Ismail Akwei

More than two decades after 9/11, New York City elected its first Muslim mayor. It was a milestone that would have seemed improbable in the years after the deadliest terrorist attack in US history, when a wave of Islamophobia swept across the country, leaving many Muslim Americans facing suspicion, discrimination and hate. Twenty-five years after 9/11, what has changed? And is America now a safer place for Muslims? We look at how Islamophobia in the United States has evolved since 9/11 — and where it stands today — tomorrow on Global South World’s official social media pages. #GSWNews #September11 #25Years #Islamophobia #MuslimAmericans #UnitedStates

‘PREDATORS NOW GO TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD’ A former UN lawyer investigating abuse linked to peacekeepers and aid workers says predators increasingly target humanitarian work in poorer countries as a way to access vulnerable children. Andrew McLeod traced the problem back to scandals in Bosnia, Liberia and Sierra Leone, arguing that decades of abuse inside international missions have never been fully confronted. #GSWNews #UnitedNations #HumanRights #Liberia #SierraLeone #AidWorkers

Africa is now the “epicentre of global terrorism", according to the commander of the United States Africa Command. Speaking at the Sedona Forum in Arizona, General Dagvin Anderson said extremist groups linked to ISIS and Al-Qaeda have increasingly shifted their operations toward Africa, particularly in the Sahel region. He pointed to countries such as Mali, Niger, Somalia and Nigeria as areas where militant groups have strengthened their influence following pressure on extremist networks in the Middle East. #Africa #Security #Sahel #Terrorism #GlobalAffairs

The world is producing enough food, yet millions of people still go to bed hungry every single day. At the Sedona Forum, Cindy McCain revealed the painful reality facing the World Food Programme today: they are being forced to decide who gets fed… and who does not. “We don’t have enough money to feed everybody that’s hungry right now.” That statement alone says everything about how serious the global hunger crisis has become. Funding is shrinking. Humanitarian needs are growing. And millions of lives are caught in between. If the world already produces enough food, why are so many still starving? #GlobalHunger #FoodCrisis #WorldFoodProgramme #HumanitarianCrisis #FoodSecurity #WFP #GlobalIssues #EndHunger