insert_link World Israel accused of using AI to target thousands in Gaza, as killer algorithms outpace international law By Natasha Karner, RMIT University The Israeli army used a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to generate lists of tens of thousands of human targets for potential airstrikes in Gaza, according to a report published last week. The report comes from the nonprofit outlet +972 Magazine, which is run by Israeli and Palestinian journalists. The report cites interviews with six unnamed sources in Israeli intelligence. The sources claim the […] today12 April, 2024
insert_link World Gazans mark ‘saddest’ Eid with little to celebrate or eat Gazans did their best to celebrate the end of Ramadan in the driving rain on Wednesday, as the war raged on with 14 killed, including children, in a strike on their home, the Hamas-run territory's health ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck several targets on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, with a jet hitting a rocket launch site and troops killing a "terrorist […] today10 April, 2024
insert_link Africa Why children are prime targets of armed groups in northern Nigeria Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images Hakeem Onapajo, Nile University of Nigeria Due to growing insecurity, Nigeria is gradually becoming one of the most dangerous places to live. The 2020 Global Terrorism Index identified the country as the third most affected by terrorism. There was a sharp increase in Boko Haram’s targeting of civilians by 25%, and killings by herdsmen increased by 26%, compared with the previous year. The two countries […] today2 April, 2024
insert_link World Starvation is a weapon of war: Gazans are paying the price By Ateqah Khaki, The Conversation; Husein Haveliwala, The Conversation, and Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation On Monday, the European Union’s foreign policy chief accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war and provoking famine in Gaza. Israel denies the allegations, which are some of the strongest words we have heard from a western power about the situation in Gaza since October. The EU statement comes on the heels […] today2 April, 2024
insert_link Africa Violence displaces 5.7 million in the DRC Clashes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have now uprooted 5.7 million people across north Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri province. In an alert, the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR said that the violence has reached a devastating new level. UNHCR and partners have provided emergency shelters as part of the humanitarian response, said UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh. The United Nations Refugee Agency has meanwhile sounded the alarm on the […] today27 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Press freedom in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda: what journalists have to say about doing their jobs By Karen McIntyre, Virginia Commonwealth University and Meghan Sobel Cohen, Regis University A majority of the world’s population has experienced a decline in press freedom in recent years, according to a UN report. In east Africa, the results are mixed and debatable. In Rwanda, both international press freedom rankings and journalists on the ground say press freedom has increased over the past 10 years. In neighbouring Uganda, both […] today19 March, 2024
insert_link World Gaza’s child casualties surpass global war toll The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini said Tuesday that the number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined. today14 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Sudan war may spark world’s largest hunger crisis The war in Sudan could trigger the world’s largest hunger crisis unless fighting stops, The World Food Programme has warned. The BBC reports that more than 10 months of fighting between rival forces has left nearly 14,000 people dead, over eight million displaced, and much of the country’s population cut off and facing rising hunger. today6 March, 2024
insert_link Africa Sudan facing a ‘hunger catastrophe,’ aid workers warn As the civil war in Sudan enters its tenth month, aid workers in the region say the conflict has been forgotten by the outside world. People continue to flee the conflict in the millions to avoid the violence, and now aid workers are warning that widespread famine is next. today27 February, 2024
