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Article content OTTAWA — The Israeli expert leading a civilian commission into sexual violence by Hamas is calling for global bodies to recognize “a new crime against humanity” involving violence targeted at families. Cochav Elkayam-Levy said the world should take a stance against the destruction of families as a specific, identifiable weapon of war, aimed at terrorizing one’s kin. She is proposing the crime be called “kinocide.” In an interview, she also said Canadians can demand Hamas be brought to justice while also seeking accountability when Israeli troops commit sexual violence against Palestinians, without drawing a false equivalence. “We have to see Canada’s leadership in addressing the lack of moral clarity of international institutions,” Elkayam-Levy said in an interview during a visit to Ottawa last month. Elkayam-Levy is an international law professor at Reichman University and a former Hebrew University researcher, who chairs Israel’s Civil Commission on Oct. 7 Crimes Against Women and Children. That non-governmental body originally set out to document patterns in sexualized violence by Hamas and its affiliates during the 2023 attack and against hostages it took into the Gaza Strip. The aim wasn’t to come up with a tally of assaults, but to instead document systemic factors in how women were raped, tortured and mutilated. The idea was to have an understanding that could help victims and their descendants cope with intergenerational trauma, and to create an archive for researchers and prosecutors to use for possible investigations. Elkayam-Levy’s team reviewed hours of footage featuring “very extreme forms of violence” from closed-circuit cameras and what militants themselves recorded. They started to notice six patterns of violence involving among the circumstances of more than 140 families. These include using victims’ social media to broadcast that person being tortured to their friends and family, including hostages and those killed. Another involved murdering parents in front of their children or vice versa, while another is the destruction of family homes. “We started understanding that there is something here, a unique form of violence,” she said. “The abuse of familial relations to intensify harm, to intensify suffering.” Elkayam-Levy said she developed the term with the help of experts, including Canadians like former attorney general Irwin Cotler. The rules undergirding the International Criminal Court only mention families in procedural contexts, but not as a factor in war crimes, she noted. “It’s a crime without a name,” she said, arguing that impedes victims’ healing. She said experts in past conflicts have agreed with her, saying kinocide should have been a factor in how the world understood and sought justice for atrocities on various continents, such as how Islamic State militants targeted Yazidi families from 2014 to 2017. “Justice begins with this recognition; healing begins with recognition,” she said. Elkayam-Levy noted “gender-based violence” existed for centuries before the United Nations officially recognized the term in 1992. RECOMMENDED VIDEO She’s also taken aim at “the silence of many international organizations, and the lack of moral clarity,” in calling out sexual violence by Hamas, which Ottawa deems a terrorist group. In particular, UN Women did not condemn Hamas’ sexual violence until nearly two months after that attack, and Elkayam-Levy argued the institution has stayed largely silent, setting a bad precedent for upholding global norms. “They have fuelled denial of the sexual atrocities,” she said, adding that a constant demand for physical evidence pervades social media “in a very antisemitic way.” Israeli police have said forensic evidence was not preserved in the chaos of the attack, and people believed to be victims of sexual assault were often killed and immediately buried. Acts of sexual violence were not part of a 43-minute video that Israel’s Foreign Ministry has screened for journalists, including The Canadian Press, which was sourced from security footage and videos filmed by militants during their October 2023 attack. In March, a UN envoy said there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Hamas committed rape and “sexualized torture” during the attack, “including rape and gang rape,” despite the group’s denials. That same month, released hostage Amit Soussana went public about her captors groping her and forcing “a sexual act” that she asked not be specified. As part of its avowed feminist foreign policy, Canada funds initiatives abroad to prevent sexual violence and support victims. Yet the Conservatives have lambasted the Liberals for not condemning Hamas’ sexual violence until five months after the attack. In March, Ottawa came under fire for pledging both $1 million for groups supporting Israeli victims of Hamas sexual violence and $1 million for Palestinian women facing “sexual and gender-based violence” from unspecified actors. Global Affairs did not say whether that referred to domestic abuse or sexual violence by Israeli officials, drawing a rebuke from a senior Israeli envoy. Human-rights groups have long accused Israeli officials of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainees in the West Bank. In July, those concerns escalated when Israeli soldiers were accused of perpetuating the filmed gang rape of a Palestinian prisoner from the Gaza Strip. Far-right Israeli cabinet ministers voiced support for mobs attempting to free soldiers under investigation. Elkayam-Levy said Canadians can call out the patterns of sexual violence by Hamas against Israelis, while still demanding the Israeli state investigate and prosecute its soldiers who undertake individuals acts of sexual violence. “The fact that (western leaders) are trying to make the right political decision, instead of the right moral decision, is creating confusion, is creating moral blur — instead of making space for all victims to be heard for what they have endured,” she said. To her, there is a “false parallel” being made between individual cases of sexual assault from soldiers who should be held to account, and a group using patterns of sexual violence as a weapon of war. Elkayam-Levy said people should uphold the principles of international law instead of what she deems to be weaponizing global institutions against Israel. She is aware that many have instead argued that Israel’s military campaign has broken international law and undermined the systems meant to uphold human rights. Elkayam-Levy has been critical of the Israeli government, arguing before the war that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought anti-democratic reforms to the country’s judiciary. She has been critical of his war cabinet for lacking any women, and has highlighted extensive media reports that female military personnel had detected Hamas was planning a large attack only to be dismissed by male leaders. 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MEXICO CITY — It would take years, if ever, for Mexico to accomplish what incoming U.S. President Donald Trump is demanding to avoid tariffs: stemming the flow of migrants and drugs over the border. That’s why Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s efforts to avoid a full-blown trade war might be more about doing enough for both sides to claim success. Even a quick phone call — two days after Trump threatened 25% tariffs against his southern neighbor — seemed to change the tone: Trump said on social media that the Mexican president agreed to “stop people from going to our Southern Border, effective immediately.” Sheinbaum, meanwhile, assured her constituents that she touted to Trump Mexico’s existing approach to migration, which she stressed respects human rights, and that a new deal to collaborate would avoid new tariffs, without providing specifics. The whole exchange was reminiscent of Trump’s first term, when he threatened to send troops to shut down the border and then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador responded by sending the national guard to help apprehend migrants. The move had a limited immediate effect, but sent a strong image that proved enough to at least avert tariffs of up to 25% on all imports from Mexico. Trump’s threats have a “dual objective,” said Palmira Tapia, a political scientist currently working for the government of the State of Mexico. The U.S. president-elect, she said, is simultaneously seeking to appeal to his constituents and strengthen his hand in talks on migration, drugs and trade. Sheinbaum also faces two challenges: She now must find a way to appease Trump to avoid tariffs that could hit 11% of Mexico’s gross domestic product, while also avoiding the perception — at home, and in the White House — that she will easily bend to demands from up north. “She’s talking to Trump, but she’s also talking to the Mexican public. It has to do with giving a dignified response before her voters, but at the same time trying to stop Trump,” said Catalina Perez Correa, a researcher at the Supreme Court’s Center for Constitutional Studies. “She’s saying, ‘I’m not going to let myself be stepped on by Trump.’ She’s saving face in front of the Mexican public.” Migration reality Mexico has long been a stomping ground for the U.S. when it comes to migration policy. It’s been tasked under successive U.S. presidents with beefing up its border security, increasing highway checkpoints and removing migrants from freight trains they often board. Even though migration rose far beyond the 2019 levels in the years after Lopez Obrador’s show of militarizing the border, Mexico has remained an at-times willing partner, accepting most of the millions of migrants who were quickly turned away from the U.S. border during the pandemic. But it hasn’t always been eager to help: The Biden administration often viewed AMLO, as the former president was known, as needing frequent reminders of its expectations for him on enforcement. In 2023, Biden Cabinet officials even visited AMLO in Mexico City just days after Christmas to urge him to do more as a record number of migrants reached the border. Under pressure from the White House during the U.S. election, Mexico helped it decrease border crossings by 65% over an 11-month period starting in December 2023. To do so, Mexican authorities have been detaining migrants in the north of the country and busing them south. There, they are forced to wait until they get an official appointment to apply for asylum in the U.S. — which can take months, if it ever happens at all. It’s all resulted in more than double the number of apprehensions of undocumented migrants between January and August compared with a year earlier, although Mexico has deported few. Experts have said that’s creating a humanitarian crisis in some of the southern cities where migrants are shipped off to. It’s also ratcheting up tensions with some locals, who argue that there aren’t enough jobs or resources to accommodate the newcomers. “What they’re doing now in Mexico is militarization of the border,” said Perez Correa. To further reduce border crossings into the U.S., Mexico could either carry out mass deportations or offer more opportunities to migrants in its territory. Both scenarios seem unrealistic. Simply increasing deportations would go against Lopez Obrador’s policy — which Sheinbaum inherited — of trying to address the problems in their origin countries that pushed them to leave, and it would be an expense for Mexico. After Sheinbaum’s call with Trump, she reiterated her government offers migrants options for international protection in its territory or “voluntary or assisted return” to their countries. The second option doesn’t seem feasible either: Most people want to go to the U.S., where they expect to have higher-paying jobs, more family or community support, and greater safety than in Mexico. Chemical diversions Deaths related to fentanyl — the cheap, synthetic opioid — have reached epidemic levels in the U.S. That’s why reining in the flow of the drug was on Trump’s list of demands. Should recent history be any indication, intervention is never simple. The U.S. arrest of a Mexican alleged drug leader has led to prolonged shootouts in recent months. And in any case, some academics argue simply confiscating more drugs means traffickers learn to produce more, to meet U.S. demand. So far, Mexico has worked to improve its technical capabilities to detect illicit substances at its ports, especially precursor chemicals and fentanyl. “The Navy has provided material and personnel to all ports for the fulfillment of these tasks, the personnel have the necessary training to be able to detect these substances,” said Captain Jose Barradas in an interview at the Manzanillo port, in the state of Colima. “All merchandise that arrives is prone to review under strict security protocols.” Sheinbaum also picked former Mexico City police chief Omar Garcia Harfuch to lead a new national security strategy, a move that was read inside Mexico as a signal of her willingness to increase enforcement in areas where the previous administration had been more hands-off. There’s more that could be done — but it would be hard. Trying to seize these substances at ports is insufficient because synthetic drugs tend to be very small, making them more difficult to detect than traditional drugs, said Victoria Dittmar, researcher at Insight Crime. Those who produce them often innovate with their recipes and use new chemicals that are not illegal. “Mexico can open collaboration paths with the private sector, with the chemical industry, because they know perfectly well its supply chains and the vulnerable areas where there could be diversions,” she said. “This collaboration is essential.” Mexico can also work to identify intermediaries that connect fentanyl producers with chemical suppliers abroad and in the country, people who work in certain companies and are authorized to divert these substances, according to Dittmar. Still, “the main weakness is not putting demand reduction as a priority, to prevent overdose deaths,” Dittmar said. “It’s a shared responsibility. It’s not just the fault of Mexico, the U.S. or Canada, but it’s an issue that affects the entire North American region.” A senior Mexican official said that the country’s actions to address drug trafficking have moved the nation in the direction of the fentanyl crackdown that Trump is demanding. The official cited a new law that will allow for coordinated intelligence efforts that is due to be implemented next year. History repeats It’s plausible that in the medium-term Trump will lower the intensity of his threats because a trade war would be the worst case scenario for both countries, said Tapia, the political scientist. But until then, she said, “Sheinbaum is on trial as to how well she will do” relative to her predecessor, who had a respectful relationship with Trump and often praised him. One strategy that Sheinbaum could pursue: Finding ways to give Trump the appearance of political victory. That was part of the rationale behind AMLO’s deployment of the National Guard — a move Trump still talks about now. “We got thousands of Mexicans patrolling our border free of charge,” he boasted at a recent event about his relationship with AMLO. “He’s a socialist,” Trump said. “But these are minor details.” ——— (With assistance from Eric Martin, Carolina Millan and Ramsey Al-Rikabi.) ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Who is FBI Director Christopher Wray?

Algert Global LLC raised its holdings in shares of TransUnion ( NYSE:TRU – Free Report ) by 107.2% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 6,217 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,217 shares during the period. Algert Global LLC’s holdings in TransUnion were worth $651,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in TRU. Tidal Investments LLC grew its position in TransUnion by 8.3% during the first quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 3,981 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $318,000 after purchasing an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB acquired a new stake in shares of TransUnion during the 1st quarter valued at $15,158,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale grew its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 64,657 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $5,064,000 after acquiring an additional 588 shares in the last quarter. DNB Asset Management AS increased its stake in shares of TransUnion by 5.6% in the second quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 36,506 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,707,000 after acquiring an additional 1,939 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of TransUnion by 359.2% during the second quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 9,804 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $727,000 after acquiring an additional 7,669 shares in the last quarter. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several research analysts have weighed in on the company. Oppenheimer dropped their target price on TransUnion from $122.00 to $115.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 20th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of TransUnion in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of TransUnion from $125.00 to $135.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of TransUnion from $97.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Finally, UBS Group began coverage on shares of TransUnion in a research note on Tuesday, October 1st. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $110.00 price objective for the company. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $106.38. Insider Activity In other TransUnion news, EVP Timothy J. Martin sold 2,500 shares of TransUnion stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.65, for a total transaction of $239,125.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 49,239 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,709,710.35. This trade represents a 4.83 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link . Also, Director George M. Awad sold 12,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $100.00, for a total transaction of $1,200,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 27,026 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,702,600. The trade was a 30.75 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here . Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 19,500 shares of company stock worth $1,954,740. Company insiders own 0.22% of the company’s stock. TransUnion Stock Up 0.5 % Shares of TRU stock opened at $101.50 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $103.61 and a 200-day moving average of $90.25. The firm has a market cap of $19.78 billion, a PE ratio of 88.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a quick ratio of 1.68, a current ratio of 1.68 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.19. TransUnion has a 12 month low of $57.80 and a 12 month high of $113.17. TransUnion ( NYSE:TRU – Get Free Report ) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 23rd. The business services provider reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.03. TransUnion had a net margin of 5.47% and a return on equity of 15.38%. The company had revenue of $1.09 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.06 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.80 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that TransUnion will post 3.44 EPS for the current year. TransUnion Announces Dividend The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 22nd will be issued a dividend of $0.105 per share. This represents a $0.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 22nd. TransUnion’s payout ratio is presently 36.52%. TransUnion Profile ( Free Report ) TransUnion operates as a global consumer credit reporting agency that provides risk and information solutions. The company operates through U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive segments. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytic services to businesses, which uses its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk. Featured Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding TRU? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for TransUnion ( NYSE:TRU – Free Report ). 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As we approach the end of the year, the financial sector will be closely monitoring the impact of this move and its implications for the broader banking industry.{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "NewsArticle", "dateCreated": "2024-11-21T23:03:18+02:00", "datePublished": "2024-11-21T23:03:18+02:00", "dateModified": "2024-11-21T23:03:17+02:00", "url": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/22022/news/experts-weigh-in-on-rwandas-domestic-food-demand-outlook", "headline": "Experts weigh in on Rwanda’s domestic food demand outlook", "description": "Rwanda’s rising domestic food demand presents an opportunity for farmers and actors in the agricultural and livestock value chains, experts have said,...", "keywords": "", "inLanguage": "en", "mainEntityOfPage":{ "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/22022/news/experts-weigh-in-on-rwandas-domestic-food-demand-outlook" }, "thumbnailUrl": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2024/11/21/64561.jpeg", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.newtimes.co.rw/thenewtimes/uploads/images/2024/11/21/64561.jpeg" }, "articleBody": "Rwanda’s rising domestic food demand presents an opportunity for farmers and actors in the agricultural and livestock value chains, experts have said, recommending accelerating efforts aimed at meeting the demand. The value of domestic food demand is projected to double from $6.5 billion (approximately Rwf8.9 trillion) in 2020 to $13 billion (approximately Rwf17.7 trillion) by 2040, according to the 2024 Rwanda Country Economic Memorandum report by the Government of Rwanda and the World Bank. Much of this increased demand reflects a shift in consumption from a diet high in cereals and beans to one consisting of more livestock-sourced products, horticulture, and processed foods and beverages, the pointed out. The increase also reflects more meals consumed outside the home, the report indicated. ALSO READ: How pop culture is driving growth of fast-food business in Rwanda Rwanda’s food trade has increased sharply and is dominated by regional partners. The report suggests that the shifts in food consumption constitute an immense opportunity for increased jobs. Jules Ngango, an agricultural economist and a lecturer at the University of Rwanda, told The New Times that the demand indeed represents opportunities for local producers who will be guaranteed with market for their agricultural products. The demand, he said, is also expected to boost Rwanda’s economic growth through increased national production, but he called for scaling up of irrigation efforts to realise this demand. “Apart from population growth, improvements in living standards, understanding of nutrition, and level of education make people change their consumption habits,” Ngango said, citing adoption of animal-sourced products and horticulture items such as fruits. What should Rwanda prioritise? Based on projected population growth and changes in dietary patterns, the World Bank estimates food demand over the next two decades is estimated to be more than twice that of Rwanda’s production capacity, necessitating about 34,000 square kilometres of arable land compared to Rwanda’s 12,400square kilometres even under quite optimistic yield growth assumptions. Birasa Nyamulinda, another agricultural economist and agribusiness lecturer at Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA), observed that this demand will be driven by an increase in purchasing power among the population, increased awareness about healthy products, and understanding the importance of animal-sourced products such as eggs, milk and meat, as well as fruits and vegetables in their consumption. To meet this demand, Nyamulinda said large-scale irrigation projects such as Gabiro Agribusiness Hubin Eastern Province are important, citing a focus on vegetables and fruits. “Investment should be made in post-harvest management so that the available produce is not wasted, but rather it is properly handled for sustainability in supply,” he noted. ALSO READ: Govt urged to leverage agric technologies to feed growing population Rwanda must also place focus on policies that boost productivity to meet the growing food demand, experts say. “Focus has to be put on the production of key food crops needed in the country such as rice, Irish potatoes, maize, fruits and vegetables, as well as livestock products,” Ngango said, adding that consistency of supply should be ensured and that policies that increase productivity should be put in place. Ngango suggested that there is a need to support large-scale farmers who can leverage the existingtechnologies, improved seeds, and irrigation mechanisms, to boost productivity. “Subsistence farmers who produce food on a small scale and own small land are not expected to meet the domestic food demand as it is difficult for them to the required technologies because of limited means,” he noted, adding that the focus should be on large-scale farming. ALSO READ: Agriculture land ‘must be protected’ to feed increasing population Farmers speak out For farmers, drought or shortage of rainfall, is one of the major challenges to food production. Marie Therese Uzamukunda, an Irish potato farmer from Bugeshi Sector, Rubavu District, told The New Times that while food demand keeps increasing, farm productivity is not sustainable in part due todrought. She is one of the farmers hit by a dry spell that started in May and ran through August in the district. “I was expecting to harvest 15 tonnes of Irish potatoes per a hectare, but I only harvested five tonnes,” she said of the dry spell impact. Uzamukunda highlighted that although irrigation would offer a solution, some parts of the country including Bugeshi in Rubavu have no access to water bodies, which makes setting up irrigation infrastructure costly. The World Bank shows in its report that the value of food imports rose from around $400 million in 2015 to $1.1 billion in 2022, or from 15.4 per cent of total imports to 22 per cent over the same period. The value of food exports rose by less, from $530 million in 2015 to $800 million in 2022, and the share of exports fell from 46.5 percent to 27.2 per cent. One driver of the increased food imports has been that the increase in food production did not keep pace with the increase in population. Intra-African food trade accounted for almost half of Rwanda’s total trade, with a sharp increase in recent years and the African market is likely to continue growing over the coming decades. To address the import-export imbalance, Birasa said that the country should identify and focus on agricultural and livestock products that can be produced locally at a relatively small cost, and only import those that would involve higher production cost domestically. Overall, he held, importing more foods than a country produces implies difficulties [such as pressure on its currency], calling for keeping momentum in the country’s efforts to set up infrastructure to boost local production. “It would not be good if the increasing [food] demand is satisfied by imports. 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