#Ethiopia ’s forgotten war is the deadliest of the 21st century, with around 600,000 civilian deaths | Estimates by European institutions and academics say over half a million non-combatants have died during the #TigrayGenocide english.elpais.com/international/…

A UN Security Council statement (meaning joined by the United States) pressing Israel to stop the cover-up regarding the mass graves found at Gaza hospitals after Israeli troops withdrew. There needs to be a real and independent investigation. x.com/UKUN_NewYork/s…

People in 🇨🇳 China living under the international poverty line

1990: 750 million

2016: 7 million

'Shame on you.'

Israel's ambassador to the UN has shred a 'copy of the UN charter' on stage at the UN General Assembly ahead of a vote to grant new 'rights and privileges' to Palestine.

Watch: Israeli ambassador to the UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan גלעד ארדן used a paper shredder to shred the UN charter on the podium of the UN general assembly ahead of a vote that will give new privileges to the Palestinians at the UN

BREAKING: UN General Assembly voted 143-9 with 25 abstentions to grant new 'rights and privileges' to Palestine and called on the UN Security Council to reconsider its request to become the 194th member of the UN.

A UN resolution calling on the Security Council to reconsider Palestinian membership to the General Assembly has passed.

Follow live updates. cnn.it/4dzml1m

BREAKING:

The United Nations General Assembly accepted full membership of Palestine.

BREAKING: UN Humanitarian Affairs chief Martin Griffiths says 'civilians in Gaza are being starved and killed and we are prevented from helping them'.

Children ‘piled up and shot’: new details emerge of ethnic cleansing in Darfur theguardian.com/world/article/…

Every morning, these girls in eastern Afghanistan climb a hill to get to their classroom. But as they reach the age of 11, they are told to stay at home.

966 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school.

507 days since the Taliban banned women from university.

“A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to an epic humanitarian disaster.”

— António Guterres stresses civilians must be protected, and reiterates appeal to Israel & Hamas to reach an agreement to stop the bloodshed and free the hostages.

Today marks 30 years since NelsonMandela made history when he became the first black president of South Africa🇿🇦 .

Enduring 27 years in prison, his resilience and dedication to justice helped rid the country of apartheid & earned him a The Nobel Prize for Peace.

#FlashbackFriday

A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to an epic humanitarian disaster.

The international community must speak with one voice for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages, and a massive surge in life-saving aid.

PRESS RELEASE: #Libya files a declaration of intervention under Article 63 of the #ICJ Statute in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip ( #SouthAfrica v. #Israel ) bit.ly/4dBPNUE

Financial Times 7/. “What has happened in South Africa over the past three decades does not tarnish the brightness of that day which shone with possibility in the newly post-Cold War world”

My piece for Daily Maverick 30 years after Mandela was sworn in as president
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-0…

1/. If Mandela’s election victory 30yrs ago was highwater mark of recent human history, the current state of world feels like a low point

Yet despite the current despondency, there are lessons to be learned & hope to be gleaned from that day & the movement that made it possible

You can’t imagine the mental health of this children who have been orphaned due to the ongoing genocide in Congo and are now living in camps. They are really suffering and need help. #Congoisbleeding

💥Israel police officers beating up the families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Bar Peleg)

Today, on Yom HaShoah, we remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust and the deadly consequences of antisemitism. At a time of rising bigotry, we must recommit ourselves to the fight against antisemitism, racism, Islamophobia, and bigotry of all kinds.