FOOD AID CUTS IN GAZA DEEPEN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Fri 02 June 2023: The United Nations World Food Program is facing great difficulty in providing food aid to the Palestinian Territories due to lack of funding, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis afflicting the Gaza Strip as a result of the Israeli blockade for over 16 years, humanitarian officials said, Anadolu Agency reports. “There is great difficulty in […]

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TURKIYE-ARAB RELATIONS TO FLOURISH WITH ERDOGAN’S RE-ELECTION, SAYS EXPERTS

Thu 01 June 2023: Arab experts have said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-election will advance Turkish-Arab relations to greater horizons, Anadolu Agency reports. Erdogan won last Sunday’s runoff vote with 52.16 per cent. Continuous development “Prior to the Turkish elections, there was a path of normalisation between Turkiye and Arab countries,” Ali Bakir, a Professor of International […]

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CHECHEN FIGHTERS SAID TO MOBILISE AS RUSSIAN CHILDREN FLEE BORDER

Thu 01 June 2023: In the past week, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod area announced the evacuation of minors due to continued cross-border attacks from Ukraine. It is possible that Ramzan Kadyrov’s Chechen fighters have been ordered to take aleading role in the war in Ukraine. The Wagner Group’s mercenary forces left the destroyed city […]

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JUDGE RULES ELITE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER KILLED AFGHANS AS SUIT FAILS

  Journalists Nick McKenzie and Chris Masters, who reported on the soldier’s alleged war crimes, give a statement outside the Federal Court, in Sydney. Thu 01 June 2023: An Australian court has found that Ben Roberts-Smith, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery, probably killed unarmed civilians in Afghanistan as three newspapers reported […]

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81% OF GRADE 4 PUPILS CANNOT READ FOR MEANING IS A MATTER OF GRAVE CONCERN, SAYS PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA

Thu 01 June 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed the Department of Basic Education’s commitment to prioritise interventions to ensure that all 10-year-old learners can read for meaning. The President said it is a matter of grave concern that as much as 81% of Grade 4 pupils cannot read for meaning. This is according to […]

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US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTES ‘YES’ ON DEBT-CEILING DEAL TO AVOID DEFAULT

Thu 01 June 2023: The United States House of Representatives has voted to advance a bipartisan bill to raise the debt ceiling, which limits the amount of money the federal government can borrow. After calling for a recorded vote, the House passed the bill 314 – 117 in a late night sitting on Wednesday. The vote comes […]

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WAGNER BOSS SLAMS RUSSIAN ELITE FOLLOWING DRONE ATTACK ON MOSCOW

Wed 31 May 2023: Following the drone strike on Moscow that injured two people, damaged property, angered the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group and has once again criticized the Russian military and political elite. Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose mercenary forces have played a significant part in Ukraine’s war, blamed the drone assault on out-of-touch politicians […]

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SOUTH AFRICA: FOURTH QUARTER POLITICAL PARTY FUNDING DISCLOSURE PUBLISHED

Wed 31 May 2023: The Electoral Commission (IEC) has presented the fourth quarter Political Party Funding Disclosure Report for the financial year 2022/23, covering the period of 1 January – 31 March 2023. “In the fourth quarter of the 2022/23 financial year, three political parties made declarations amounting to R5 985 983.83. Of this amount, […]

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