A year of a violent conflict in #Sudan has had a staggering human cost, and is one of the most acute crises in the world with:
•⁠ ⁠the largest displacement of people;
•⁠ ⁠1/3 of the population facing hunger;
•⁠ ⁠the health system collapsing;
•⁠ ⁠humanitarian…

Leaders Need to Break the Chokehold of Debt and Austerity. Our Health Depends on it.

An urgent, vital, call to leaders who are meeting this week at the IMF & World Bank Spring Meetings, by Jaime Atienza Jaime Atienza Azcona @unaids ipsnews.net/2024/04/leader…

Imagine if #Zuma lived in Viet Nam! (Story from The Continent )

Guess who just lumbered out of the Mar-o-Largo swamp. #TrumpTrial

There are few things that say 'Global North bias' more clearly than World Bank #SpringMeetings . We're in autumn here in the southern hemisphere!
#WorldBank
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Journalism is in crisis. About 70% of South African journalists have left the field since 2009. Why do you expect free news when you pay for everything else?

At the core of struggle and toil are people. People with hope and dreams. This is humanity

This kind of coverage is no easy feat. Well done RISE Mzansi. I don’t care if it gets two or three seats. This is its first election. Point is: It’s been a game-changer in South Africa’s centrist politics, a disruptive moment that has those who’ve shifted right nervous. Bravo.

So sad to see deep openDemocracy staff cuts this week

Often when media orgs fail, people sigh and say it’s ‘inevitable’

I profoundly disagree

Yes, it’s a tough business. But it’s still possible grow & achieve great things

Come hear how - from some of the best in the game 🔥

“What we are asking for is very simple. Very clear. Israel must allow unhindered humanitarian aid to the people of #Gaza ... And – above all – there must be an immediate and sustained ceasefire.” - Secretary General Christopher Lockyear on Gaza.

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If you’re in Cape Town, try to see Esther Mahlangu’s retrospective exhibition at the SA National Art Gallery. She’s a national treasure! #Ndebele Art

Congratulations to Prof. Léon Mutesa who has been awarded the Human Genome Org prize in recognition of his ground-breaking research into the potential transmission of post-traumatic stress disorder from genocide survivors to their offspring.

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Latest extreme-right leader to be embraced by #ElonMusk : Javier Milei, the new president of Argentina 🤮🤮🤮

Birds of a feather! Bribery, factional fighting, and gun-wielding bullies rock #MKParty , reveals Zuma news24.com/news24/politic…

The HPCSA hearing against anti-vax doc Chetty after a complaint by Francois Venter is underway. Chetty prescribed his own “8th day” protocol during the pandemic instead of vaccines. 😵‍💫🤮
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Great thread on the gaffes of conspiracy theorist Tim Noakes 🦆🦆🦆

‘IDF colonel discusses ‘data science magic powder’ for locating terrorists: Video of official from Unit 8200 in February 2023 raises questions about Israel’s denials of use of AI in Gaza’ theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

We know, powerfully, from our own work on the ground, that there is a hunger to work together, to contribute, to build, to grow.

Hopelessness removes the motivation, though. We have to fight this hopelessness more than anything, starting now.

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