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Ethiopian rabbis win court victory in Israel, but struggle continues for Africans in the Zionist State
Sixteen Ethiopian rabbis recently won what is being touted as a landmark court case against discrimination in the Zionist State of Israel. In proceedings that spanned 12 years, the case was part of nearly 20 years of struggle by the clergymen against the state. Observers say the friction stems from years of Ethiopian Jews struggling to integrate into Israel since...
Pandemic shaping economic, social climate of East and Southern Africa
In many East and Southern African countries, local, regional and national lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic have been extended, reported Equinet. “Their impacts raise questions on their sustainability. The conversation inevitably turns to when and how countries will exit them. South Africa’s President Ramaphosa said recently in introducing their risk adjusted strategy: ‘We cannot sustain a nationwide lockdown...
Venezuela – past and present
I remember so many wonderful things about the place I was born. I would travel back to Venezuela with my mother—the entrepreneur who would go down to sell the latest fashions she bought in Miami or New York. My father worked for an airline in those years so, flying back and forth was a constant. We had moved to...
Tension rises as Turkey, Greece voice festering grievances
ISTANBUL—Troubled relations between regional rivals Turkey and Greece worsened on Sept. 6, with Turkey’s president doubling down on a thinly veiled invasion threat and Athens responding that it’s ready to defend its sovereignty. Turkey and Greece have decades-old disputes over an array of issues, including territorial claims in the Aegean Sea and disagreements over the airspace there. The friction between...
Qatari UN ambassador demands end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories
Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani has called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to bring to an end its occupation of the Palestinian territories, the Syrian Golan Heights and Lebanon’s Shebaa Farms, and creation of a sovereign Palestinian state. Al Thani made the remarks during a United Nations Security Council briefing on...
More than 11,000 children killed or injured in Yemen conflict: UNICEF
More than 11,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in the war in Yemen—an average of four a day since fighting escalated in 2015, though the number is likely to be far higher, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported. Agency chief Catherine Russell, who has completed a visit to the country, called for urgent renewal of the truce between...
India lost 26 of 65 patrolling points amid border dispute with China: Report
A new report has revealed that Indian security forces lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points in Eastern Ladakh amid an ongoing standoff with arch-foe China along the 3,500 km (2,174 mi) disputed Himalayan border. The revelation was made in a research paper submitted at the annual Director General of Police (DGP) Conference of the country’s top police officers in the...
Australian opposition against Indigenous Voice in Parliament
CANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s main opposition party on April 5 decided to oppose the government’s model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in a development that appears to doom the prospects of a successful referendum this year. A referendum has not succeeded in changing Australia’s Constitution since 1977, and bipartisan support of the major political parties is widely regarded as a prerequisite...
Challenging cultural norms and removing stigma is key to confronting Lesotho’s rape culture
Commentary THABA-TSEKA, Lesotho—The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed and given rise to a new, deeply concerning wave of rape culture in Lesotho. Although the true extent is not known yet, we have noticed concerning reports that the onset of the pandemic has worsened sexual violence with more women and girls being confined to small living places whilst social tensions are exacerbated. According...
Gadhafi: Reason for Bush’s trip to Africa?
Activists closely watch Bush in Africa Click here to read recent and past articles on the African Union Why Liberia? Why Pres. Charles Taylor? (Column by A. Akbar Muhammad)In The Twilight Of Our Freedoms? (by Cynthia McKinney) THE WHITE HOUSE(FinalCall.com)--President George W. Bush left for his first visit to Africa July 7, confident that his administration will bring about a...