Alannah Travers

Berlin, Germany, London, Middle East

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

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Gaza, Darfur: What’s the point of the Genocide Convention?

1 week ago | almendron.com | Alannah Travers

In March 2025, the Government of Sudan brought an application against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention through material and military support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF, a paramilitary group, have been at war with Sudan’s armed forces (SAF) since April 2023.
Gaza, Darfur: What’s the point of the Genocide Convention?

1 week ago | justiceinfo.net | Alannah Travers

In March 2025, the Government of Sudan brought an application against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention through material and military support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF, a paramilitary group, have been at war with Sudan’s armed forces (SAF) since April 2023.
Gaza, Darfour : quel est l’intérêt de la Convention sur le génocide ?

1 week ago | justiceinfo.net | Alannah Travers

En mars 2025, le gouvernement soudanais a déposé une requête contre les Émirats arabes unis (EAU) devant la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ), les accusant de violer la Convention sur le génocide de 1948 en apportant un soutien matériel et militaire aux Forces de soutien rapide (FSR). Les Forces de soutien rapide, un groupe paramilitaire, sont en guerre contre les forces armées soudanaises (SAF) depuis avril 2023.
Iraq, Kurdistan Region separately explore artificial rainfall enhancement

Oct 9, 2023 | thenewregion.com | Dilan Sirwan |Rejna Alaaldin |Gashtyar Akram |Hassan Ahmad Mustafa |Mina al-Qaisi |Alfadhel Ahmad | +64 more

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – The Kurdistan Region and Iraq are researching opportunities to artificially enhance rainfall in order to address ongoing water shortages, according to officials from both governments.
SDF warns Syria's Tishrin Dam may collapse due to Turkish bombardments

Oct 9, 2023 | thenewregion.com | Alfadhel Ahmad |Paul Davis |Zhelwan Z. Wali |Chenar Chalak |Suadad al-Salhy |Alannah Travers | +59 more

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) warned on Wednesday that Turkey’s intensifying bombings may cause “a catastrophic collapse” of the Tishrin Dam in northern Syria. "Turkish warplanes have conducted multiple airstrikes on the Tishrin Dam and its surrounding areas,” the US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF said in a statement.
With Furious Love

Sep 13, 2023 | ethelmagazine.com | Alannah Travers

I write from Akrê, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. From here, among the Kurdish mountains in the north, to the marshes of the south, exists a country that will break your heart and destroy your patience. I reflect in the garden of a friend’s summer house—pitch black, candle flickering, entirely alone.
Extreme heat hits Iraq, as temperatures exceed 50 degrees Celsius

Aug 4, 2023 | aljazeera.com | Alannah Travers

Extreme temperatures and a lack of electrical power are a deadly combination, and one that is being felt across Iraq. The country is one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change, faced with scorching heatwaves, reduced rainfall, water scarcity, and desertification.
Nine years after the Yazidi genocide, what next for survivors?

Aug 3, 2023 | msn.com | Alannah Travers

Kabartu Camp, Duhok – By 10am, it is already nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104F) in a displacement camp in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Fawziya Choko, 20, walks across the sprawling Kabartu Camp where she has grown up. The delicate, dark-haired young woman was 11 when the sound of gunfire startled her awake on August 3, 2014, in the village of Siba Sheikh Khidir.
‘How would you survive?’: Desperation grows in Iraq water crisis

Jun 27, 2023 | aljazeera.com | Alannah Travers
‘How would you survive?’: Desperation grows in Iraq water crisis

Jun 27, 2023 | n9.cl | Alannah Travers