In Gaza, Palestinians are forced to eat grass because ‘If we aren’t killed, we will die of hunger’
The UN has been unable to deliver food aid to the north since January 23, with Israeli authorities continuing to deny access to UN aid convoys, which their troops have fired on. In late February, the World Food Programme and the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, suspended aid delivery in the north, saying it had become impossible to operate safely.
Research: Junk food addicts with high ‘bliss point’ usually have low appetite for fresh fruits, vegetables and beans
A 2023 research report published in the journal Addiction found that: “Tobacco-owned foods were 29 per cent more likely to be classified as fat and sodium hyper-palatable food (HPF) and 80 per cent more likely to be classified as carbohydrate and sodium HPF than foods that were not tobacco-owned between 1988 and 2001.
Junk food addiction: How Big Food hooks you just as cigarettes and cocaine trigger cravings
Along with speed, “addiction is also deeply enmeshed with memory and the memories we create for food are typically stronger and longer lasting than any other substance. Childhood memories of food can wield an uncanny power over our eating habits for the rest of our lives.”
Why in Senegal’s capital Nicaragua is popular flight path for illegal migrants headed for US
US authorities arrested Senegalese migrants 20,231 times for crossing the border illegally from July to December. That’s a 10-fold increase from 2,049 arrests during the same period of 2022, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Many like Ba cross in remote deserts of western Arizona and California.
Without an effective government and at the mercy of roaming criminals, Haitians are taking security in their own hands
Fighting for their right to live peacefully is what Jonel Joseph and Jean-Denis Petitpha have been doing since the night of April 24, 2023, when around 3am they heard gunfire ring through their southern Port-au-Prince neighbourhood of Canapé-Vert.
As Haitian PM Henry visited Kenya and US pushed for police mission, sceptical Haitians were seeking to rebuild their country
Since 400 Mawozo opened fire on a public minibus on February 18, killing 10 people in one of a string of recent attacks, buses have been unable to pass, and Lafontant Chipps is now waiting impatiently for the route to reopen.
War architecture: How robots are fighting robots in Russia’s war in Ukraine
Videos produced by Ukrainian and Russian soldiers show the drones, which are often first-person view (FPV) drones, being used to attack tanks and troops. As the war has raged on, another kind of robot has increasingly appeared in recent months: the unmanned ground vehicle or UGV.
Why Idi Amin wanted to annex western Kenya: Luhyia kingdom belonged to a slew of organised royals in East Africa that included Busoga and Buganda
The political infighting you describe among the Basoga is similar to what I see among the Luhyia of Kenya. They provide the ladder for others to ascend to power. Then there is the Busoga gold. Only Kakamega AND Busoga geologically belong to the same rock system. It extends into the DRC. My innocent and unqualified observation is that it is not coincidental that people in these parts of East Africa are choreographed – via scatter and rule – to be subservient to power or political wielders of power in their respective countries.
After two daughters joined Islamic State they had no idea their family story would vie for an Oscar award
The real-life story of Hamrouni and her children is the focus of “Four Daughters,” an Academy Award nominee for best documentary feature film. On camera, there are many layers to Kaouther Ben Hania’s film: It’s about the radicalisation of two teenage girls; an intimate portrait of a chaotic and often dysfunctional family life; and reflections on generational trauma, patriarchy, motherhood and adolescence.
Investigation: In Ethiopia, a secret committee retained by PM Abiy Ahmed orders killings and arrest of rivals
During Haile Selassie’s four-decade rule last century, the emperor created a network of spies known colloquially as the “joro tabi,” or listeners, to hunt his opponents. The communist Derg military junta that toppled Selassie in 1974 set up a vast new security system to eliminate threats to the regime.
