By Kouthar Sambo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have thanked the United States (US) lawmakers after they voted in favour of new aid packages for their countries worth billions of dollars and Africa receiving little aid. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time on Wednesday, International Relations[…]
By Ragheema Mclean The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has strongly condemned the recent discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of over 200 Palestinian civilians at Nasser Hospital in Gaza. This discovery follows earlier reports of mass graves at Al-Shifa Hospital, raising concerns about the ongoing[…]
Some 160 of UNRWA’s premises in the Gaza Strip have been “completely destroyed”, the agency’s Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, said on Tuesday. “160 of UNRWA’s premises in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed,” he said, noting that 180 UNRWA staff have so far been killed in Gaza since 7 October. Lazzarini[…]
Yemen’s Houthi group announced that it had attacked two US and Israeli ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean with drones, stressing that “the two operations successfully achieved their goals.” In a statement issued late yesterday, the group said: “In solidarity with the Palestinian people and in[…]
By Ragheema Mclean In recent years, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has faced severe challenges due to the impact of El Niño and climate change. These factors have led to significant damage to crops and livestock, exacerbating food insecurity and water shortages for millions of people. A recent[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Israel’s attack on the Iranian consulate in Syria has escalated as Iran has vowed to Israel it will strike back with intensity. The two nations have reached a boiling point amid the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time on Monday, a senior lecturer at[…]
By Kouthar Sambo Various pro-Palestine students and activists at the University of Cape Town (UCT) advocated for the university’s senate to pass two motions in favour of Palestine at the senate meeting. Speaking on VOC’s Drive Time on Monday, a UCT master’s student in politics, Muminah Salie, explained the power[…]
Two Palestinians have been shot and killed by the Israeli forces as raids have been carried out in several locations, including Hebron, Nablus and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency. Quoting two Palestinian security sources, Wafa reported that the men succumbed to their wounds after[…]
An official in the Palestine Liberation Organization said on Saturday that Israel is committing a “genocide” in the Nur Shams camp for the third day in a row as the Israeli army continues to storm the Tulkarm city and the Nur Shams camp resulting in several casualties, Anadolu Agency reports. “The[…]
Head of the Hamas political bureau Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Turkiye on Friday leading a delegation of members of the movement’s leadership. The delegation is scheduled to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss developments in the Israeli occupation aggression, the ongoing genocidal war against the Palestinian people in the[…]
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