U.A.E. nominates Sudan Genocide Denier for U.N. Sec. General
U.A.E. Sudan Genocide Denier Nominated to be U.N. Secretary General New York Times November 5, 2026 Lana Nusseibeh, one of the Gulf nation’s top diplomats, has led the effort to deny her country’s role in Sudan. Now it’s complicating her bid to become secretary general of the United Nations. Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh of the United Arab Emirates is a candidate to become the next secretary general of the United Nations. Credit...Abdelhadi Ramahi/Reuters By Declan Walsh T
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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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Nov 2
US Accused Of Trapping Women And Children In Somalia’s Floods
Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to safety. Is it a deliberate military strategy? Mark Townsend in Kismayo Oct 26, 2026 A colonel from US special operations in Somalia with a soldier from a branch of the Somali army trained by US special forces, in Mogadishu in 2023. Photograph: Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images The water was rising rapidl
The Guardian
Oct 27
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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Oct 17
Afghanistan Country Report
Country Report: Afghanistan October 2026 By Holly Swiglo Afghan women wearing burqas, as mandated by Taliban law. (Photo: Faruk Tokluoglu) August 15, 2026, marked five years since the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist group, took power in Afghanistan after the United States withdrew its troops from the country. The Taliban has since eliminated all political and civic rights, dissolved representative bodies, and imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic law. Independent jou
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Oct 11
Special report: Gaza and the Ten Stages of Genocide
By Karolina Bonde, Genocide Watch October 2026 Palestinian woman in Gaza rubble credit:Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images Genocide is one of the most severe crimes in international law, defined as acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This crime does not begin with mass graves. It begins with language, law, and the slow erasure of a people's humanity. Dr. Gregory Stanton maps that process in Ten
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Oct 2
Super El Niño May Push 26,000 Somalians Into Hunger
By Save the Children September 24, 2026 Source: Save the Children More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as families already struggling with drought brace for heavy rains and flooding. MOGADISHU, 24 September 2026 – More than 26,000 people in Somalia are expected to fall into catastrophic levels of food insecurity in coming months, just one step away from famine, as
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Sep 24
Thousands In Somalia Could Be In Famine By Year-End
By Reuters September 23, 202610:14 AM NAIROBI, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of displaced people in Somalia's southwest could experience famine between October and December if El Nino causes worse-than-expected flooding and humanitarian aid remains insufficient, a global hunger monitor said on Wednesday. Baidoa, one of Somalia's biggest cities, is home to hundreds of thousands displaced by conflict and hunger. A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
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Sep 23
Somali army clashes with rebel forces for control of key city Baidoa
Civilians gather as smoke billows from a shop hit by artillery following clashes between Somalia's federal troops and armed opposition groups, in Baidoa, Somalia [Reuters] Somalia’s army has said it has driven opposition fighters out of Baidoa, the largest city in Somalia’s South West State, after hours of heavy fighting. The clashes erupted before dawn on Monday, when fighters loyal to the state’s former president, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen, attacked positions held
Al Jazeera
Aug 17
SUDAN: ALL TALK. NO ACTION. Handwringing and Empty Words
Joint Statement of G7 Foreign Ministers on El-Obeid (Sudan) 07/16/2026 03:24 PM EDT Office of the Spokesperson Joint Statement of G7 Foreign Ministers on El-Obeid (Sudan) © UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman who fled fighting in El Fasher, holds her daughter who was treated for malnutrition. "Obeid, Sudan must not become the next crime scene, warn UN investigators." July 16, 2026 The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America,
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Jul 16
THE CALL, TEDX TALK BY Dr. GREGORY STANTON, 2017
Dr. Gregory H Stanton The Call By Gregory Stanton TEDx Talk April 22, 2017 George Washington University Washington, DC The first time I saw Genocide was in Cambodia in 1980. Church World Service and CARE asked me and my wife, Mary Ellen, to go to Cambodia to set up a relief program. I had not sought the job. At first I didn't want to go. We wanted to start a family and thought that service in Cambodia would postpone our dream. Little did we know. But I made a fateful p
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