Ethiopia’s dangerous game in East Africa could spark conflict | Opinions

Ethiopia’s dangerous game in East Africa could spark conflict | Opinions

ByNews Polite

On January 1, a controversial memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. Purportedly, this agreement grants landlocked Ethiopia a 20km piece of coastal land for establishing a naval base and the right to build…

There is a seismic shift in the Muslim American community | Opinions

There is a seismic shift in the Muslim American community | Opinions

ByNews Polite

On November 1, less than a month into Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, United States President Joe Biden’s administration announced a national strategy to battle Islamophobia. The move came as anti-Muslim incidents were on the rise nationwide. On October 14, Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six-year-old Palestinian American child, was stabbed to death in…

Why, as a Palestinian American journalist, I had to leave the news industry | Israel War on Gaza

Why, as a Palestinian American journalist, I had to leave the news industry | Israel War on Gaza

ByNews Polite

I was listening to a lecture at my local mosque when it suddenly felt like the imam was speaking directly to me. He was interpreting a few verses from the Quran. As he approached the sixth verse in the chapter and began to explain its meaning, my heart began to…

Why Lula has failed to address the Yanomami genocide | Indigenous Rights

Why Lula has failed to address the Yanomami genocide | Indigenous Rights

ByNews Polite

In December 2022, Brazilian media published photos of malnourished Yanomami children which shocked the nation. The Indigenous peoples of the Amazon had long lived off of hunting, farming, and gathering food and resources from the bountiful rainforest. But the encroachment on their lands by the Brazilian state, corporations, illegal loggers,…

ICJ Israel decision: A new world order in the making | Opinions

ICJ Israel decision: A new world order in the making | Opinions

ByNews Polite

Now that we have heard the interim judgement the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, we can confidently say a new world order is in the making. The World Court confirmed today that South Africa’s charge under the Genocide Convention that “Israel has…

Watching the Watchdogs: Law, Propaganda, and the Media walk into a bar | Opinions

Watching the Watchdogs: Law, Propaganda, and the Media walk into a bar | Opinions

ByNews Polite

This month, the world watched South Africa initiate International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings on the genocidal acts Israel committed in Gaza. In a two-day session on January 11 and 12, the court heard the extensive evidence the South African legal team had gathered to support their case against Israel,…

Resolving the Baloch issue is in Pakistan’s political and economic interest | Opinions

Resolving the Baloch issue is in Pakistan’s political and economic interest | Opinions

ByNews Polite

On January 1, Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, lost his cool at a news conference in Islamabad. When asked about the Baloch people who had been protesting in the Pakistani capital, demanding government action on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, Kakar became visibly angry. He called those demonstrating “relatives of…