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Jun 25, 2025 The Daily Brief

Abducted by Al-Shabab

Children Caught in Mozambique’s Conflict; Quick Takes: Nigeria; Guinea; Haiti; Readers’ Recommendations.

A mother walks with her daughters in the community of Saul, in the Metuge region of Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, on March 26, 2024.
Jun 24, 2025 The Daily Brief

Post-Coup Conscripted Child Soldiers

Myanmar On the List of Shame; Quick Takes: Belarus; Kyrgyzstan; South Sudan; Readers’ Recommendations; Three Questions With….

Military personnel participate in a parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021.
Jun 23, 2025 The Daily Brief

Where Impunity Begins

Where Israel's Impunity Should End Today; Quick Takes: Hungary; UK; Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations.

Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaking in Brussels, Belgium, December 16, 2024.
Jun 19, 2025 The Daily Brief

Going To School on an Empty Stomach

France’s Lack of Education for Children in Mayotte; Quick Takes: Nigeria; Nepal; Ecuador; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

A primary school devastated after Cyclone Chido in Doujani, in Mamoudzou, Mayotte, December 27, 2024.
Jun 18, 2025 The Daily Brief

Displaced, Deported, Against the Law

M23 Abuses Raise War Crimes Concerns for Rwanda; Quick Takes: Japan; Guatemala; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Displaced people board a bus after undergoing checks at the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda
Jun 17, 2025 The Daily Brief

Don’t Withdraw from Decency

Five Countries Aiming to Leave a Key Treaty; Quick Takes: Africa Education; Saudi Arabia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

A banner hangs on the Broken Chair sculpture stating "Landmines don't choose their targets. 85% of victims are civilians. Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland stay in the Mine Ban Treaty."
Jun 16, 2025 The Daily Brief

Shattered Survivors

Rohingya Fleeing Myanmar Conflict; Quick Takes: Hungary; Kuwait; Climate Crisis; Readers’ Recommendations; Podcast: Duterte in the Dock.

Rohingya refugees attend a solidarity event with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the Bangladesh Interim Government, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025.
Jun 12, 2025 The Daily Brief

Too Slow a Shift on Israeli Abuses

Encouraging Western Signals, But…; Quick Takes: World Cup; Burundi; EU/China; Japan; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

Activists hold a banner at a demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, UK, May 13, 2025.
Jun 11, 2025 The Daily Brief

Sudan Update

More Documented War Crimes; Quick Takes: Brazil; Colombia; DR Congo; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Photograph shared by a Nyala resident on February 6, 2025, shows the destroyed building at the location of a February 3 airstrike near the Mecca Eye Hospital in Nyala, South Darfur.
Jun 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

The Business of Blasphemy

Land Grabs and More in Pakistan; Quick Takes: US; UK; Germany-Sri Lanka; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Police and residents stand amid debris outside the torched St. John Church