'Despite Sudan’s long history of wars, the war economy seems to have expanded this time around, reaching new geographical areas, entering new markets, and involving more traders'.

In the Shadow of Conflict: The Black Markets of Sudan’s War. timep.org/2024/02/28/in-… via The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy

THREAD: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued its ruling in response to South Africa’s invocation of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, accusing Israel of perpetrating the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The ICJ has found with S Africa, that it is plausible that Israel is committing #genocide & #Palestinians are at risk of irreparable harm. And with near unanimity, it has submitted an order for provisional measures by the South Africa.

Israel & the world is on notice.

#Gaza

The world needs to pay attention to a looming famine in Tigray, which could rival the worst famines of the past. Thousands already dying of hunger, due to heavy war damage, drought and a cut in food aid. THE BOARD CHAIRPERSON SAMUEL GETACHEW witnessed the disaster in one village:
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New report from Oxfam out today. The richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than the poorest two thirds of humanity combined. Climate change is class war. theguardian.com/environment/20…

From Darfur to Darfur: The Fall and Rise of Indifference to Mass Atrocities in Africa justsecurity.org/89885/from-dar…

Whose interest does the Kenyan seed law protect?

A while back I wrote about the law that makes it illegal for farmers to share,sell and exchange indigenous seeds. Here is the article.👇🏿👇🏿 conservationatheart.wordpress.com/2022/08/02/who…

In secret backroom moves in Geneva today, EU diplomats decided to kill the international commission that was investigating atrocities in Ethiopia -- despite pleas from the commission itself. It was the last chance of international justice for the war crimes in northern Ethiopia.

On every front and by every metric we failed. Even when doing the right thing was easy, most chose convoluted paths leading to further shame. Hats off, it takes work to be this complicit.

Today the EU, EU in Ethiopia / የአውሮፓ ህብረት በኢትዮጵያ & all its member states failed Ethiopia's victims. Instead of acting to ensure ongoing United Nations Human Rights Council scrutiny on the devastating rights situation in #Ethiopia , they opted for silence. New Human Rights Watch Tirana Hassan hrw.org/news/2023/10/0…

How Bill Gates and Big Agri are trying to criminalize the indigenous agroecological skills and knowledge of African peoples thenation.com/article/world/…

#ETHIOPIA : Nearly 1 year since the signing of a ceasefire agreement, atrocities - including #WarCrimes & #CrimesAgainstHumanity - are still being committed & peace remains elusive, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia warns ➡️
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“But officials confirmed…that the U.S. Army conducted extensive training of the [Saudi] border guard over a span of eight years, beginning in 2015 and concluding only last month.” washingtonpost.com/national-secur…