA school in Nuseirat, Middle Areas, Gaza 2024

Palestinian education ‘under attack’, leaving a generation close to losing hope, study warns

25 Sep 2024

Ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people’s education back by up to 5 years, report suggests.

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CamFest Speaker Spotlight: Dr Saleyha Ahsan

18 Mar 2024

Broadcaster and PhD student Dr Saleyha Ahsan, co-convenor of the CRASSH ‘Healthcare in Conflict’ research network, will chair a panel discussion...

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Man framed in pharmacy entrance, in Syria

Syrian higher education system facing 'complete breakdown' after eight years of war – study

18 Jun 2019

The conflict in Syria has left the country’s higher education system “fragmented and broken”, with universities suffering politicisation...

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England, Charles I (1625-49) lozenge-shaped silver shilling siege piece, 1648, Pontefract

Pop-up mints and coins made from prayers

04 Dec 2017

In the tumultuous upheaval of the English Civil War, Royalist castles under siege used ‘pop-up’ mints to make coins to pay their soldiers. A unique...

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Syrian refugee in a hospital in Lebanon

Targeting of Syrian healthcare as ‘weapon of war’ sets dangerous precedent, say researchers

15 Mar 2017

As new estimates of death toll for health workers are published, experts say the deliberate and systematic attacks on the healthcare infrastructure...

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United Nations Operation in Burundi (crop)

When ideas of peace meet politics of conflict

15 Feb 2017

Research by an expert in peacebuilding shows how international ideas, practices and language of conflict resolution are transformed when they meet...

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Kony 2012

The Bible as a weapon of war

08 Feb 2017

How do former Lord’s Resistance Army soldiers – men, women and children who have used the Bible as a weapon of war – learn to reread the scriptures...

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Opinion: Mozambique's unexpected truce still hangs in the balance

20 Jan 2017

After four years of escalating civil conflict, a truce has unexpectedly arisen in Mozambique. But what are the chances of this ceasefire lasting...

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British Army Soldier in Afghanistan Engaging the Enemy

Opinion: How context makes conflict trauma hard to understand, and not just for Trump

07 Oct 2016

Mark de Rond (Cambridge Judge Business School) discusses how exposure to terrible events may only tell part of the complex story of post-traumatic...

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More than 10,000 people have fled the conflict in Mozambique to take refuge in Malawi

Opinion: Old soldiers, old divisions are central in new Mozambique conflict

13 Jul 2016

Justin Pearce (Department of Politics and International Studies) discusses the historical roots of the current conflict in Mozambique.

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Adolescent girls are the biggest victims in conflict settings

Opinion: Rape, murder, forced marriage: what girls in conflict zones get instead of education

20 May 2016

Pauline Rose (Faculty of Education) discusses the importance of recognising education as part of a humanitarian response.

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Let girls learn in conflict settings

09 Dec 2015

Unique threats to girls displaced by conflict prompt exceptional initiative.

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