International News
NRF launches youth-centred research programme in partnership with Swiss Fondation Botnar
By: Sane Dhlamini 8th December 2023 South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) CEO Professor Fulufhelo Nelwamondo on Friday stressed the vulnerability of African youth in terms... →
UK paid Rwanda additional $126-million for contested migrant plan
By: Reuters 8th December 2023 Britain paid Rwanda an additional £100-million in April, on top of £140-million it previously sent, as the bill for its contested plan to relocate... →
Displacement, death, hunger as Israel’s war on Gaza enters third month
By: News24Wire 7th December 2023 Fighting has escalated in Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis as Israeli air strikes rain down throughout the enclave, forcing Palestinians... →
Russia set to hold presidential election in March 2024
By: News24Wire 7th December 2023 Russia’s upper house of parliament has voted to set the date for the country’s next presidential election for March 17, 2024, potentially moving... →
UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza
By: News24Wire 7th December 2023 The United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the... →
Nelson Mandela's pro-Palestinian legacy lives on, a decade after his death
By: News24Wire 5th December 2023 Days after his release from 27 years in prison in February 1990, anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela gave Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a bear... →
US restricts visas for Uganda, Zimbabwe officials, citing repression SOURCE: REUTERS
By: Reuters 5th December 2023 The US on Monday expanded a visa restriction policy on Ugandan officials to include those it believes are responsible for undermining democracy and... →
Israel orders evacuations as onslaught on Gaza widens
By: News24Wire 4th December 2023 Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate several more areas as it widens its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing hundreds. The Israeli... →
