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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

Jeffrey Epstein: Agent of Geo-kleptocracy

World Peace Foundation February 11, 2026

Corruption kleptocracy Political Finance World War X

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Gendered Suffering in Famine: the other side of gendered norms

Merry Fitzpatrick February 9, 2026

Ethiopia Famine Gaza Gender SGBV SGBV and Starvation

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woman laying in bed faced away from camera toward wall

Introduction to blog series on Gender Based Violence & Starvation

Bridget Conley, Tom Dannenbaum, Dyan Mazurana February 2, 2026

Gaza Mass Starvation SGBV SGBV and Starvation Starvation Crimes Sudan Tigray

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image of man in yellow shirt shooting at doves of peace

When and How Did World War X Begin?

Alex de Waal January 28, 2026

autocracy kleptocracy Peacemaking Populism World peace World War X

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Sorghum Seeds

An exceptional farmer who survived a famine: my aunt Mary Ajok, South Sudan

Elizabeth Malou January 26, 2026

African Voices Famine Famine Voices South Sudan

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a woman and young child sit on a straw mat outside a canvas tent

Guilt, shame, and maternal agency: Famine voices from Abyei, on the South Sudan-Sudan border

Deng Nyol Kuol January 23, 2026

Famine Famine Voices South Sudan

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A woman clearing land for farming in South Sudan

Hard work, displacement, and survival: famine voices from Lainya, Central Equatoria, South Sudan

Luga Aquila January 22, 2026

Famine Famine Voices Mass Starvation South Sudan

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close up of a map with a green pin in Venezuela

Did Trump Just Declare World War X?

Alex de Waal January 21, 2026

kleptocracy Trump Venezuela World War X

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pot over a log fire

Moving for Survival: Oral Histories of Famine and Labour Migration in the Darfur–BeG Borderlands

Joseph Diing December 5, 2025

Darfur Famine Migration Sudan

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photo view of rundown buildings, dirt road with a few people walking around

Rents and Political Settlements – A Hopeless Muddle?

Aditya Sarkar December 2, 2025

Horn of Africa Political Finance Political Marketplace

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