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[…]
Gaza’s Health Ministry has said at least 63 Palestinians have been killed and 45 injured in Israeli attacks across the enclave in the past 24 hours. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said destruction in Khan Younis and damage to the medical sector was “disproportionate to anything one can imagine”[…]
The UN on Friday called on the conflicting sides in Sudan to lay down arms and protect civilians during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, Anadolu reports. “Sudan is barreling toward a full year of war,” Martin Griffiths, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said on X. “Despite[…]
A UN expert, on Friday, criticised US efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said were “absurd” and “cynical” methods, so long as military aid to Israel continues, Reuters reports. Amid warnings of looming famine five months into Israel’s campaign[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The International Court of Justice (ICJ) commenced its week-long public hearings on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and the ongoing aggression in the Gaza Strip. According to media reports, Palestine’s Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, demanded that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories come to[…]
Israeli forces bombed areas in the southern border city of Rafah on Thursday, where more than half of Gaza’s population is sheltering, as diplomats sought to salvage ceasefire talks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Hamas proposal, Reuters reports. In a sign the diplomacy was not over in the biggest Washington-led[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Israel’s war crimes in Gaza, as the Israeli forces increased the aggression in the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of innocent civilians in Palestine, most of whom are women and children. Speaking[…]
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has attacked el-Gezira state, pushing into central Sudan for the first time and opening a new front in the Sudanese conflict. Hot on the heels of significant victories in Khartoum, Darfur and parts of Kordofan, the RSF has now entered areas that have been held soundly by[…]
By Kouthar Sambo “We condemn in the strongest terms the announcement by the US administration and the British government to impose sanctions on leading figures and cadres in the Hamas movement.” This is according to the Resistance Movement Hamas. This comes after the United States and Britain imposed an additional[…]
The war in Gaza has had a devastating impact on the region’s healthcare system. The ongoing Israeli attacks on hospitals, in addition to homes, shelters and schools, have been a hallmark of the war. At least 16 out of the 35 hospitals in Gaza are no longer operational, and 51[…]
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