by Peace | Jul 3, 2026 | Gaza, hunger, Vrede en oorlog, water
It’s been a while since I last wrote about Peace SOS Gaza, but that organization’s distributions of water and vegetables continue to take place. You can find the videos under ‘shorts’ on the Peace SOS YouTube channel. Unfortunately, the bombings continue too. This is...
by Peace | Jul 2, 2026 | Sudan, Vrede en oorlog
Once again, people are being killed in Sudan, and once again the Darfur region is at the centre of the violence. The war in Sudan is usually described as a civil war between two rival generals. That description is not incorrect, but it is incomplete. It obscures the...
by Peace | May 22, 2026 | Asylumn seekers' centre, Loosdrecht, Netherlands, Violence, Vrede en oorlog
I have worked in Syria. In the Horn of Africa. In Myanmar. In places where people left everything behind: their homes, their families, sometimes even their names, because staying was more dangerous than leaving. Many of those people asked me the same question: ‘Is the...
by Peace | May 13, 2026 | children, Russia, Ukraine, Vrede en oorlog
According to a report by the NOS, the Dutch Broadcasting Foundation, broadcast on 11 May, on Russia’s Victory Day the previous Saturday, Putin stated that he believes the conflict with Ukraine is drawing to a close and that he considers Schröder the right person to...
by Peace | May 11, 2026 | children, Sudan, Vluchtelingen, Vrede en oorlog, Vrouwen
To many, the war in Sudan feels like a sudden escalation, but those familiar with recent history saw the signs emerging long before. What is unfolding today is the result of years of power struggles, political fragmentation, and international interests. A fragile...
by Peace | Mar 23, 2026 | Ukraine, United Nations, Vrede en oorlog
Update: 23 March 2026. Quaker and conscientious objector Yurii Sheliazhenko has been released from military custody in Ukraine after being forcibly detained last Thursday. Yurii was beaten, pepper-sprayed, dragged by his feet and hair and humiliated during his...
