Wed 27 December 2023: Abuja, Nigeria – On October 30, oil-rich Rivers State, Nigeria’s oil capital, became the latest hub of political drama in the country following the state parliament’s attempted impeachment of Siminalayi Fubara, who had been governor for only five months. The impeachment notice was signed by 24 of 32 lawmakers, all loyal to […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: The Government Media Office in Gaza has accused Israel of stealing organs from 80 Palestinian bodies returned earlier in the day at the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing. 80 bodies returned had their organs stolen: Gaza media office The Government Media Office in Gaza has accused Israel of stealing […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: A prominent Israeli newspaper, revealed the extent of arms deliveries from the US to Israel during the ongoing conflict in Gaza. 230 American planes and 30 ships arrived in Israel carrying weapons and ammunition for the Israeli occupation forces since the beginning of the war on Gaza, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported. […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, an official has said. Among the 1,004 freed on Monday were Sri Lankans jailed for not being able to pay outstanding fines, Prison Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Armed groups have killed more than 100 people in a string of attacks targeting towns across central Nigeria, another deadly episode in a region with persistent religious and ethnic tensions. Local officials on Monday said the toll of the weekend attacks by armed groups, sometimes called “bandits”, has risen to 113, increasing sharply from […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Johannesburg, South Africa – Saudi Arabia and Iran are among six countries invited to join BRICS as new members next year, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced on the final day of a summit of the group that considers itself a counterweight to Western powers. The group encompassing five major emerging […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has laid out three “prerequisites for peace” in an op-ed published tonight in the Wall Street Journal. They are to “destroy Hamas, demilitarize Gaza and deradicalize the whole of Palestinian society,” he says. Notably, the piece makes no mention of the many hostages still being […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: The Indian Navy has dispatched guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after an attack on an Israel-linked chemical tanker off its coast, the Ministry of Defence said. Three stealth-guided destroyers were deployed “in various areas of the sea” to “maintain a deterrent presence” considering the “recent spate of attacks in the Arabian […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: Bethlehem, occupied West Bank — This year, Bethlehem is sombre and quiet. There is no Christmas tree and there are no holiday lights or tourists to see them. Instead, the city of Jesus’s birth – which is in the middle of a war zone – is marking Christmas with a powerful and poignant message: […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: When the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) called on young men to enlist last June, Zakariya Issa* went to the nearest recruitment centre. He was one of thousands of young people who trained for 10 weeks in Wad Madani, a city just south of the capital Khartoum. In September, he was deployed with […]
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