The International Federation of Journalists and France's journalist union dropped a complaint with terrorism prosecutors over blocked reporting access to Gaza and the West Bank. They collected anonymous accounts from French reporters about equipment getting snatched, physical attacks, detentions, and getting kicked out by Israeli forces and settlers. The groups pointed out that the foreign press has been locked out of Gaza completely, while over 200 Palestinian media workers got killed.
Anthony Bellanger from the IFJ said France needs to step up for its people when war crimes go down, and press freedom gets stomped on. An Israeli government spokesperson hinted that the journalist ban might change soon, saying reporters will eventually...
Amnesty International wants investigators to look into what the RSF paramilitary group did at a displacement camp called Zamzam in North Darfur. The fighters rolled up with heavy weapons and started blasting at people hiding in homes, a hospital, and even a mosque. They trashed markets, schools, and medical facilities while pushing out around 400,000 refugees who had to bounce from the area. The human rights org says this whole thing could qualify as legit war crimes under international rules.
The group's boss, Agnès Callamard, pointed out that stopping the RSF means cutting off their gun supply, and she wants the arms embargo expanded across all of Sudan. The attack was part of a bigger push to take over El Fasher, which is the main...
The ICC got custody of a Libyan guy named Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri after Germany handed him over from detention. German cops grabbed him at the Berlin airport back in the summer when he was flying through, and they held onto him until all the legal paperwork got sorted out. He ran Mitiga Prison in Tripoli for a militia group called Al-Radaa, and prosecutors say he committed murder, torture, and rape against detainees over five years.
His arrest is kind of a big deal because Libya never actually joined the Rome Statute treaty, but they accepted ICC jurisdiction over crimes on their turf anyway. The UN Security Council pushed the ICC to investigate Libya years ago, and there are still nine more arrest warrants floating around from...
Eversheds Sutherland brought on two new senior-level lawyers for its Ireland operation, which became part of the main international business a few months back. Robert Dever left his role running tax at Pinsent Masons in Dublin to rejoin Eversheds as a partner, and Mary Gavin moved over from Ogier to take on an employment law partnership.
The Irish integration happened after merger discussions with William Fry fell apart earlier in the year. The new setup has about 170 people working between Dublin and Belfast, but only 26 partners made the jump compared to roughly 46 before. Some of the partners who didn't come along ended up at other Irish firms like Philip Lee and Mason Hayes & Curran.
William Fry grabbed four corporate partners and...
Paul Weiss snagged three finance partners from Sidley Austin for its New York office, with Nicholas Schwartz leading the pack after running leveraged finance at his old shop. Mark Adler and Julie Ann Lamm already made the jump, while Schwartz wraps things up before year-end. The crew handles complicated debt deals for corporate borrowers and private equity sponsors, covering everything from syndicated loans to cross-border financings and restructuring work.
Schwartz previously grinded at Kirkland and Simpson Thacher, advising on deals between 20 million and 15 billion dollars. His client roster hits names like Clearlake Capital on its 7.7 billion Dun and Bradstreet takeover, plus Siris Capital and Stonepeak. The additions bump Paul...
VERAFIED dropped a new campaign called IsThisVERAfied to help people spot fake content before AI-generated nonsense wrecks everything. Founder Khumo Makiti teamed up with producer Nolo Phiri to build awareness around deepfakes, voice clones, and manipulated images that spread faster than anyone can fact-check them. The platform uses a framework called V.E.R.A. that teaches users to verify sources and assess risks before sharing stuff online.
The whole point is getting people to pause instead of instantly reposting viral clips or sketchy WhatsApp forwards. Misinformation hits hardest when users react emotionally without questioning what they see, and the campaign wants to flip that behavior. VERAFIED plans to launch as a full digital...
Memory prices went absolutely bonkers after AI companies bought up everything the factories could make through 2028. RAM that used to cost 140 bucks is hitting 470 in some spots, and storage drives doubled or tripled depending on what you need. Micron just killed off its Crucial brand to focus on data center contracts, which made things worse for regular people trying to build PCs or upgrade phones.
The shortage hit DRAM and NAND flash at the same time because manufacturers switched their production lines to make high-bandwidth memory for AI training clusters instead of consumer products. Samsung, SK Hynix, and others sold out their 2026 production already, and cloud providers locked down contracts years ahead. Gaming PC builders...
A small rural school in Manyene hosted Free Code Africa's first outreach event, bringing computers and basic robotics to around 200 kids from 11 different schools. Most of them had never touched a computer before the session. Software developer Taurai Munodawafa runs the organization after growing up in the same area without any tech access during his education. ICT Minister Tatenda Mavetera showed up along with groups like Nduna Girls Organisation and UNDP Zimbabwe to back the launch.
The whole thing was about getting equipment and exposure to places that never see either. Rural students aren't lacking interest or ability, just the tools and chances to mess with technology. Free Code Africa wants to hit more schools going forward, but...
The National Council for Civic Education ran a town hall meeting in Farafenni with backing from UNDP and EU cash to explain two fresh laws to locals. Senior Programme Officer Mamadou A.H. Bah broke down the Anti-Corruption Act from 2023, which targets bribery and dodgy use of public money, plus the Criminal Offences Act that ditched old colonial rules and updated crime definitions to match human rights standards. Ward Councillor Malick Samba and other community leaders said the session helps citizens guard resources better.
The forum pulled in local authorities and civil society people to talk about accountability under the law. Chief Samba Jallow and tribunal member Bakary Jammeh mentioned the training could cut down criminal activity...
