Archive for March 2nd, 2025

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02/03/2025

Mali: The Forgotten Crisis

Human Wrongs Watch

By Ramatoulaye Moussa Mazou

(United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)* — “Our men were killed when armed assailants attacked our village. We had to flee and walk for several days before anyone came to help us,” recounts Nana Hadiza, holding her youngest child.

Konaté sits on the step of her home.
Konaté sits on the step of her home. Photo: OCHA/Ibrahima Koné

At the Sossokoira displacement site in Gao, she sits in a tent with other women from her community. Her face is etched with exhaustion and quiet strength.

Like thousands of other residents of Talataye village, Nana sought refuge in this displacement site on the outskirts of Gao, far from the home she once knew.

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02/03/2025

Imperialism, Globalisation and Its Discontents*

Human Wrongs Watch

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram

KATHMANDU, Nepal, Feb 19 2024 (IPS)* –– Imperialism continues to dominate the world. Globalisation is losing to some of its anti-theses, but imperialism still rules, increasingly by law, albeit in changing even contradictory ways.

Jomo Kwame Sundaram

Hence, we live in challenging times. It is often difficult to see the main challenges we face as there seem to be so many.

Also, the new or the unusual gains far more attention than what appears commonplace.

Power and empire
Our histories and cultures are often quite different despite our common, but varied experiences of foreign domination, even rule. 

Such power involves varied mixes of socioeconomic and political relations, involving governance and even the rule of law.

Our world has seen empires and imperialism for over two millennia, at least from before the time of Jesus Christ in Palestine, who had to deal with the satraps of the Roman empire then.

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02/03/2025

Alarming Trends in Nuclear Material Trafficking Highlight Urgent Security Gaps

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — There were just under 150 incidents of illegal or unauthorised activity involving nuclear and other radioactive material reported last year, according to the international nuclear energy watchdog’s monitoring database tracking these incidents. 

Continuity of evidence is important to ensure chain of custody in any investigation that involves nuclear forensics.
© IAEA/D. Calma | Continuity of evidence is important to ensure chain of custody in any investigation that involves nuclear forensics.

New data released on Friday [] from the UN-backed International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reveals that while the overall number remains consistent with previous years, the continued incidents of trafficking and radioactive contamination cases raises concerns over nuclear security.

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02/03/2025

World Food Programme Forced to Pause Food Distributions in Sudan’s Zamzam Camp as Fighting Intensifies

Human Wrongs Watch

By the World Food Programme (WFP)*

PORT SUDAN, Sudan, – Intense fighting in Zamzam camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region has forced the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to temporarily pause the distribution of life-saving food and nutrition assistance in the famine-hit camp for displaced people.

Over the past two weeks escalating violence left WFP’s partners with no choice but to evacuate staff for safety.

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