Sudan and Trade Integrity
Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has produced a comprehensive report, estimating the magnitude of trade misinvoicing since 2012 with a particular focus on the crucially important crude oil and gold sectors, given that these two commodities
Published : 31 May 2020
Call for Inputs: Food and Protracted Crises
The UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) endorsed the Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (FFA) in October 2015 after a three-year preparation and negotiation process with CFS actors.
Published : 27 May 2020
Israel Closes 10 Palestinian Water Wells
Israeli Authorities Order Ten Palestinian-owned Water Wells Closed Israeli military authorities reportedly plan to shut down ten Palestinian-owned water wells, to the west of city Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian sources in the
Published : 26 May 2020
Israeli Plan to Erase Green Line, Destroy Ecosystem
Israel plans West Bank industrial zone that would `destroy` unique ecosystem Settler leaders welcome the years-long planned move that would create urban continuity across the Green Line, while environmental activists warn of untold consequences Israel’s Civil Administration,
Published : 23 May 2020
Beirut: Migrants’ Eviction Sparks Xenophobia
Eviction of refugees from Beirut building sparks xenophobic comments online Dozens of refugees in Beirut were evicted on 22 May from the building they were living in under orders from the governor, sparking a flurry of
Published : 23 May 2020
World Distracted, Amazon Keeps Burning
With world distracted, the Amazon rainforest continues to burn Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of this year, with 1,202 square kilometres of forest wiped out That was a
Published : 09 May 2020
Israel/Palestine: Whitewashing Land Theft
The Dark Side of Annexing the Jordan Valley: Whitewashing Land Theft The Israeli government has raised the theft of property ‘abandoned’ by Palestinians to an art form The political uproar and strategic debate over annexing land in
Published : 06 May 2020
KSA: Futuristic City “built on our blood”
‘It’s being built on our blood’: the true cost of Saudi Arabia’s $500bn megacity With an artificial moon and flying taxis, Neom has been billed as humanity’s next chapter. But beneath the glitzy veneer lies a
Published : 04 May 2020
Israel to Raze Palestinian Village amid Lockdown
While residents of the West Bank village of Bani Hassan have been under confinement, Israeli authorities are cracking down on construction in Area CWhen Ibrahim Issa and his neighbors saw an Israeli military vehicle driving
Published : 30 April 2020
