Syrian rebels have rejected claims that government forces and allies, including fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, have taken back parts of Aleppo recently captured by rebels. Hassan al-Eshra, a fighter in the Jaysh al-Islam armed group, said it and other rebel groups were still in control of the flashpoint[…]
At least eleven prematurely born babies have been killed in a fire at a maternity hospital in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, authorities have said. Seven other children and 29 women were rescued from the Yarmouk maternity hospital in the capital early on Wednesday and transferred to another hospital, the Iraqi[…]
On this day in 1956, more than 20 000 South African women of all races marched to the Union Buildings in protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950, commonly referred to as the “pass laws”. These women will go down in history, as females who[…]
Part of the team that helped establish pillars for South Africa’s new democracy and new Constitution in the early 1990s, Dr Yvonne Muthien has come a long way, using her academic expertise to build institutions in government and guide business decisions. Intent on pursuing an academic career, Muthien said she[…]
Remember those dark days when load shedding wreaked havoc on households and businesses? Well, it was a year on Thursday since large parts of South Africa was plunged into darkness. And Eskom is patting itself on the back for doing its job of keeping the country’s lights on, thanks to[…]
Jamana al-Ahmed turns her tap and nothing comes out. She flicks the light switch and remains in darkness. She hides in her makeshift home in central Aleppo from bombs and patrols of shabiha – the feared pro-government paramilitary force – who seek out and abduct those they suspect of collaboration[…]
Thousands have signed a petition urging Google to reinstate Palestine on the maps service after it replaced the partially recognized state’s name with Israel. Local journalists berated the move as a “failed attempt” aimed at “falsifying history and geography.” Over 150,000 signatories have backed a Change.org petition entitled “Google: Put[…]
A Watauga mosque in Texas received a threatening voicemail from an army veteran that was so severe, they called the police. The caller, identifying himself “a Christian,” heaved expletive-filled threats targeting the Watauga Masjid Center, WFAA reports. “F*ck you, f*ck Muhammad, f*ck Islam,” said the caller. “This is America. If[…]
Scores of people were killed across Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara regions at the weekend as the security forces brutally suppressed a new wave of anti-government protests in two key regions. An opposition leader told the AFP news agency that up to 50 people were killed, while Amnesty International said that[…]
As one of the most notable elections that has taken place since the dawn of democracy within South Africa, the 2016 Local Municipal Elections is sure to go down in history as a game changer. As a particularly significant feature of this year’s elections, the landslide win of the Democratic[…]
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