Sat 18 January 2025: After 467 days of violence, a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel has been reached and will come into effect on Sunday, pending Israeli government approval. This agreement will not end the war or bring about peace. Ceasefires are not a panacea for the war, trauma, displacement, hunger and death Israelis and Palestinians have […]
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Sat 18 January 2025: This applies to Palestinian refugees in Syria who have suffered from the injustice and tyranny of the Al-Assad regime, just like the Syrian people. Therefore, the Palestinian refugees in Syria have also participated in the Syrian Revolution since the beginning. The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria has documented 3,085 cases […]
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Thu 16 January 2025: President-elect Donald Trump is not known as an African enthusiast. He never visited the continent during his first term (2017-2021). Not many African leaders are known to be close to him in any capacity. There is no record of him setting foot on the continent even as private citizen but his company, […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: Extreme fear and caution dominate Egypt’s ruling circles regarding the new Syria in the post-Assad era. This comes amid a campaign to discredit Syria’s new leadership, cast doubt on their intentions and spread fear among Syrians about an uncertain future. Cairo appears to be one of the most hard-line Arab capitals […]
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German Schutztruppe in combat with the Herero in a painting by Richard Knötel. Photo: Wikimedia commons Mon 13 January 2025: In early December 2024 the German and Namibian governments concluded negotiations over a joint declaration recognising the genocide committed by the German empire in South West Africa. Germany ruled the country as a colony between 1884 […]
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A scene from the Palisades Fire that started in the City of Los Angelas, January 2025. (photo: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)/Flickr) Sun 12 January 2025: The fires burning in Palestine and Los Angeles today are symptoms of the same disease: a system that values conquest over conservation, profit over people, […]
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Fri 10 January 2025: Some 15,200 Chinese millionaires were expected to relocate in 2024, according to Henley & Partners. Taipei, Taiwan – Five years ago, Jane Meng travelled from her home in Shanghai to Hong Kong to get herself something special for her birthday. The 31-year-old wealthy owner of an import-export company was not looking for […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: We all need to re-embrace the dream of African unity and demand freedom of movement for all Africans on the continent. Speaking at the Africa CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 17, Africa’s richest person, Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, complained that he faces far more obstacles travelling around Africa than […]
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Fri 03 January 2025: As Türkiye lays the groundwork for the historical railway’s revival, the iron tracks of the Hejaz Railway carry more than trains—they carry the weight of history and the glimmer of possibility. A century after it was first laid, the Istanbul-Damascus section of the Hejaz Railway is poised for revival. Türkiye has […]
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Thu 02 January 2025: When Israel’s far-right extremist finance minister Bezalel Smotrich acknowledged in October his aim for a Jewish state that encompasses not only all of the Palestinian territories, but also extends to Syria, some speculated about how such a goal would be achieved. In Israel’s classic strategy of “bit by bit”, according to Smotrich, Tel […]
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