North Africa

Paris Olympics 2024: Ceremony organisers deny mocking Jesus amid Christian and Muslim anger

Egypt’s Al-Azhar condemned ‘insulting’ scenes that organisers say depicted Olympian gods The Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower during the opening ceremony in Paris, 26 July 2024 (Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski) By Alex MacDonald Published date: 29 July 2024 The opening ceremony of the Olympic games in France provoked a backlash from Christian and Muslim religious […]

Unsafe on the ground, Unsafe online: Humanitarian Workers in Sudan’s civil war – July 2024

Format Situation Report  Source   Posted10 Jul 2024  Originally published10 Jul 2024  OriginView original Attachments Summary Humanitarian organisations in Sudan face significant dangers both on the ground and online. An analysis of nearly 1,000 comments on Facebook from April to May 2024 shows that misinformation, disinformation, and hate speech (MDH) on social media remains a […]