By Rachel Mohamed A bill requiring the Trump administration to conduct a comprehensive review of United States–South Africa relations—and to identify South African government officials and African National Congress (ANC) leaders eligible for sanctions—was recently passed by the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. The committee approved the US–SA
Concerns over police intimidation are growing in Kenya after the recent arrest of prominent human rights activist Boniface Mwangi. Although Mwangi has since been released, attention has shifted to the conduct of law enforcement, particularly following earlier comments by President William Ruto suggesting that police should “shoot protestors in the
“The Zionist occupation Knesset’s vote on a motion to impose ‘sovereignty’ over the occupied West Bank, as a prelude to its annexation, is a null and illegitimate measure that will not alter the Palestinian identity of the land.” This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, following what they
“As the Zionist occupation’s crimes of starvation and genocide escalate in Gaza—where people die from hunger and malnutrition, especially among children, mothers, and the elderly—amid suspicious global silence and a shameful absence of action that amounts to this unprecedented catastrophe.” This is according to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, which
Early reports indicate that Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank. According to local Palestinian sources, 13-year-old Amr Ali Qabha was struck by live ammunition on a street in Yabad, south of Jenin. It is alleged that Israeli forces obstructed paramedics from reaching
The human rights organization Africa4Palestine has expressed dismay following a recent presentation by psychiatric evaluators at the Durban Magistrate’s Court, which concluded that Mr. Grayson Beare is unfit to stand trial. In June 2024, Beare entered the home of the Hoosen-Preston family in Durban, armed with a knife. He fatally
Palestinian resistance group Hamas has welcomed a joint statement by the United Kingdom and 25 other countries calling for an immediate end to the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza. The statement also demands the entry of humanitarian aid through the United Nations and relief organisations, and recognises that the Zionist
Kenyan police have arrested well-known human rights activist Boniface Mwangi and plan to arraign him on charges of facilitating “terrorist acts” related to last month’s deadly anti-government protests. According to a statement by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on X, Mwangi was arrested at his home in Machakos County
Over 30 countries gather in Bogotá to push for coordinated action against Israeli offensive in Gaza More than 30 states from around the world convened in Bogotá, Colombia, on 15 and 16 July 2025 in a multilateral effort to halt Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza. The Bogotá Conference: Holding
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
