The aid that entered Gaza on Saturday “is only a small beginning and far from enough”, five UN agencies said in a joint statement calling for a humanitarian ceasefire and safe access to civilians in efforts to save lives and prevent more suffering. “Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities. It […]
Protesters demand that South Africans who join Israeli Defence Force be prosecuted Several thousand people marched through the streets of Salt River, Cape Town, on Sunday in a show of solidarity for the people of Palestine. The march was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Salt River Heritage Society. It was one many […]
Mogadishu — People in the Somali capital of Mogadishu took to the streets on Friday to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and to show solidarity with Palestinians. Protesters, including religious figures, youth, and women, chanted anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian slogans. Some of them were also seen carrying Palestinian flags and placards with slogans such […]
Abuja — As Musa Abdullahi prepared for weekly Muslim prayers Friday, there was something else on his mind. He said he’s worried about the war between Israel and Hamas — and he’s especially concerned about the plight of Palestinian Muslims. Soon after prayers, Abdullahi joined other Muslims marching in the streets in support of Palestinians […]
Egypt’s Rafah border crossing expected to open, on Friday allowing the entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, sources told Al-Qahera news Channel. During a phone call on Wednesday, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi and US President Joe Biden have agreed on sustainable delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Health Minister Ali Mrabet paid a visit Wednesday to the National Blood Transfusion Centre (French: CNTS) to take stock of its preparedness for a blood donation campaign for the Palestinian people amid an ongoing Israeli agression in Gaza. Mrabet inspected national blood stock services and working conditions, in addition to blood donations. Hundreds […]
Cabinet has condemned the bombing by the Israeli government of Gaza’s Ahli-Arab Baptist Hospital on Tuesday, which killed over 500 people and injured over 1 000 civilians. Cabinet described the act as a blatant violation of International Humanitarian Law and called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately act against such a breach. “The […]
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on 19/10/2023 received a phone call from President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, focusing on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The two Presidents agreed on the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing in a sustainable manner, with the relevant authorities […]
The National Dialogue’s Board of Trustees has called on all the Egyptian people to attend a massive popular rally on Friday in front of the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Cairo’s Nasr City district in the wake of the serious developments in relation to the Palestinian issue. In a statement released on Wednesday, the […]
A four-way summit, scheduled to be held on Wednesday 18/10 / 2023 in the Jordanian capital Amman, was called off after relevant coordination among Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said. The move comes in the wake of an Israeli attack on Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital in the Gaza […]
Harare — Moussa Faki Mahamat, the head of the African Union, said that Israel committed a “war crime” after the fatal attack on a Gaza strip hospital on Tuesday, October 17. “There are no words to fully express our condemnation of Israel’s bombing of a #Gaza hospital today, killing hundreds of people. Targeting a hospital, […]
Seychellois citizens travelling to Saudi Arabia can now apply for visas through an online portal after the island nation was included in the eVisa programme of the southwestern Asian country. The Saudi Tourism Ministry announced on Tuesday that it has expanded its electronic visa programme to six new countries, including Seychelles, where the nationals of […]
President Dr Lazarus Chakwera is calling for the safety of over 300 Malawians living in and on religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Israel. This follows the war in middle East between Israel and Hamas, an Islamist organisation outlawed by US and other European countries as a terrorist organisation. Hamas attacked Israel last week, […]
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) confirmed on Tuesday that Minister Naledi Pandor received a request to call the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh to discuss getting humanitarian aid to Palestine. “During the call, and in line with the government’s position, Minister Pandor reiterated South Africa’s solidarity and support for the people of Palestine […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government has once again taken a controversial position on a raging war with global ramifications. This time the government has failed to outrightly condemn the action of Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, which attacked Israel last weekend, killing over 1,300 people. Over 200 Israelis have been kidnapped. Ramaphosa himself appeared to blame the […]
Berlin/Germany — Jordan’s King Abdullah on Tuesday warned against trying to push Palestinian refugees into Egypt or Jordan, adding that the humanitarian situation must to be dealt with inside Gaza and the West Bank. “That is a red line, because I think that is the plan by certain of the usual suspects to try and […]
The General Secretariate of the League of Arab States (LAS) and the African Union Commission (AUC) call for the immediate cessation of hostilities in Gaza, and a concerted international effort to provide basic assistance and urgent humanitarian aid to 2.2 million Palestinians. Both organizations express grave concern over the Israeli order for more than one […]
Southern African Litigation Centre says reports of war crimes must be probed The 33 African states that are members of the International Criminal Court should ask the court to probe reports of war crimes in Gaza, says the Southern African Litigation Centre. The Centre says recent statements by the Israeli defence minister “show intent to […]