Obi Anyadike
Senior Africa Editor at The New Humanitarian
Find me at: @obianyadike.bsky.social. Journalist & researcher. Senior Africa editor @newhumanitarian. Senior Associate @CSISHumAgenda.
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Jan 31, 2025 |
thenewhumanitarian.org | Obi Anyadike
Republish this article The capture this week of Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by M23 rebels and Rwandan troops has triggered a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis that risks expanding into an even deeper regional conflict. The city of around two million was crammed with people seeking shelter as the fighting neared. Another 800,000 were in displacement camps in and around Goma and are scattering into a countryside where abuse by armed groups is rife. There...
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Sep 4, 2024 |
elpais.com | Obi Anyadike
La muerte y la destrucción que causan los conflictos son tragedias visibles e inmediatas, pero a menudo se pasan por alto las consecuencias ambientales a largo plazo de la violencia: legados siniestros y tóxicos. Incluso antes de que se dispare el primer tiro, los ejércitos permanentes son hostiles al clima: voraces consumidores de energía y derrochadores, son .
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Aug 14, 2024 |
dehai.org | Obi Anyadike
The death and destruction that conflicts cause are visible and immediate tragedies, but often overlooked are the long-term environmental consequences of that violence – insidious, poisonous legacies. Even before a shot is fired, standing armies are climate-hostile. Voraciously energy-hungry and wasteful, military establishments are believed to of all global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jul 10, 2024 |
theafricanmirror.africa | Obi Anyadike
This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. By Obi Anyadike AT the end of this year, the last UN peacekeepers are scheduled to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo after two difficult decades, a withdrawal that reflects broader changes underway to the international security system. The peacekeeping mission – known by its French acronym, MONUSCO – has been the biggest and most expensive deployment in UN history.
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Jul 9, 2024 |
allafrica.com | Obi Anyadike
Johannesburg — 'There is a crisis on the demand and supply side of the equation.'At the end of this year, the last UN peacekeepers are scheduled to leave the Democratic Republic of the Congo after two difficult decades, a withdrawal that reflects broader changes underway to the international security system. The peacekeeping mission - known by its French acronym, MONUSCO - has been the biggest and most expensive deployment in UN history.
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