Fri 26 December 2025: A vast amount of information has not necessarily meant more reliable information, writes James Rodgers, a former BBC correspondent who held postings in Gaza, Moscow and Brussels On December 10, the year 2025 reached a murderous milestone. In 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) had recorded 126 journalists and media workers […]
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Thu 25 December 2025: The MAGA empire has turned inward. Its warriors no longer march shoulder to shoulder in lockstep but carve at one another like rival warlords. The movement that once roared in unison now splits along a single, explosive fault line: America First versus Israel First. Two convictions, two armies now face each […]
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Wed 17 December 2025: Trump’s rhetoric risks recasting criminal violence and state failure as a religious war with devastating consequences for civilians. In early November, United States President Donald Trump declared that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria”. In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform, he accused “radical Islamists” of […]
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Sun 14 December 2025: Janjaweed[ism] is a phenomenon and may happen anywhere; it does not necessarily mean it is restricted to the Sudan; If we are not careful, Janjaweed[ism] may make its way into South Africa. I am highly political, but not a politician; I have lived most of my adult life in South Africa; […]
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Sun 07 December 2025: Last week the 2025 chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, had an article published extolling the benefits of the scheme. He must have had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he sent the article for publication. Despite the bullish headline, integrity was missing from the outset. If, […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Israel today is grappling not with the battlefield alone, but with a far subtler, far more consequential collapse: the evaporation of confidence among its own citizens. Recent data from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) paints a disquieting picture. According to the April 2025 survey, more than a quarter of Israelis — […]
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Wed 26 November 2025: As total debt in developing countries has risen to a record high, there is frustration that existing frameworks, dominated by Western governments, have exerted undue influence over the repayment policies. Heads of state from the world’s most powerful countries gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, over the weekend for a summit that […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: According to its website, the mission of Al-Majd Europe, yet another odd charity organisation operating in the mash and rubble of Gaza, is “dedicated to providing essential humanitarian aid, educational opportunities, and sustainable development projects to Palestinian communities.” Leaving little by way of information, the charity was clearly one of the anointed, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: With the latest shift by President Donald Trump on releasing the Epstein files held by the U.S. Department of Justice – he’s now for it after being against it after being for it – the MAGA base may finally get to view the documents it’s long wanted to see. On the afternoon of Nov. 18, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on 10 October, the first day of the announced ceasefire, Israel transitioned tactics: moving from indiscriminate aerial bombardment to the calculated, engineered demolishing of homes and vital infrastructure. […]
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