Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR)

23/09/2026

An artisanal mining boom driven by war and poverty is causing a public health emergency, as chemicals poison soil, water and society.
Investigation by Sudanese journalist Samira Hassan Khalifa, of independent outlet Ayin Network, supported under IWPR's Impact Reporting programme.

23/09/2026

15/09/2026

IWPR's latest investigation, part of our Impact Reporting initiative, is the result of months of painstaking field reporting by Sudanese journalist Samira Hassan Khalifa, of the independent outlet Ayin Network. It was published in partnership with The Guardian.

An artisanal mining boom driven by war and poverty is causing a public health emergency, as chemicals poison soil, water and society.

In Abu Hamad, on the banks of the Nile, verdant orchards, gardens and fields once produced a bounty of dates, citrus fruits, winter grains and cereals for the towns and cities of eastern Sudan, including Khartoum and Port Sudan.

08/09/2026

Thousands attended the funeral because he "remains a figure of national pride and defiance," said Daniella Peled, Managing Editor at the Institute for War & Peace Reporting - who covered Mladić's war crimes trial in detail.

The war crimes tribunal "provided an incredibly detailed historical record of Mladić's crimes," she told the BBC, but the Serbian media and education system "has not reflected the true scale of his crimes or the perspectives of victims and survivors."

Pro-government Serbian media "depict him as a loyal soldier who simply carried out his duties," Peled said.

"It's extremely challenging for post-conflict societies to undertake a national reckoning or acknowledge responsibility for the crimes of the past."

Mladić was jailed for genocide during the 1990s Bosnian war and the EU warned Serbia not to glorify the convicted war criminal.

21/08/2026

Innovative platform helps identify online misogyny without impacting media freedom.

A new AI-assisted moderation tool aims to combat digital hate speech against women in Armenia’s increasingly febrile online landscape.“We are seeing more hate, more coordinated attacks and more people, from journalists to activists to ordinary users, being pushed out of online conversations beca...