Sudan’s descent into chaos provides fertile ground for al-Qaeda gestation, spread terror
Sudan’s civil strife predates the current fighting by decades. It ignited in 1989 when al-Bashir seized power, aligning the nation with radical Islamist ideologies. He imposed Sharia law and in 1991 sheltered al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Under al-Bashir’s regime, bin Laden established training camps and expanded al-Qaeda’s financial network, laying the groundwork for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Uncertainty hangs over ruling ANC party as South Africans get ready to vote next week
The vote occurs in the lower house of Parliament, known as the National Assembly, and it needs at least 201 votes from its 400 lawmakers to elect a president. The ANC has always had a majority in Parliament since 1994 and so the president has always been from the ANC.
How science and religion are finally co-existing as faith and work complement each other
Sociologist Christopher Scheitle surveyed atheism’ more than 1,300 graduate students about their experiences and their attitudes to religion. He found that many religious people studying science struggle to be open about their faith, reporting a culture of ‘assumed that often led them to conceal their religion for fear of being judged or discriminated against.
Palestinians doubt World Court ruling will end their plight in Gaza as Israel intensified attacks
Hamas fighters killed some 1,200 people in Israel in the October 7 attack and abducted around 250 more, according to Israeli tallies. Gaza health authorities say more than 35,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli retaliatory offensive which has laid waste to much of the enclave.
Sunak’s stillborn refugee diplomacy: Rivals term UK’s Rwanda migrant plan ‘Alice in Wonderland adventure’
After taking office in October 2022, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak made the plan to send migrants who arrived in Britain without permission to the East African nation one of his flagship policies, saying it would put an end to thousands of asylum seekers coming on small boats across the Channel.
Coming to America: Low-paid humans behind AI’s data in Kenya petition Biden to free them from ‘modern day slavery’ as President Ruto visits US
On Wednesday, 97 African workers who do AI training work or online content moderation for companies like Meta and OpenAI published an open letter to President Joe Biden, demanding that US tech companies stop “systemically abusing and exploiting African workers.”
VP Harris announces during Kenya’s President Ruto’s US tour plans to raise internet access in Africa by 80 per cent
Africa has struggled to receive the capital needed to build up its industrial and technological sectors. The United Nations reported last year that foreign direct investment in the continent fell to $45 billion in 2022, from a record high $80 billion in 2021.
‘There was a group of us for cooking, cleaning or marry the Al Shabaab bosses and if you looked like a monkey they killed you’
Our job [during captivity] was to find food and water for them. If you refused you were punished or killed. They were also forcing women to have sex, and when they were pregnant, they were taking babies out of their bellies.
Al Shabaab to raped Mozambican women: ‘There is no food for monkeys and dogs, you are not a person to us’
Hundreds – and possibly thousands – of women and girls have been kidnapped by the group known locally as al-Shabab (“the youth” in Arabic), which began a rebellion in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province in 2017. Many of them have been forcibly married and repeatedly raped in military camps.
US House given details of how White House top officials scrambled to hide sensitive emails of how America funded Wuhan to develop Covid
The committee may recommend that the US Department of Justice investigate Morens for making false statements, a crime in violation of Title 18 US Code Section 1001. The testimony follows revelations last week that Morens stated he would delete any “smoking guns” implicating a connection between Daszak’s organisation and the Covid-19 pandemic.
