Do conferences make a difference? Having attended scores over past 3-4 decades, my thoughts on 20 years of the #Dubai International Humanitarian and Development Conference and Exhibition DIHAD Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer Abdulsalam AlMadani mukeshkapila.org/twenty-years-o…

Informative read - regardless of which side of the Israel-Palestine war you are on. “What is the real Hamas” -.. and how to deal with them. theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

#Myanmar : Civil war of 'many against many' tearing country up - DW - goo.gl/alerts/KcBKnu #GoogleAlerts

Last night Overseas Press Club gave out a new award for “Continuing Coverage of Conflict,” to honor journalism that sustains focus on underreported conflicts & crises, especially in cases where the headlines & stories move elsewhere, awarded to Reuters for “Slaughter in Sudan'

As said by some ancient Chinese sage, a disaster for some is an opportunity for others. Sad but true.

A time consuming problem for analysts is to distinguish facts from opinions. Means one has to spend several hours daily reading different newspapers from around the world, watching different TV news, listening to diverse podcasts. There are no objective news outlets nowadays

“The Cold War was cold in the developed West, but it was very hot in Africa, so the inclination towards non-alignment is still strong,” says Murithi Mutiga of Crisis Group. “It's a way of protecting themselves from being victims of great power competition.”  theafricareport.com/345816/ukraine…

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'RSF fighters are about eight kilometres from the main SAF infantry base [in #El_Fashir in #Sudan 's North #Darfur region] and open-source reports and imagery collected in the past day shows RSF fighters moving on the city from multiple directions.' newarab.com/news/mass-casu…

Few human endeavours can claim these results or be more worthwhile: Immunisation Saved At Least 154 Million Lives Over Past 50 Years - World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Senator Dr Sania Nishtar healthpolicy-watch.news/immunisation-h…

#Dihad night

An extraordinary musical celebration of the 20th anniversary of @Dihad by beautiful and talented local performers.

DIHAD 2024 Session on Humanitarian Diplomacy and Global Health Challenges, chaired by Prof. ⁦Mukesh Kapila⁩: “Humanitarian health workers should do more than count destroyed hospitals and lament the dead..”

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Welcome!
This is the third issue of Atar English magazine from Sudan Facts Center for Journalism. It will be coming to you on Monday after every two weeks.

In this issue, we have chosen for you stories on Sudan a year after war that tore the country apart, killing thousands+

Today is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the annual commemoration of the genocide committed by the Ottoman government more than 100 years ago. Some 1.5 million Armenians were killed through systematic massacres and starvation.

I am glad to have coordinated today’s inaugural meeting the for soon-to-be All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tigray.

A huge thank you to the parliamentarians who were in attendance and for the continued support.