Sun 05 October 2025: One in five children in Gaza is born premature or underweight, a consequence of the prolonged, systematic Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory over the past two years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said last week. “This week, UNICEF delivered urgently needed hygiene supplies to hospitals and health centres in Gaza […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: The Church of England has appointed Sarah Mullally as the next archbishop of Canterbury, marking the first time a woman has held the Church’s highest position. At 63, Mullally will lead the 85-million-strong global Anglican Communion, navigating ongoing divisions over issues like women’s roles in the Church and same-sex relationships. She […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dismissed demands for his resignation from a youth-led protest movement, labeling their actions as a coup attempt orchestrated by political opponents. On Friday, demonstrators flooded the streets of Antananarivo following a brief pause in the almost daily protests led by the “Gen Z” movement, which has […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: Nearly 42,000 Palestinians in Gaza have sustained “life-changing” injuries, about one-quarter of whom are children, says Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian territory. Peeperkorn told reporters during a UN briefing that the organisation has tallied a total of 167,000 injured people in the Gaza Strip […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: The moral compass of our age can be measured not only by the wars that rage and the bombs that fall but also by the silences that follow. It is not the violence alone that defines the world we live in but the way that violence is narrated, the way victims […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk said Friday that the Palestine resistance group had agreed to US President Donald Trump’s plan on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip “in principle,” endorsing its main outlines, while stressing that implementation would require negotiations, Anadolu reports. Abu Marzouk emphasized in an interview with Qatar’s Al […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Mandla Mandela to be deported: Chief Mandla Mandela, the grandson of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, is expected to be deported by Israel within the next few days. The activist was among those intercepted on the GSF Flotilla this week. The GSF comprises […]
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Fri 03 October 2025: US President Donald Trump set Sunday evening as the deadline for Hamas to accept his ceasefire and prisoner swap proposal, calling it the “last chance” for the Palestinian group. Trump said on Friday that Hamas must accept the deal by 6 pm Eastern Time (2200GMT) on Sunday, saying that if it […]
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Fri 03 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Why did Nathi Mthethwa initially book the Paris hotel for two days?: “The body is in the government mortuary (Paris). They must still do the autopsy. They said they think by Monday, at the latest, Tuesday, they’ll finish their processes, and they can […]
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Fri 03 October 2025: The Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing early signs of decline, though funding gaps and logistical challenges continue to hamper response efforts, health officials said Thursday. Patrick Abok, acting regional emergency director at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, […]
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