World News

46553 readers

2953 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed. Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF 10/19
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world

Recommendations

How to spot Misinformation and Propaganda

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

Consider including the article’s mediabiasfactcheck.com/ link

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

NewsAutoMod@lemmy.world

jordanlund@lemmy.world

Tenthrow@lemmy.world

little_cow@lemmy.world

lemmyAtom@lemmy.world

‘Here, there is no future’: ethnic cleansing and fresh atrocities drive exodus of thousands from Darfur (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Almost a year since conflict reignited in Sudan, its terrified people are crossing borders to Chad and beyond. An increasing number are trying to reach Europe as food supplies dwindle in the refugee camps and the eyes of the world look elsewhere

They burst into the room, yanking the boy from under a bed. His brown eyes wide open with terror, they put a gun to his temple. Two shots. Nadifa Ismail ran towards the body, but the intruders shoved the mother out of her home. Moments later, armed men set it ablaze, cremating her child’s body, destroying everything she had.

Weeks later, at 4pm on 28 February in Sudan’s Darfur region, Nadifa, her clothing streaked red with dust, passed the paramilitary group who had executed her 16-year-old son shortly after breakfast.

“Hopefully it is the last time I will see them,” she said. “They beat me too.”

Nadifa was the 212th person that day to make it through the border crossing and into the town of Adré in eastern Chad.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] somethingchameleon@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Fresh" atrocities?

I knew this article was going to be dramatized to hell, and I was right.

I fucking hate modern 'journalism' and 'journalists.'

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 0 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Their statements crystallise concerns that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – the powerful paramilitary group in Sudan that killed Nadifa’s son – along with other allied Arab militia, remain intent on completing the genocide against the Masalit community, a darker-skinned African tribe, which began 20 years ago.

Last July, as Sudan’s war intensified and Chad’s refugee population increased, Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni hosted a conference in Rome on tackling migration from Africa.

Weeks after the World Bank visit, the EU unveiled a deal with Tunisia to tackle migration, including $105m to strengthen borders and return refugees to places such as Chad.

Kelly Clements, the deputy high commissioner of the UN’s refugee agency, believes the global humanitarian model may have reached a crossroads, revealing that elements of the international community were starting to tire of the concept of need.

Iran appears increasingly involved, backing the Sudanese military against the RSF, itself allegedly supported by the United Arab Emirates as proxies battle for Red Sea access.

Laura Lo Castro, the country’s UNHCR representative, says a sense of optimism had prevailed before last year’s migration talks in Rome and the failed ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia to end Sudan’s bloodshed.

The original article contains 2,238 words, the summary contains 198 words. Saved 91%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!