On March 19, 2025, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) monitored a sand shipment arriving at the island of Tenerife. This shipment made its way from the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to Votorantim’s facilities in the industrial area of Cueva Bermeja. The cargo trucks then covered a distance of 2.5 kilometers to reach Prebetong [...]
Senegal's media has been fighting fake news for a couple of years now. Misinformation and disinformation have been accelerated at speed deliberately causing harm in society. Specialists in media and communication conducted a survey to combat misinformation. The research shed light on the various loopholes in the media houses. There has been evidence for a [...]
Somalia: Hundreds of Somali police officers have gone missing and are believed to have either defected to militant groups or abandoned their posts after thousands were recently sent to the frontlines to combat Al-Shabaab's advance toward the capital. The network accessed internal police documents that name 145 missing officers by rank, but other estimates suggest [...]
Pakistan: In its effort to tackle serious crimes, the Investigation Police apprehended 110 suspects linked to the assault of 103 women this year. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Zeeshan Raza shared insights from the performance report for the first quarter of 2025, stating that the Investigation Police arrested suspects in 40 cases, including the murders of [...]
A teenager from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention. Walid Ahmad, 17, was a healthy high schooler before his arrest in September for allegedly throwing stones at soldiers, [...]
On April 1st the Ministry of Justice in Kuwait activates an electronic notifications service through the Sahel app. This plays a key role in Kuwait's ongoing digital transformation of all government services. Sahel is an electronic means for notifications alongside other methods. The notifications will be considered effective from the moment they are received from the [...]
Tibet: Report reveals the hardships faced by the miners who lament the ecological damage and the lack of security and their well-being. The report further explained that the ecosystem has been critically compromised by the increasing and unpredictable nature of landslides and floods that were posing direct threats to the local population. Detailed in the [...]
The massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck near Mandalay last Friday has not only laid waste to large parts of Myanmar’s last royal capital but has also devastated the seat of its current military rulers, leaving many in Naypyitaw scrambling for a place to live.Since the sprawling city, carved out of the jungles of central Myanmar, [...]
Libya: The condemnation comes after the kidnapping of Mohamed El Gamati, brother of a vocal social media opposition critic of the status quo regimes of western and eastern Libya, and Mohamed Toumi, the well-known and respected lawyer and a member of the Constitutional Drafting Authority. Mohamed El Gamati, an oil engineer who reportedly does not [...]
China has introduced new rules restricting the use of facial recognition technology. Under the new regulations, companies and organizations cannot use facial recognition without a person’s consent. The government has told the agencies or authorities to follow strict security measures when the technology is used. The government has taken this decision after growing concerns over [...]
