Judges in US who sentence January 6 rioters fear a repeat of election violence if Trump loses
More than 1,500 people have been charged with federal crimes related to January 6 siege, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of presidential power for the first time in the nation’s history. Over 1,000 rioters have been convicted and sentenced. Roughly 650 of them received prison time ranging from a few days to 22 years.
Violence rocks Mozambique after leading opposition figures are gunned down in election dispute
Frelimo established a one-party state following independence and then fought a bloody, 15-year civil war against the rebel group Renamo. They signed a peace deal in 1992 and Renamo became the main opposition party following the country’s first democratic elections in 1994, but the peace between them has been fragile.
Investigation: How Ethiopian authorities submit lists of 100,000 fake names, which they use to steal relief food
Some aid recipients in Ethiopia said they do sometimes sell some of their food rations, but out of desperation. “I got aid because I have health conditions,” said Leelity Gebreegizabher, a single mother of two in a camp in the town of Shire. “A local official helped me to get 15 kilos of food so that I could sell some of it to buy medicine.”
Investigation: WFP, US, state and military officials massive implicated in theft of relief food as hundreds of starving Ethiopians died in Tigray region
Some US officials privately accuse the UN food body of being untrustworthy. An internal WFP investigative report cites a May 2023 cable from Washington’s top US diplomat in Ethiopia at the time: “The scale and depth of diversion” in areas where the WFP managed food relief “calls into question WFP’s ability to be a faithful and principled” partner for distributing food in Ethiopia.
US presidential candidates scramble for Arab American votes in Michigan as Middle East burns
Michigan is one of three “blue wall” states that, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, will help decide the election on November 5. Diverse voting blocs are key to winning virtually any swing state, but Michigan is unique with its significant Arab American population, which has been deeply frustrated by the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
Christians allied to Trump brand Kamala Harris a ‘Jezebel spirit’ as religious nationalism rocks campaign
The term ‘Jezebl spirit’ has a long history of being used in the US against women, especially Black women. During times of slavery, the idea was used to justify the systemic sexual assault and rape of Black women and girls. It has been used in the past to target other women such as Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, and to categorise movements such as feminism, abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights.
Sinwar’s killing offers Israel opportunity to lock in strategic gains before US presidential election
US President Joe Biden is expected to use Yahya Sinwar’s killing to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wind down the war in Gaza. But the Israeli leader may prefer to wait out the end of Biden’s term and take his chances with the next president, whether the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican rival Donald Trump, with whom Netanyahu has had close ties.
