Egypt has declared a state of emergency following bomb attacks on two Coptic churches which left at least 45 dead. Both blasts were caught on camera. One hit Saint Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria killing at least 17 and injuring dozens more. The other tore through the inside of St George’s[…]
Allies of Damascus have threatened reprisals against any party that carries out “aggression” against Syria, two days after US missile strikes hit a Syrian airbase. US sends mixed signals about strategy for Syria “The aggression against Syria oversteps all red lines. We will react firmly to any aggression against Syria[…]
A government programme for separate schools for pregnant students introduced two years ago in Sierra Leone is facing critical scrutiny. Pregnant students were not allowed to sit in the same class in the West African country as their peers because they are seen as a bad influence. In April 2015, schools[…]
By Rafieka Williams Cape Town came to a stand still today as residents and workers in the city heeded to the call for a National Shutdown. Civic organisations called on all South Africans to come together, down tools and join hands in protest action on April 7th. The CBD was[…]
A heated confrontation between members of the Black First Land First (BLF) party and #ZumaMustFall protesters has been defused by police firing a stun grenade. About 15 members of BLF arrived at a protest calling for president Jacob Zuma to step down and his friends, the Gupta family, to leave[…]
South Africans across the country have heeded to the call for mass action calling for President Jacob Zuma to step down. Protestors took to the streets in masses, lead by the Democratic Alliance (DA), displaying placards while chanting and singing. The DA in the Free State province joined the country in[…]
“Zuma Must Go” reverberated through the streets of the Cape Town CBD as throngs of Capetonians stayed out of work for a mass march to Parliament. Cape Town was brought to a virtual standstill as tens of thousands of South Africans mobilised together to protest the recent decisions made by[…]
The United States had fired nearly 60 Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield in Syria, the first direct military action Washington has taken against Syrian government forces in the six-year-old conflict. The US said the missiles on Friday severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment at[…]
Topshop, the fashion chain, has pulled a playsuit in a monochrome scarf print after it was accused of “cultural appropriation” for using a pattern similar to the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. The keffiyeh has been a symbol of Palestinian nationalism that was made famous in the 1960s by the late Palestinian[…]
The United States on Friday fired dozens of cruise missiles at a government-controlled airbase in Syria, in retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town that killed scores of civilians. The Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two warships in the Mediterranean at the[…]
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