Gaza Update: as Israel begins its ground offensive, the conflict’s reverberations are being felt far beyond the Strip: The ground assault on Gaza is now well underway and, as they advance into the Strip’s urban areas, the Israel Defence Forces are coming up against an elusive enemy that has been preparing for this conflict for …
How collective memories fuel conflicts: Pictrider/Shutterstock When a group of youths attacked shops and buildings in Tallinn, Estonia, on the evening of April 26, 2007, it sparked two days of civil unrest. This resulted in the death of a young man, injuries to 100 people, including 13 police officers, and the arrest of over 1,000 …
Berlin airlift and Ukraine war: the importance of symbols during conflicts: Every military conflict contains situations that eventually become its defining symbols. The second world war, for example, could be summed up in the following seven symbols: the Munich agreement (appeasement), Battle of Britain (resistance), attack on Pearl Harbor (US entry), Auschwitz concentration camp (inhumanity), …
How to resolve Git merge conflicts: How to resolve Git merge conflicts agantony Tue, 04/04/2023 – 03:00 Suppose you and I are working on the same file called index.html. I make some changes to the file, commit them, and push the changes to the remote Git repository. You also make some changes to the same …
Ilemi Triangle spat: how resources fuel East Africa’s border conflicts: Kenyan fishermen demand a say in the country's border conflict with Somalia. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images For decades, African states have grappled with numerous interstate border disputes, especially in resource-rich regions. In east Africa, most of these conflicts are as old as independence. The …
Ukraine war: why Russian soldiers’ mothers aren’t demonstrating the strong opposition they have in previous conflicts: Ukraine’s military launched a devastating strike on New Year’s Day hitting a building housing recently mobilised Russian soldiers in the occupied region of Donetsk. Russia’s official response has been surprising. The ministry of defence took the unusual step of …
World Cup 2022: Fifa’s clampdown on rainbow armbands conflicts with its own guidance on human rights: PA Images/Alamy The 2022 men’s World Cup host nation Qatar is known for its human rights abuses relating to women, migrant workers and those from the LGBTQ+ community. Same sex relationships in Qatar are illegal and punishable by up …
Nigeria’s deadly conflicts over water and grazing pasture are escalating – here’s why: A young fulani herder walking his livestock. Alucardion/Shutterstock Violence in the Sahel is escalating, killing more than 11,000 people in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso since 2012. Such conflict has emerged for a number of reasons, including religious insurgencies and access to …
How conflicts intertwined over time and destabilised the DRC – and the region: A soldier from the armed forces of the DRC on foot patrol in the village of Manzalaho near Beni. Alexis Huguet / AFP via Getty Images The conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the deadliest the …
What cattle conflicts say about identity in South Sudan: An armed man guards cattle in a village in South Sudan. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In March 2022, violent clashes between farming communities and cattle herders broke out in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan. It was the latest incident in months of cattle-related violence in …
Africa is beset with coups and conflicts: how the trend can be reversed: Thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic clashes in northern Cameroon. Photo by DJIMET WICHE/AFP via Getty Images On the evening of 15 February 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were put under house arrest, reportedly amid fears …
Ranches won’t solve farmer-herder conflicts in Ghana if they don’t deal with root causes: Herder-farmer conflicts are on the rise in Ghana Wikimedia Commons/Flickr, CC BY-SA Across West Africa, violent conflicts between farmers and herders have been regular occurrences for decades. Some analyses of these conflicts see the driver as competition over scarce resources like …
Chieftaincy conflicts in Ghana are mixed up with politics: what’s at risk: Chieftaincy holds pride of place in local administration in Ghana. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Chieftaincy is one of Ghana’s oldest traditional institutions. It has remained resilient despite attempts by both colonial and post-independent governments to control and undermine it. According to Article 270 …
South Africa in the news: Why conflicts of interest are just the tip of the iceberg: No wonder Carrie Symonds was so desperate to play down the gravity of Charity Commission’s initial probe, writes GUY …: Ominously, for everyone involved, the conflict of interests over Howletts House is just the tip of an iceberg. For …
Integrate your calendar with Ansible to avoid schedule conflicts: Is “anytime” a good time to execute your automation workflow? The answer is probably no, for different reasons. If you want to avoid simultaneous changes to minimize the impact on critical business processes and reduce the risk of unintended service disruptions, then no one else should …
South Africa in the news: Conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means: BRICS: New Delhi: Five-nation influential grouping BRICS, which includes India and China, on Friday said conflicts should be resolved by peaceful means and diplomatic engagement through political dialogue …: “South Africa” – BingNews On this day in 2019: Malinga became first bowler to register …
South Africa in the news: The Latest: UN council asks end of conflicts in virus areas: South Africa leads the continent with more than 151,000 confirmed cases. An emerging hot spot is in Gauteng province, containing Johannesburg, with 28% of the country’s cases. CAIRO — Egypt …: “South Africa” – BingNews Manu Tuilagi and Kyle …
Why blaming conflicts in Africa on climate change is misguided: Drought conditions can foster conflict but this is rare. Shutterstock The role of water crises in conflicts in places like Syria, Nigeria and Iran often feature in media and policy outlets. Many believe that climate change could spark future conflicts. But research shows that most …