Violent Criminal Gangs Displace and Disrupt North West Nigeria

Criminal gangs in Nigeria’s North West region have grown increasingly lethal, routinizing mass abductions, seizing farms in an important breadbasket, and causing massive internal displacement.

The escalating violence of criminal gangs in Nigeria’s North West region has triggered growing instability in this ethnically diverse breadbasket of some 60 million people. The violence perpetrated by these criminal gangs, known locally as “bandits,” is on pace to make 2024 the worst year of insecurity in the region’s recent history. The 1,380 violent events and 3,980 fatalities projected for the year exceed the record levels observed in 2022, following declines in 2023. Fatalities linked to criminal gangs in the North West region now exceed those tied to militant Islamist groups in the North East region, a shift observed since 2021.

Israel orders Baalbek evacuation as Hezbollah chief vows to fight

It was the first citywide evacuation notice Israel has issued in its five-week war, forcing thousands to flee the ancient city and UNESCO world heritage site.

The Israeli military broadened its air campaign in Lebanon on Wednesday, striking the northeastern city of Baalbek after ordering residents to flee, as the new leader of Hezbollah, in his inaugural speech, said the group is prepared to fight “a long war” with Israel.

Comment l’argent qatari influence la politique anti-israélienne de la France

En 2022, la France est devenue la deuxième destination européenne des investissements qataris après le Royaume-Uni, avec des actifs de plus de 25 milliards d’euros

La récente querelle entre la France, ou plus précisément le président Emmanuel Macron, et Israël semble avoir un catalyseur simple et plausible : l’argent. Derrière les appels à l’embargo sur les livraisons d’armes à Israël, le soutien à la mission inutile ou même néfaste de la FINUL, et les ambitions néo-coloniales de “protection” du Liban, se cachent des motifs purement économiques. Il s’agit d’intérêts économiques tant publics que privés.

Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry

British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation.

Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port-city of Hodeidah have killed and injured up to 155 people since July and caused more than $20 million of damage to a vital harbour.

Israel’s deadly bombing of Yemen with UK-made weaponry

British-supplied fighter jet parts linked to “indiscriminate” Israeli attacks on major port, worsening Yemen’s already dire humanitarian situation.

Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port-city of Hodeidah have killed and injured up to 155 people since July and caused more than $20 million of damage to a vital harbour.

Gaza: Britain’s seventh genocide

Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.

What’s Britain doing in Lebanon?

Explainer: As Israel bombards Beirut, we take a look at Britain’s military role in Lebanon.

In his first public speech as chief of MI6 in 2021, Sir Richard Moore said his intelligence agency was “actively focused on Iran”.

This was part of what he described as a “dramatic change in the security landscape” in which there was “a growing threat from state actors”.

Iranian Religious Scholar Masoud Aali: If We Conquer Israel, We Will Be Able To Conquer The West

On October 24, 2024, Iranian religious scholar Masoud Aali stated in a speech aired on IRINN TV (Iran) that the Jews and the polytheists are the “most obstinate enemies” of the believers. He claimed that they view only Jews as humans, regarding others as slaves. Aali argued that Zionism has exported this Jewish philosophy worldwide and that conquering Israel is key to overcoming the West, and this is the reason for Western support of Israel. He said that Khomeini viewed the destruction of Israel as a religious idea and strategy. This speech was delivered at a memorial for martyrs of the resistance in Semnan.

Mali: MSF suspend ses opérations à Nampala (centre) faute de sécurité

Médecins Sans Frontières a annoncé mercredi suspendre ses opérations à Nampala (centre du Mali) après de récentes brutalités commises contre ses personnels et des agents de santé dans cette zone, l’un des foyers des violences au Sahel.

MSF impute dans un communiqué ces brutalités à “des hommes armés menant régulièrement des opérations militaires dans la zone”, sans préciser son propos. Depuis plusieurs mois, l’armée régulière et ses alliés du groupe paramilitaire Wagner mènent des opérations contre les groupes armés jihadistes, dont la Katiba Macina affiliée à Al-Qaïda.