When Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, UNHCR's representative in Ukraine, visited Stockholm in March, she met with the FUF editorial team and spoke about the growing humanitarian needs in Ukraine. Images: Mehreen Hayat/Utvecklingsmagasinet and Нікіта Лізейкін Pexels/Canva
Of: Meklit Teklu and Signe M. Andersson
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is now in its fifth year. After a 2025 prowned by intintensified attacks and a harsh winter, the country is now also facing reduced international assistance. At the same timetthrough an increasingly lack of respect for international law, UNHCR's representative in Ukraine, Bernadette Castel-Hollingsworth, tells Utvecklingsmagasinet.
April 16, 2026, Interview
In Niassa, Cabo Delgado, and Nampula, the lives of over 55,000 people were directly improved by a Swedish funded agricultural program, writes Diamantino Nhampossa. Image: Kajsa Johansson/We Effect
Of: Diamantino Nhampossa
Fifty years of partnership. Eight months' notice. In December 2025, the Swedish government announced the end of its bilateral development cooperation with Mozambique – a decision that has shocked both partners and population alike at a time of fragile political and humanitarian conditions, writes diamond Nhampossa, Country Office Manager for We Effect Mozambique.
April 13, 2026, Guest chronicle
There are concerns that those now forced to flee southern Lebanon will not be allowed to return. After a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Lebanon in November 2024, Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, published a map showing a buffer zone to which Lebanese civilians were prohibited from returning. Photo: Avichay Adraee/X
Of: Nora Sargin
Over 1,2 million peopler has forced to flee their homes in Lebanon after Israeli attacks and extensiveevacuation worder. This combined with widespread destruction of civiliannfrastruktura warns human rights institutions risk violating international humanitarian law.
April 9, 2026, News
After Israel's offensive in Lebanon, over a million people have been displaced. Image: Waseem Istanbuli/Pexels
Of: Philippa Abrahamsson
M Simultaneously, large pharmaceutical companies – including J&J, Roche, AstraZeneca, and BMS – are have many of them difficult to leave the country.
March 30, 2026, News
Riek Machar (left) and Salva Kiir (right) once worked together, but are now on different sides in the fighting that has flared up in the country. Here during a meeting in the city of Juba in September 2019. Photo: Isaac Billy/UNMISS/Flickr.
Of: Meklit Teklu
Fighting between government forces and opposition groups is intensifying in South Sudan, with the UN Human Rights Commission in the country sounding the alarm about serious attacks on civilians. At the same time, political and military elites are accused of undermining the 2018 peace agreement.
March 24, 2026, News
Of: Tilde Brandelius
On February 28, Israel and the United States attacked Iran, starting a conflict that has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and the rest of the world. In a series of columns, our correspondents tell how the war has been received in countries around the world. Tilde Brandelius is FUF's correspondent in Vietnam in the spring of 2026.
March 24, 2026, FUF-correspondents, Think piece
Of: Svea Mangili
On February 28, Israel and the United States attacked Iran, starting a conflict that has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and the rest of the world. In a series of columns, our correspondents tell how the war has been received in countries around the world. Svea Mangili is FUF's correspondent in Italy in the spring of 2026.
March 19, 2026, FUF-correspondents, Think piece
Of: Maja Hammarstrom
On February 28, Israel and the United States attacked Iran, starting a conflict that has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and the rest of the world. In a series of columns, our correspondents tell how the war has been received in countries around the world. Maja Hammarström is FUF's correspondent in the United States in the spring of 2026.
March 19, 2026, FUF-correspondents, Think piece
Of: Ida Ramberg
On February 28, Israel and the United States attacked Iran, starting a conflict that has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and the rest of the world. In a series of columns, our correspondents tell how the war has been received in countries around the world. Ida Ramberg is FUF's correspondent in Colombia in the spring of 2026.
March 19, 2026, FUF-correspondents, Think piece
