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Voices across the SWANA region, where even in times of crisis, people insist on their dignity.

Loss has become a constant theme in my life since Israel’s genocide in Gaza which saw war come again to Lebanon.  It has remained with me ever since. On October 13, 2023, my friend Issam Abdalla was targeted and killed by an Israeli missile while reporting on Israel’s early attacks on Southern Lebanese villages. The loss and grief were palpable.  The murder of a very dear friend with total impunity, and with whom I shared dreams for the future, brought so much unresolved anger and deep injustice. It is heart crushing to live with this…

Nyaluak Wiew presses both palms flat against the mud wall of her house, smoothing the wet clay in slow, circular motions. The afternoon light falls across her shoulders as she leans forward, careful not to let the mixture crack before it dries. The wall is cool under her hands. A shallow fire pit sits nearby, and thin branches support the roof above her.

Feleg depends on a mixed agricultural livelihood. For years, water shaped the rhythm of her day.

On International Roma Day, Voice of Romni sheds light on the realities and shares what it takes to build trust with Roma communities.

A troubling idea has begun to circulate in European political circles: the idea that international law is exhausted. That it has little effect in today’s geopolitical world.  This argument has surfaced in speeches of several European leaders. Most notably, in that of the European Commission’s President to EU Ambassadors last week. She is not alone, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz comments have raised similar questions. 

Since the invasion in 2022, Russia has been targeting Ukraine’s power stations each winter, leaving millions without electricity for weeks.

What began as a mission to save lives has grown into a global struggle against the systems that create inequality and injustice.

Berehane Eshete is 36, a mother of three, and the manager of the Andenet (Cheki Andinet) Dairy Cooperative Association in North Shewa. 

Ms. Birey Yohans Werede, 40, lived in Humera before conflict displaced her to the Hitsats IDP site in Asgede Woreda, Tigray. She lives with a family of six, including three females.