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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As the country remembers the tragic August 6 helicopter crash, it is worth reflecting on how much value we place on the lives of Ghanaian citizens. Some thoughts here: open.substack.com/pub/delalibe...
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Every Ghanaian is on death row
...everything in Ghana is still trying to kill us
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I just think maybe we can do this Christianity thing a little bit better... delalibessa.substack.com/p/our-faiths...
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Our faith’s pull towards solidarity
…Ghana should be doing Christianity better
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“It is offensive to my mother. It is offensive to my sisters and my girl child. It is offensive to all.” Envisaged within the anti-LGBTQ framework, a charter being pushed by African legislators worryingly has much more in its sights. For @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/inside-afric...
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Inside the African conference pushing for a continent-wide anti-LGBT charter
Legislators met in Ghana to advance a ‘family values’ charter that targets reproductive and LGBTQ rights
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As the country remembers the tragic August 6 helicopter crash, it is worth reflecting on how much value we place on the lives of Ghanaian citizens. Some thoughts here: open.substack.com/pub/delalibe...
open.substack.com
Every Ghanaian is on death row
...everything in Ghana is still trying to kill us
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
For @opendemocracy.net. Wrote an explainer on the partisan theatre surrounding Ghana's anti-LGBTQ bill. The flip-flopping across the change in government makes it more apparent that the bill is a mere game for political actors, while peril ramps up for queer people.
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Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill passes amid chaos as law’s backers call for recall
Contested vote throws into doubt future of law criminalising queer people, allies and parts of public health sector
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
“It is offensive to my mother. It is offensive to my sisters and my girl child. It is offensive to all.” Envisaged within the anti-LGBTQ framework, a charter being pushed by African legislators worryingly has much more in its sights. For @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/inside-afric...
opendemocracy.net
Inside the African conference pushing for a continent-wide anti-LGBT charter
Legislators met in Ghana to advance a ‘family values’ charter that targets reproductive and LGBTQ rights
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
For @opendemocracy.net. Wrote an explainer on the partisan theatre surrounding Ghana's anti-LGBTQ bill. The flip-flopping across the change in government makes it more apparent that the bill is a mere game for political actors, while peril ramps up for queer people.
opendemocracy.net
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ bill passes amid chaos as law’s backers call for recall
Contested vote throws into doubt future of law criminalising queer people, allies and parts of public health sector
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
On the back of the UN vote recognising slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity' I wrote about how and why Ghana’s social justice efforts on the international stage ring hollow at home for its people. On the @labarijournal.com labarijournal.com/ghanas-socia...
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Ghana’s Social Justice Efforts on the International Stage Ring Hollow at Home - The Labari Journal
Delali Adogla-Bessa writes that although Ghana scored a historic win at the UN, the celebration rings hollow when its own leaders fail the people they swore to serve.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Ermm @devilsitdpod.bsky.social, I'm starting to get worried. Any proof of life?
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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Before I could even ask myself, “Gee I wonder what Robert would think—“ *opens Bluesky* 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠
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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Ghana just kind of GETS America
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
On the back of the UN vote recognising slavery as 'gravest crime against humanity' I wrote about how and why Ghana’s social justice efforts on the international stage ring hollow at home for its people. On the @labarijournal.com labarijournal.com/ghanas-socia...
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Ghana’s Social Justice Efforts on the International Stage Ring Hollow at Home - The Labari Journal
Delali Adogla-Bessa writes that although Ghana scored a historic win at the UN, the celebration rings hollow when its own leaders fail the people they swore to serve.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
For openDemocracy, I looked into the threat of our poisonous gold rush on our medicinal plants which 70% of Ghanaians rely on. We may be getting shiny forex now from galamsey but I promise we are losing so much more. www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/glob...
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Global gold prices have made Ghana richer. But at what cost
Vital medicinal plants, which some 70% of Ghanaians rely on due to high costs of private healthcare, are being lost to illegal gold mines.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The tragedy of our push seeking global recognition of the Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity is that it hasn't come on back of work to build a Ghana that would appreciate this kind of solidarity. It is a shame that it is ringing hollow for most. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It’s time for the UN to formally recognise the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity | John Dramani Mahama
This is not about assigning collective guilt to present generations. But injustice does not simply fade with time – it requires deliberate effort to address and redress, says Ghana’s president, John D...
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The Continent @thecontinent.org · 20/03/2026
All Protocol Observed | Welcome to Issue 233 of The Continent This week, we meet an aspiring chef from Botswana. He was promised a job in a Russian hotel - only to end up in a remote military training camp, with dozens more Africans. Download your copy here: www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
The front cover of Issue 233 of The Continent newspaper. The illustration shows a chef from Botswana desperately escaping from a remote Russian military base. The headline reads, 'The chef who escaped Putin's war'.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Now this is a story I'd like to hear
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Ghana marine life being wiped out by industrial trawlers 53% to 60% of industrial trawler landings in Ghana consist of bycatch, much of it prohibited under national law Even juvenile fish are being obliterated destroying any chance of fish recovery www.seafoodsource.com/news/environ...
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Despite reforms, Ghana’s illegal bycatch problem persists, EJF report finds
A new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has reignited scrutiny of Ghana’s industrial trawl sector.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again". Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means. Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down. news.sky.com/story/greens...
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Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll
The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.
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Semafor @semafor.com · 26/02/2026
China’s new box office hit is backed by its spy agency www.semafor.com/article/02/2...
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China’s new box office hit is backed by its spy agency
“Scare Out” follows counter-espionage agents tracking down a researcher who leaked information about a stealth fighter jet.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Atleti. Smh.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
"We are in desperate need of an African foreign policy and diplomacy that articulates, organises, and advances the defence of African people." In this week's issue of @thecontinent.org Download your copy here: thecontinent.org
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Karen Fontijn @volckaren.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
This week's @thecontinent.org is on 🔥🌋
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
While I admire the Ghana government's shift towards local processors, it is long overdue and a shame it has taken a crisis. For ages, complaints from local processors about an unfair system were ignored by the government because it basically only wanted/needed shiny forex from abroad.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The transnational effects of Ghana's illegal gold mining environmental crisis feature in this week's issue of @thecontinent.org Full story here: thecontinent.org
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This was an unfortunate betrayal by our government. Calling them brothers and sisters in public, treating them like filth in private.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The kind of tree I thought only existed in sci-fi films
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Jan Kooy @kooyjan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"The billionaire, who shifted his tax residency to Monaco in 2020, is no stranger to wading into politics, having vocally backed Brexit and lobbied against green taxes and in favour of fracking." How do you describe somebody like this?
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Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’
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Nonso Obikili @nonsoobikili.com · 08/02/2026
www.nationalgeographic.com/health/artic...
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The surprising way doomscrolling rewires your brain | National Geographic
Experts say graphic images, nonstop outrage, and the 24/7 negative news cycle don’t just upset us—they alter our stress response and harm mental health.
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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
While much attention has focused on deportations of Latin American migrants, a new Capital B analysis found deportations of people from African nations are on pace to nearly triple compared to the Biden years.​ capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-deportati…
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Fear, Flights, and Forced Returns: How a U.S.–Ghana Deportation Pact Is Reshaping Lives
Ghanaians at home and abroad are navigating hope and an uneasy partnership between Washington and Accra.
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Kenneth Nørgaard @kennethnrgaard.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Jeg forstår jo godt, hvorfor nogen søger lykken andre steder, men det er jo ikke holdbart. ‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west
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‘It’s a timebomb’: Ghana grapples with mass exodus of nurses as thousands head to the west
An estimated 6,000 nurses left in 2024 for roles in countries including the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Three nurses explain what made them decide to leave or stay
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
"In solidarity and with gratitude" from Equal Times as it closes www.equaltimes.org/as-equal-tim...
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As Equal Times closes, the work continues
This is it. Our final article. Equal Times, the global labour news platform, will cease to publish as of December 2025. The website – which was, for more than a decade, an invaluable resource on the r...
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
For openDemocracy, I looked into the threat of our poisonous gold rush on our medicinal plants which 70% of Ghanaians rely on. We may be getting shiny forex now from galamsey but I promise we are losing so much more. www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/glob...
opendemocracy.net
Global gold prices have made Ghana richer. But at what cost
Vital medicinal plants, which some 70% of Ghanaians rely on due to high costs of private healthcare, are being lost to illegal gold mines.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/11/2025
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now Jimmy Cliff, the singer and actor whose mellifluous voice helped to turn reggae into a global phenomenon, has died aged 81. A message from his wife Latifa Chambers on Instagram reads: “It’s with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia. I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him. To all his fans around the world, please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career … Jimmy, my darling, may you rest in peace. I will follow your wishes.” Her message was also signed by their children, Lilty and Aken. Continue reading...
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
This nurse from Maryland was on one of the recent flights to Ghana transferring third country nationals— under a still undisclosed agreement with the U.S. Certainly, she is not “worst of the worst.” Certainly her treatment in Ghana does not reflect solidarity and concern with fellow West Africans.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I'm in this week's issue of @thecontinent.org with some reporting from Tarkwa, among others. The Goldbod is making its mark but until we get rigorous traceability, there will be questions about the environmental price we pay for its economic gains. Full issue here: www.thecontinent.org
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The Continent | Africa
The Continent is an award-winning African newspaper, designed to be read and shared on WhatsApp.
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
There was an Israeli film festival in Ghana last month. It was met with resistance from a small group of protestors and citizens displaying the kind of moral fortitude on the Gaza genocide we can all learn from. Wrote about the event for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/in-g...
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In Ghana, Israeli efforts to whitewash genocide fall flat
An Israeli film festival accused of being ‘propaganda’ was marred by protest, prompting one sponsor to pull out
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
There was an Israeli film festival in Ghana last month. It was met with resistance from a small group of protestors and citizens displaying the kind of moral fortitude on the Gaza genocide we can all learn from. Wrote about the event for @opendemocracy.net www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/in-g...
opendemocracy.net
In Ghana, Israeli efforts to whitewash genocide fall flat
An Israeli film festival accused of being ‘propaganda’ was marred by protest, prompting one sponsor to pull out
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Enjoyed spending time with a network of health workers and stroke survivors working to improve awareness and care of cardiovascular diseases. Wrote about them for @bbcstoryworks.bsky.social www.bbc.com/storyworks/b...
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#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The foundation going above and beyond for stroke survivors in Ghana
#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana is aiming to reduce treatment delays and improve education among Ghana's population
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportation is an Afterthought “Immediately they see you with physical challenges or visual impairment, they find ways and means just to stop you from boarding their vehicles.” labarijournal.com/for-persons-...
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For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportion is an Afterthought - The Labari Journal
Persons with disability in Ghana face constant discrimination and lack of accessibility infrastructure to commute in Ghana
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Enjoyed spending time with a network of health workers and stroke survivors working to improve awareness and care of cardiovascular diseases. Wrote about them for @bbcstoryworks.bsky.social www.bbc.com/storyworks/b...
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#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The foundation going above and beyond for stroke survivors in Ghana
#Ad feature presented by World Heart Federation. The Stroke Association Support Network-Ghana is aiming to reduce treatment delays and improve education among Ghana's population
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Michael Cox @zonal-marking.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Lots of new signings - not many goals. It's quite tough to get cohesion between new attackers at this stage of the season, and watching some really quite bad Premier League games so far underlines that. www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...
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Lots of signings, not many goals: Why most Premier League sides are yet to click
The quality of attacking football this season has been way down on previous campaigns, but new players need to time to settle
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Looked back on the nasty fiasco that devolved from what should have been a simple election rerun. While Ghana saw the continuation of its election nightmare, it will soon have a good opportunity to prove that this is a nightmare we can wake up from. labarijournal.com/ghana-remain...
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Ghana Remains Trapped in the Worsening Clientelism Nightmare of Elections - The Labari Journal
Delali Adogla-Bessa writes about how the recent Ablekuma North elections in Ghana show that partisan politics encourages "Clientelism" in local elections
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportation is an Afterthought “Immediately they see you with physical challenges or visual impairment, they find ways and means just to stop you from boarding their vehicles.” labarijournal.com/for-persons-...
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For Persons With Disabilities in Ghana, Accessibility in Urban Transportion is an Afterthought - The Labari Journal
Persons with disability in Ghana face constant discrimination and lack of accessibility infrastructure to commute in Ghana
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delali adogla-bessa @delalibessa.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Real humbling news from Ghana today.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/07/2025
Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west's help | Owen Jones
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Israel has deliberately starved the people of Gaza. It couldn’t have done it without the west's help | Owen Jones
The current hand-wringing by Keir Starmer and other western politicians is empty bluster. They knew what was happening all along, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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