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BMC Public Health
January 2025
Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Background: On April 15th, 2023, intense clashes involving heavy weapons and airstrikes occurred between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, leading to the displacement of almost 8.1 million people. The ongoing armed conflict in Sudan has led to a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, posing serious challenges to the country's health-care system and even its collapse.
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February 2025
Purdue University, USA.
This article develops the idea that late modern war's relationship with the (the ground and the life it sustains) is doubly destructive. While part of this is recognized in a recent focus on slow violence and ecological aftermaths, there is little consideration of the 'beforemath', or the sites of extraction that make advanced military technologies possible. Drawing attention to mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the article connects military technologies to arms manufacturers and their use of extracted minerals (e.
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December 2024
Computer Science Department, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Estimating the numbers and whereabouts of internally displaced people (IDP) is paramount to providing targeted humanitarian assistance. In conflict settings like the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, on-the-ground data collection is nevertheless often inadequate to provide accurate and timely information. Satellite imagery may sidestep some of these challenges and enhance our understanding of the IDP dynamics.
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December 2024
Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Opole, Opole, Poland.
Prehosp Disaster Med
August 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.
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