An explosion in the southern Lebanon city of Sidon killed an official from the Palestinian Fatah movement on Tuesday, members of the group said. The dead man was identified as Fathi Zaydan, a Fatah official responsible for the Palestinian camp of Mieh Mieh in Sidon. An Al Jazeera Arabic reporter[…]
Nearly 350 dead bodies were buried in a mass grave in northern Nigeria after clashes between the army and supporters of a Shi’a cleric, a public official has told an inquiry into the unrest. The testimony of Muhammad Namadi Musa, the director-general of the Kaduna State Interfaith Bureau, lends weight[…]
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Tuesday it had met the Gupta family over concerns that staff at its company may be the victims of collateral damage from political battles. Cosatu spokesman Sizwe Pamla said the federation had made it clear that staff should not bear[…]
Infrastructure and business growth in the Cape Town CBD is outpacing other metros across South Africa, with construction worth almost R8 billion due to take place in the city over the next five years. The investment into new developments has substantially increased. An additional R1.872bn has been earmarked in the[…]
The Western Cape education department says it is doing all it can to protect pupils from gang violence while on school property, but that the ultimate responsibility lies with police. Gang violence has flared up in parts of Cape Town the past few days, including Manenberg, Bonteheuwel and Modderdam. Education MEC[…]
According to Al Jazeera, anti- slavery experts have said that a growing number of children whose families have fled the Syrian war to Lebanon are being forced to work for little or no pay, many of them in dangerous conditions. “About one million Syrians have fled to Lebanon, where they[…]
Though South Africa has long been hailed a top tourist destination, a recent study indicates that the country’s tourism industry is not exclusively driven by beaches and safari’s. Molo Songolo, in collaboration with Fair Trade Tourism in a study spanning three years, analyzed the correlation between potential child abusers and[…]
As communities rally to protect against increased criminal activity through various mechanisms, such as #GansterismMustFall, the number of prisoners entering the system is constantly increasing. The overloaded judicial system may, therefore, be considered as indicative of a failing prison system. National advocacy and lobbying manager of the National Institute for[…]
Commuters who make use of the Metrorail train service were faced with delays due to the destruction of ten carriages and five platforms. The trains were destroyed by a fire that erupted at Cape Town Train Station on Saturday. Spokesperson for Metrorail, Riana Scott, explained that Metrorail delays on Monday[…]
Palestinian children detained in the occupied Palestinian territory are being abused by Israeli forces and “routinely” interrogated without the presence of their parents, according to a report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report comes as the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israel more than doubled since[…]
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