Two Israeli soldiers jailed over smashing of Jesus statue in Lebanon village Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’

Who got jailed for killing Gaza's children? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

An Inconvenient Study | DEBUNKED YouTube video by Debunk the Funk with Dr. Wilson

I debunked the “An Inconvenient Study” documentary. It was bad. I had a bad time. But the video turned out great. May my sacrifice help you in your fight against anti-vaccine influencers. youtu.be/KhRZFw2DCBI?...

Civil society declares war on diabetes in South Africa Twenty-four civil society organisations have joined forces to demand urgent, coordinated action on a disease that is now the country’s leading cause of natural death, and to hold themselves accountabl...

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

'Like Gaza': IDF razes south Lebanon villages during cease-fire, sources say Sources Describe a Policy Modeled on Gaza Operations, With Contractors and Heavy Machinery Demolishing Civilian Infrastructure South of the Litani; Officials Say It Aims to Prevent Residents' Return a...

Entire villages are being razed in southern Lebanon

This simple house may help prevent multiple fatal diseases in African children Randomized, controlled trial shows the $8800 design can reduce cases of malaria, diarrhea, and respiratory infection

The research “contributes hugely to the critical evidence that a house is a social determinant of health, a factor that is largely overlooked by health practitioners and those involved in building and construction,” adds Bernard Abong’o, an entomologist at the Kenya Medical Research Institute.
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La Nakba du Liban-Sud

Lebanese francophone outlet L’Orient Le-Jour: the Nakba of South Lebanon.

We Lebanese are calling it for what it is: a continuation of the 1948 Nakba.

The photo shows a Lebanese village with an Israeli flag on it, planted by the genocidal army.

Day 26 of daily video to fundraise for displaced ppl in Lebanon. In which I finally shave my beard. Donate here: www.gofundme.com/f/help-ali-e...

PBMs warn Trump’s proposal to disclose drug prices is illegal Pharma industry middlemen are pushing back on a major drug price transparency proposal.

The net prices of individual drugs should be “treated as confidential and used solely for fiduciary oversight purposes. Pricing methodologies and cost data are commercially sensitive, and appropriate confidentiality protections are necessary ..." PhRMA’s lobbyists said.

Report finds Gaza needs more than $71bn in next decade for recovery Devastated sectors in Palestinian enclave include housing, health, education, commerce and agriculture, EU and UN find.

Devastated sectors in Palestinian enclave include housing, health, education, commerce and agriculture, EU and UN find.

Awesome! I love archives! I've been digging into the history of the Children's Vaccine Initiative (as part of a broader investigation into the "way things are done now" in the vaccine world) and finding scraps where Bill Foege is trying to make sense of the world's vaccine production landscape... :)

Also discussed last week with @msfaccess.org on @sabcnews.bsky.social Channel Africa

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omny.fm/shows/africa...

We Are Managing HIV With Selective Lenacapavir Roll-out, Not Ending It Lenacapavir promised to change the course of the epidemic, but a limited, geographically selective rollout exposes a harder reality: who gets protected, who is left behind, and whether this is progres...

'We are managing HIV with a selective lenacapavir roll-out, not ending it...'

Our latest in health-e on SA's drip feed LEN-LA roll out - with @africanalliance.bsky.social

- @hji-sa.bsky.social

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health-e.org.za/2026/04/20/m...

Jonny Steinberg | The DA cannot fix South Africa’s deepest problems | News24 Despite the excitement around the DA’s potential to expand its voter base, the party will always be restricted by South Africa’s electoral system and by its dependence on middle-class voters, writes J...

🔒Jonny Steinberg | The DA cannot fix South Africa’s deepest problems www.news24.com/opinions/col... via @news24

Interesting analysis... class in SA is largely visible in its absences: the voices not heard and people not seen. In public schools and hospitals often demoralised staff are forced to "keep order" in the face of a vast mismatch between resources and needs.

EXCLUSIVE: Documents Reveal US Contractor’s Modifications of Spy Plane Just Before Flights Over Gaza A US defense contractor flew spy planes over Gaza. FAA docs show Sierra Nevada Corporation installed a military air traffic control device and surveillance equipment before the plane’s deployment.

EXCLUSIVE:
"UK surveillance flights over Gaza were conducted with more US involvement than previously known, Federal Aviation Administration documents obtained by Zeteo reveal... [and] put the countries at risk of aiding and abetting war crimes, international legal experts told Zeteo."

Israel publishes map of southern Lebanon occupation zone - Türkiye Today The Israeli army published a map of its southern Lebanon occupation zone and ordered the army to use "full force" during the ceasefire

www.turkiyetoday.com/region/israe...

Prisoners of freedom: Law, Legacy & resistance.

An Interactive Panel with Palestinian PhD Students.

Today’s conversation brought together powerful voices to reflect on the enduring legacies of repression, the realities of resistance, and the ongoing struggle for justice.
#freepalestinianprisoners

I was talking to a colleague about a promising new early warning system for cholera... and how the warnings were falling on deaf ears "you see the people affected are poor, its hard to get authorities to take action" I was told. Plus ça change...

Selective Pressure at #ESCMIDGlobal2026 — Meet the teams from around the world👇

Thailand, India, Italy, Portugal. Nigeria, Belgium, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, and Great Britain.

The Prescient Parable of ‘Radioactive Emergency’ | The Tyee Set in Brazil in 1987, the Netflix miniseries invites viewers to compare it with public health crises in their own communities.

The Prescient Parable of 'Radioactive Emergency' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Thinking of friends in Lebanon, and all Lebanese who have hopes pinned on another "peace deal" being implemented by parties, with a track record of invading territories and violating ceasefires at will with no repercussions whatsoever.

In South Africa btw political culture is dominated by bombastic narratives. Party members that greet each other as "fighter", "guerilla", "chief". Its all too easy to graft a simplistic narrative of manly power onto this.

disappearance in both Kenya and Burkina Faso (and, to be honest, South Africa, although structured differently there). Of course the language barrier (mostly from the anglophone side) & enforced lack of visible voices doesn't help...

I think its not just hope but structure. The Alliance of Sahel States / Anti-Western Alliance (with Russia) sounds like something a lot grander than desperate struggles against resolutely neoliberal administrations. People don't seem to make the connection between e.g. extrajudicial killings and..

Israel detonating what’s left of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.

They were already destroyed. Israel is obliterating everything.

Day 2 of the “ceasefire” between Lebanon and the genocidal nation

International journalists have been barred from Gaza for two years and seven months.
It's been seven months since the "cease fire" came into force, and two months since the Rafah crossing started to operate.
Israel continues to prevent the entry of journalists.

Sudan's Catastrophic Civil War Enters Fourth Year - Health Policy Watch The world’s darkest ongoing war – defined by sexual violence, extermination, famine and genocide – enters its fourth year today.

🏴‍☠️Sudan’s crisis is being deepened by neglect, underfunding, and continued outside support for armed actors. Civilians are paying the price.

✍️ @stefananderson.bsky.social
@who.int @savechildrenintl.bsky.social @unicef.org @mo.ibrahim.foundation @msf.ca @wfp.org @acfusa.bsky.social @hrw.org

Eyal Weizman · All they will find is sand: Gaza’s Yellow Line Most of the Gaza Strip – cities, refugee camps, schools, universities, mosques, the health infrastructure, agriculture...

All they will find is sand

Eyal Weizman on the demolition of Gaza

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Book cover: Born in Blackness - Africa, Africans and fhe Making of fhe Modern world 1471 to the Second World War

Just finished @howardfrench.bsky.social's amazing Born in Blackness.

Joined the dots on a lot of events I knew bits of from other narratives, and introduced some I knew nothing about, like the history of Sao Tome and Kongo's adoption of Christianity and diplomacy with Europe.

Strong recommend

NEW: Can community creativity fight antimicrobial resistance? In Nigeria, residents co‑produced AMR messages through art, jingles, & film—showing how culturally grounded, participatory approaches can strengthen antibiotic awareness beyond expert‑led campaigns.

journals.plos.org/globalpublic...