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☆ See the campus protests over the last 6 decades that dwarf the Gaza protests in size and disorder
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Protesting Israel's war in GazaStudents gather on the campus of Wayne State University to protest Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration's support for Israel during her visit to Detroit. The following day, New York City police descended upon the encampment, arresting more than 100 protesters, including Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter. The arrests sparked similar demonstrations at dozens of colleges and universities nationwide, including the University of Texas Austin, the University of Southern California, and the University of Chicago. More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 80,000 injured in the Gaza Strip, according to an assessment by the United Nations. The UN report called the level of casualties "unprecedented and still mounting" in the seven months since Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on October 7.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, Adam J, Nemat Shafik, Ilhan, University of Texas Austin, Abdallah Al Dardari Organizations: Wayne State University, Israel, Dewey, Anadolu, Getty, Columbia, University of Texas, University of Southern, University of Chicago, United Nations, UN, Associated Press Locations: Gaza, Detroit, Columbia, Israel, New York City, University of Southern California

☆ Fact Check: Father using laughter to help daughter cope with bombs was in Syria, not Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A video of a father in Syria urging his young daughter to laugh when bombs exploded around them so she wouldn’t be afraid went viral in 2020. The miscaptioned video can be seen on social media platform X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, and Facebook (archived). In the clip, the little girl can be seen laughing every time she hears an explosion. “They started laughing, and she started laughing, and saw that the thing is just a game,” he said. A video of a father helping his young daughter cope with war by laughing when they hear explosions was filmed in Syria, not Gaza.

Persons: Abdallah al, Muhammad, Salwa, “, ”, it’s, Read Organizations: Twitter, Facebook, NBC News, Sky News, Hamas, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Syria, Idlib, Gaza, Israel

☆ UN report warns war has already set Gaza and West Bank economy back more than a decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Israel’s war on Hamas could set the Palestinian economy in Gaza and the West Bank back decades, according to a new analysis by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Key economic measurements, including employment rates and GDP, have all plunged across Gaza and the West Bank, according to the UNDP analysis. The past month of conflict has erased 61 percent of employment in Gaza and 24 percent of employment in the West Bank, the report warns. After one month of fighting, the number of people living in poverty in Gaza and the West Bank increased by nearly 20 percent, the UNDP report says. If the fighting were to continue through a second month, the Palestinian economy would be set back 19 years’ worth of development, Al Dardari said.

Persons: CNN —, Abdallah Al Dardari, Al Dardari, “ I’ve, ”, Ashraf Amra, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Israel Organizations: CNN, West Bank, United Nations Development Programme, Palestinian Ministry of Health, UNDP, Bureau, Arab, United Nations Relief, Works Agency, Getty, World Bank, Human Rights Watch, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, ”, Israeli Locations: Gaza, Israel, Ramallah, Palestinian, Deir al Balah, Anadolu, Egypt, Palestine

☆ Somalia's First All-Women Newsroom Spotlights Female Taboos
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"Sometimes my soul tells me I cannot continue the work because of insecurity and societal pressure. However, it is a career that I loved since my childhood and a dream which still lives in me," Ahmed said. Although it is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), success has not come easy or risk-free for Ahmed and her team. With more than 50 journalists killed since 2010, Somalia is the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa, according to Reporters Without Borders. Bilan has revolutionised the news agenda in Somalia, said Abdallah Al Dardari, director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States.

Persons: Abdi Sheikh, Fathi Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed, Maria Abdullahi Jama, Sheikh Abdi Hayi, Omar Ibnu Khadab, Abdallah Al Dardari, Al Dardari, Abdirahman Hussein, Hereward Holland, Richard Chang Organizations: Reuters, United Nations Development Programme, Protect Journalists, Somalia, Facebook, Bondhere School, Ministry, Women, United Nations, Programme, Bureau, Arab, Bilan Media Locations: Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU, Somalia, Africa, Mogadishu

☆ Somalia's first all-women newsroom spotlights female taboos
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Abdi Sheikh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

MOGADISHU, Sept 20 (Reuters) - People often laugh when Fathi Mohamed Ahmed tells them she runs the first and only all-female newsroom in Somalia, one of the most dangerous places on the planet to be a reporter. "Sometimes my soul tells me I cannot continue the work because of insecurity and societal pressure. However, it is a career that I loved since my childhood and a dream which still lives in me," Ahmed said. With more than 50 journalists killed since 2010, Somalia is the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa, according to Reporters Without Borders. Bilan has revolutionised the news agenda in Somalia, said Abdallah Al Dardari, director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States.

Persons: Fathi Mohamed Ahmed, Ahmed, Maria Abdullahi Jama, Sheikh Abdi Hayi, Omar Ibnu Khadab, Abdallah Al Dardari, Al Dardari, Abdi Sheikh, Abdirahman Hussein, Hereward Holland, Richard Chang Organizations: United Nations Development Programme, Protect Journalists, Somalia, Facebook, Bondhere School, Ministry, Women, United Nations, Programme, Bureau, Arab, Bilan Media, Thomson Locations: MOGADISHU, Somalia, Africa, Mogadishu

Derna, Libya CNN —It’s quiet at the Tartoba cemetery outside the Libyan city of Derna, despite the presence of dozens of volunteers. The school principal volunteered at his town’s cemetery after the floods struck Derna last week. Close to 4,000 people have perished in Derna after heavy rainfall and two collapsed dams caused ferocious floods, according to WHO figures. Akram al-Kawwash (left) and Abdallah al-Sheikh have not been able to find the bodies of their family members in Derna. He searched the wreckage, hoping to find his family members, but he found only the bodies of neighbors and a few survivors.

Persons: Libya CNN —, Mohamed el, ”, Sarah Sirgany, ” Sharwy, Akram al, Abdallah al, Sheikh, “, ” Abdallah al, ” Kawwash Organizations: Libya CNN, CNN, WHO Locations: Derna, Libya, Libyan

☆ UN predicts Afghan economy would contract if aid drops 30%
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Charlotte Greenfield | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 18 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's economy will contract, inflation will rise and liquidity will fall if there is a 30% drop in international aid as feared, according to an analysis by the United Nations' development agency released on Tuesday. International officials say aid to Afghanistan, the recipient of the world's largest humanitarian program, will drop sharply this year as donors assess global crises and because of restrictions on female aid workers imposed by the Taliban administration. The United Nations' Development Programme (UNDP) analysed the impact of a 30% drop in aid and found gross domestic product for the already struggling economy would shrink 0.4% this year. "We may find ourselves in a larger drop in aid than 30%," said Al Dardari. Taliban officials have said their decisions on female aid workers are an "internal issue" and that foreign governments should reduce restrictions and unfreeze central bank assets to alleviate the economic crisis.

George Haj of the bank employees syndicate said the holdups were misguiding anger that should be directed at the Lebanese state, which was most to blame for the crisis, and noted some 6,000 bank employees had lost their jobs since it began. Authorities have condemned the holdups and say they are preparing a security plan for banks. "They are all in cahoots to steal from us and leave us to go hungry and die slowly," she said. To aid her escape, Hafiz posted on Facebook that she was already at the airport and on her way to Istanbul. Abdallah Al-Saii, an acquaintance of Hafiz who held up a bank in January to get some $50,000 of his own savings, said more hold-ups were coming.

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