Pocketed by Big Pharma to peddle Covid vaccine lies, US mainstream media finding it hard to regain trust
Changing anything within a government agency always risks blowback. Sure enough, a gaggle of disgruntled workers, a few hundred at most out of 18,000, maybe 1 per cent, while ignoring all the people who are thrilled, turned in a declaration of protest.
ICC to renew crimes against humanity in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels accused of executing civilians in Goma
Human Rights Watch confirmed that M23 fighters executed seven people on streets close to Katindo Camp and received credible reports of dozens more killings.
Understanding High Seas Treaty to protect world oceans and why its implementation has delayed
The treaty also aims to ensure that all countries have fair and equitable access to the ocean’s resources. While it is widely referred to as the High Seas Treaty, officially it is called the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty.
Kibera slums in Nairobi leads Kenya’s and Africa’s charge into crypto economy as dollar influence queried
Bitcoin, the first and largest crypto, was created in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis as a decentralized digital asset that could act as an alternative method of payment.
With world’s highest school dropouts due to high cost of education, questions emerge whether Catholic Church should privatise its centres
The Catholic Church is the region’s largest non-governmental investor in education. Catholic schools have long been a pillar of affordable but high-quality education, especially for poor families.
Barcelona’s dazzling Lamine Yamal: Real Madrid’s players didn’t know that I have a right foot too
Lamine Yamal is able to improvise and use his left foot in so many different ways, including the ‘trivela’ – an outside-of-the-boot shot or pass that he executes brilliantly over a range of distances. Yamal uses that part of his foot with such precision that his technique doesn’t just negate the need to use his right,
Pakistan to Spain: Deadly journey via Africa illegal migrants travel; why smugglers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes
During the six months Iqbal and Ali were in Mauritania, smugglers moved them repeatedly, beating them to extract more money. While he managed to get some money sent from Pakistan, Iqbal did not tell his family of his dire situation.
Ethnic profile: How Rapid Support Forces attack, kill non-Arab Masalit under pretext Tawila is ‘military zone’
The RSF has sought to justify the attack by claiming that Zam Zam was a “military zone” used by armed groups supporting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fasher. In reality, the camp was overwhelmingly a civilian space, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
No respite for the displaced in Sudan’s Darfur as paramilitary-turned-rebel RSF turn guns on civilians
Today, the town is one of Darfur and Sudan’s epicentres of displacement, its resources and solidarity stretched to breaking point as hundreds of thousands seek safety there from attacks by the paramilitary-turned-rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
West African militaries reduced to sitting ducks as resurgent Islamic States attacks in northeast Nigeria take worrying trend
In January, ISWAP overran an army base in Mallam Fatori near the Niger border, seizing weapons and killing the commanding officer. Events started to accelerate in March, especially in southern Borno, with attacks in Wajiroko, Kumshe and Katafila, among others.
