Lebanon: Tripoli`s Poverty & Unrest
Tripoli, Lebanon`s poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests TRIPOLI, Lebanon—Lebanon’s poorest city, Tripoli, was again racked by violent protests last week, and some politicians and experts warn that unrest could spread if more is not
Published : 03 February 2021
Digitalization Blocks Access to Land
Digital Technologies Block Access to Land Despite promises to fix unjust land governance, a new study shows that digital technologies can further land grabbing and inequality. As corporate giants discuss “Tech for Good” at the annual meeting
Published : 31 January 2021
Palestine: Defaming, Defunding Farmers
How an Israeli smear campaign is ripping away funds from Palestinian farmers Israel lobby groups are targeting the funding sources of a major Palestinian agricultural union — by dubiously claiming it has ties to `terrorists.` Other
Published : 25 January 2021
Nile Dam Building and Climate Impacts
In the dam issue of The Niles 15, correspondents from the Eastern Nile riparian countries take a closer look at dams and dam cascade management in the region. Be it to improve irrigation, manage floods and
Published : 22 January 2021
Israel Plans 2.5K New Colony Units
Israel invites bids for 2,500 new settler homes Peace Now said the Israeli government had now invited tenders for a further 2,112 units in the West Bank and 460 in east Jerusalem, which the Palestinians hope
Published : 20 January 2021
Western Sahara: Academics Address Biden
20 January 2021 President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Biden, We are writing to express our strong objections to President Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s illegal annexation of Western Sahara,
Published : 20 January 2021
Oil Industry Climate Denial since 1980s
Oil Industry’s Public Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to at Least 1980, Nearly a Decade Earlier Than Previously Thought The American Petroleum Institute (API), the leading oil and gas industry trade group, publicly pushed misleading information on climate
Published : 15 January 2021
Israel’s 2020 Demolition Spree
Israel went on demolition spree in 2020 While people around the world were told to stay home due to the pandemic, Israel made more Palestinians homeless in 2020 than it has in years. Israel demolished and confiscated
Published : 05 January 2021
Report: TNCs in Western Sahara
International companies investing illegally in Occupied Western Sahara For the second year in a row, the Center for Studies and Documentation, Ahmed Baba MISKE, wishes to shed light on the debate on the conflict between the
Published : 04 January 2021
