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Dozens of pro-Israel protesters gathered outside the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague on Friday. Hearings are underway at the UN court as part of a genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel because of its actions in Gaza. On Thursday, South Africa said the situation in the Palestine enclave had reached “a new and horrific stage”… Read More

A Moroccan asylum-seeker who stabbed a British retiree to death in revenge for Israel’s war against Hamas was sentenced Friday to at least 45 years in prison for what the judge termed a terrorist act. Ahmed Alid told police after his arrest that he’d killed 70-year-old Terence Carney in the northeast England town of Hartlepool because “Israel had killed innocent… Read More

The legal defence team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue Greece has no jurisdiction in the case. They insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly prosecuted. The nine, whose ages range from early 20s to… Read More

The rumble of explosions echoed over northern Gaza on Saturday as the Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave goes on. Smoke clouds obscured a skyline that has been largely destroyed in seven months of war between Israel and Hamas. Fighting has been intensifying again in the north, where Hamas has regrouped in areas Israel captured earlier in the conflict. Since… Read More

Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of three hostages in the Gaza Strip, with the military saying Friday they were killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and their bodies taken into Gaza. The military did not say where the bodies were found in Gaza. Israeli forces are currently invading the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying it’s the last… Read More

The United Nations on Thursday reported improved prospects for the world economy since its last forecast in January. It’s mid-2024 report points to a better outlook in the United States and several large emerging economies, including Brazil, India, and Russia. According to the report, the world economy is now projected to grow by 2.7 per cent this year, up from… Read More

The U.N. Human Rights chief Volker Turk expressed horror at the escalating violence situation in Sudan’s El Fasher in Darfur where hostilities between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces are severely impacting civilians. “At least 58 civilians are reported to have been killed and 213 others injured in El Fasher since fighting dramatically escalated last week, and… Read More

Rescue and recovery work was concluded Friday (May. 17) at the site of a building collapse in George, South Africa. After 12 days of efforts, 33 people are confirmed dead and 19 still unaccounted for. The end of the exhaustive rescue operation was announced on Friday by the municipality which is located in the Western Cape province. The provincial Minister… Read More

The anticipatory actions put in place over the last two years by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to mitigate the extreme weather events caused by El Niño in 23 countries have protected the food security and livelihoods of over 1.6 million people. Declared in July 2023 and projected to last until mid-2024, the current El… Read More

Nollywood filmmakers, Mo Abudu, Funke Akindele, and Jade Osiberu have earned a spot on The Hollywood Reporter’s list of the 40 Most Powerful Women in International Film. This list recognizes women who are bringing stories to a global stage and nurturing new voices despite a disrupted film market. Here’s how The Hollywood Reporter describes these filmmakers these three powerful African… Read More