Special Report: Cromwell's Conquest of Ireland
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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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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Palestinians injured, arrested in Israeli raids across West Bank
By Al Jazeera Staff and Anadolu October 29, 2026 This comes as more than 3,300 Palestinians are forced from homes in Hebron in Israeli military offensive. An Israeli soldier stops a Palestinian man during a protest by Palestinian residents against their forced displacement from a neighbourhood in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during ongoing Israeli military operations there [Mussa Qawasma/Reuters] Israeli forces and settlers have escalated pogroms and raids across
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Suriname’s Saamaka tribe works to protect the Amazon rainforest
By Steven Grattan October 26, 2026 The Saamaka people in Suriname are using modern technology to map their ancestral lands. They hope to get government recognition and protection against illegal logging and mining. Last year, Suriname pledged to protect its forests, but the Saamaka say incursions continue. Credit: AP News As roads, logging and gold mining encroach deeper into Saamaka territory, communities are turning to modern technology to defend forests protected for gener
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Oct 27
Automating death: Israel’s AI-powered genocide in Gaza
By: Mariam Javid October 15, 2026 Powered by artificial intelligence, Israel’s strategy of keeping soldiers “out of harm’s way” while they kill Palestinians relies on quadcopter drones and various AI systems to identify and target people. Photo Credit: AFP ISLAMABAD – On February 29, 2024, Israeli forces fired at civilians as they gathered around an aid convoy. At least 115 people were killed in what has since become known as the ‘Flour Massacre’. Survivors recalled the invol
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Oct 27
Remembering El Fasher
By Mohamed Zakaria October 26, 2026 The city I knew and the atrocities that changed it. We must preserve the record of what happened without letting it define the city I love. This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. To many people, the Sudanese city of El Fasher – where I was born, raised, and spent my professional working life – is now a place synonymous with hunger and death. For 500 devastating days beginning in May 2024 it was besieged by the Rapid Su
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Oct 26
Ebola Outbreak In DRC: What You Need To Know
By: International Rescue Committee Last updated: October 22, 2026 Source: International Rescue Committee DRC’s Ebola outbreak has passed 9,500 cases and 4,600 deaths. The Bundibugyo strain behind this outbreak has no approved vaccine. Aid cuts, conflict and mistrust are enabling the virus to spread undetected. The IRC is protecting health workers and rebuilding community trust. As Ebola cases spread across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the International Rescue C
UN ends food support for Palestinians in Gaza
The Guardian By Emma Graham-Harrison and Seham Tantesh in Gaza 19th of October 2026 Photograph: Mohamed Hinnawi/WFP Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine This winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after sweeping aid cuts forced the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to end support for more than half a million people each month, the agency’s director for Palestine said. More than a year afte
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Yemenis cross Red Sea to Djibouti to flee Houthi war
Their overland routes to safety blocked off, several thousand people have boarded boats to escape gunfire, bombing and a dire humanitarian situation. By The Guardian October 20, 2026 Madinah Abdullah (in pink) and her family members at the Markazi humanitarian site in Obock, Djibouti, on 6 October. Photograph: Carlos Mureithi/The Guardian Abubaker Saeed was fishing in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast last month when he noticed explosions in the distance. His mind turned immediat
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Malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable in Afghanistan
By Elena Becatoros and Abdul Qahar Afghan October 16, 2026 Malika, 25, tends to her 3-year-old daughter, Kalsoum, who has symptoms of malnutrition, in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children’s hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Lying in her hospital cot, the 3-year-old girl roamed the room with her gray-green eyes, but her body was listless. Her mother sat by her bedside, quietly weeping. Just
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OCHA Warns Baidoa Violence Deepens Humanitarian Crisis
By: Facility for Talo and Leadership October 11, 2026 Source: Facility for Talo and Leadership MOGADISHU — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict in Baidoa, warning that repeated violence is worsening an already severe humanitarian crisis for civilians in the South West State capital. In a statement issued on 9 October 2026, George Conway, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia
