African Union Calls for Action to Protect Women from AI and Technology-Facilitated Violence
By Abraham Kebede October 30, 2026 Credit: Peace and Security Council of the African Union The African Union has called for technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) and threats linked to artificial intelligence (AI) to be integrated into Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Action Plans and early warning systems, warning that digital attacks are increasingly used to intimidate, discredit and silence women in peace and political processes. The call was made at
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Salvadoran families demand fair trials, mourn prison dead
By Wilfredo Pineda October 31, 2026 Credit: REUTERS/Jose Cabezas SAN SALVADOR, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's controversial state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to leave offerings for inmates who have died behind bars, demanding justice. Participants arrived carrying yellow and red flowers, banners and photographs of jailed family members. Inside the capital's cathedral, they knelt in prayer
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Sudan Files Complaints Against Ethiopia Over Deadly Drone Spree
By AI Jazeera Staff and AFP November 2, 2026 One-way drone attacks have killed or wounded 484 civilians since February, Khartoum says. Credit: Ebrahim Hamid/AFP Sudan has lodged a complaint against Ethiopia with both the United Nations Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council after a series of deadly drone attacks this year. In a statement late on Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group of us
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Cromwell's Conquest of Ireland was a Genocide
By Senan Monks Genocide Watch November 2, 2026 Oliver Cromwell. Image via Raidió Teilifís Éireann Introduction “It was a tragic necessity that the Irish should remember it; but it was far more tragic that the English forgot it. For he who has forgotten his sin is repeating it incessantly forever.”- GK Chesterton Between 1649 and 1653, the Commonwealth of England conducted a military campaign in Ireland through its New Model Army (NMA), led by Oliver Cromwell. The goal was to
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Winter/Spring 2027 Internship Applications Open!
By Genocide Watch November 2, 2026 GO TO: https://www.genocidewatch.com/internships The Genocide Watch Winter/Spring 2027 Internship Program is now open for applications! Genocide Watch has over 100 volunteer staff members and interns in two dozen countries. The deadline to apply is December 4, 2026. This is a great opportunity for those who are interested in human rights advocacy and genocide prevention work. The sooner you apply, the better; we hope you will join us! To lea
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Congo’s Silent Genocide
A member of the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (Getty Images) Congo's Silent Genocide The Spectator October 30, 2026 By Geoff Hill Should we call Gaza a genocide? Maybe. An estimated 75,000 dead is serious. But surely the more pressing question is, why is this the only tragedy that exercises the West? What about the millions of poor souls who’ve perished in Democratic Republic of Congo or DRC? The ongoing fighting in eastern Congo is the most
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