Ghana's legislature approves a bill to intensify the suppression of LGBTQ+ rights.
On Wednesday, February 28, the Ghanaian parliament approved a contentious bill that would significantly curtail LGBTQ rights in the nation. This comes only one week after the parliament rejected a proposal to soften some of the bill's provisions, which included non-custodial sentences like counseling for gay sex instead of jail time.
Protests in Colombia: Paying tribute to armed group victims
Bogota mourners honor the victims of violence following peace agreements. President Petro speaks with armed groups; policy enforcement is inadequate. Decades of civil conflict in Colombia were supposed to come to an end with the historic peace agreement with the FARC, but since 2016, over 400 former rebel fighters and 1,100 community leaders have been killed in violence that has returned to areas the government has been unable to control. The most impacted groups are indigenous people and Afro-Columbians. Even with laws and rules in existence, there has been little enforcement and a lot of impunity. President Gustavo Petro started consultations with the surviving armed factions, but no progress has been made. Redistributing wealth and stopping the illicit enterprise are essential but challenging steps toward peace.
Half of the newborns in the northern Gaza hospital suffer from malnutrition.
According to a physician in Northern Gaza, hardly half of the infants who arrive at his hospital receive the help they need. Many of the babies at Kamal Adwan Hospital are malnourished as a result of the majority of the problems being caused by a lack of nourishment. He claims there is nothing more he can do if help does not arrive immediately.
Israeli air strike kills at least 40: Bombs hit a residential building in Deir Al Balah.
Over 40 Palestinians have died, and numerous others have been injured as a result of recent Israeli strikes on central Gaza. The residential building in Deir al Balah, next to the Al Aqsa hospital, was the target of the attack.
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Singapore is prepared for the effects as the global economic recovery is still shaky.
Though geopolitical concerns, Japan's recession, and China's trade dependence present obstacles, Singapore's budget aids the low-income. In its most recent budget, the Singaporean government proposed several initiatives aimed at helping the country's residents—particularly those from large homes and low-income families—make ends meet.
The Yazidi minority in Iraq marks the start of a new year by igniting oil lamps at a revered temple. Yazidis celebrate their new year as a reminder of the horrors carried out by the Islamic State organization, while they also wish for a better future.
Israeli drone attack kills one in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli military conducted a drone strike on the village of Ain Baal, which is located near Tyre in southern Lebanon. After many drones from Lebanon struck northern Israel and allegedly injured three Israelis, the attack resulted in at least one death and other injuries, according to medical officials cited.
Israelis disrupt help headed for Gaza, burning delivery vans and destroying food aid.
Israeli protestors in the occupied West Bank obstructed assistance vehicles bound for Gaza, tossing food packages on the road and ripping open grain bags. The White House denounced the attack.
Scientists express concern over the rapid rise in levels of methane.
According to NOAA on Friday, in 2023, the most significant and abundant greenhouse gas created by humans—carbon dioxide—rose by the third-highest amount in the past 65 years of records. The quick rise in methane concentrations in the atmosphere, a more powerful but shorter-lived gas that traps heat, worries scientists. Watch to find out more.
African Women in Technology founder Anie Akpe joins Al Jazeera's Samantha Johnson in this episode of On The Record. Akpe thought it was time for that to change after attending a technology conference years ago when the majority of attendees were men. Akpe and Johnson discuss how some African traditions and a male-dominated industry work together to keep women out of the technological mainstream. Thus, the a need to establish an organization similar to African Women in Technology. Akpe also discusses the real-world obstacles that women frequently face while attempting to enter the tech industry.
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