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We need to put pressure on Israel to stop the killings – Mashatile

South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the world must never get tired in supporting the Palestinian cause. Mashatile represented South Africa at the inaugural Saudi-African summit in Riyadh. He also called for cessation of hostilities in Gaza as the conflict intensifies. Mashatile sat down with SABC International Relations reporter Khayelihle Khumalo in the Saudi capital. “We believe that conflicts or disputes should be resolved through peaceful means. So, we […]

12 November 2023

International News

Ethiopia: Both sides claim military gains as fighting rages

The leaders of Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray region refused on Wednesday to surrender to federal troops and instead claimed they were winning a war that has exacerbated ethnic fractures in the vast nation and further destabilised the Horn of Africa. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said it was defeating “the enemy” and its citizens “will never kneel” – a day after federal government forces launched air raids on the regional […]

19 November 2020

International News

Nearly 3,500 Palestinians killed during Netanyahu era

During his time in office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s army killed nearly 3,500 Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, and tens of thousands injured and displaced. Netanyahu, shown as one of the chief architects of Israel's oppression and violations against Palestine, served as the prime minister during the two bloody attacks on the Gaza Strip under the blockade by the Israeli army. According to the data of the […]

19 September 2020

International News

S. Sudan conflict mediator asks IGAD to take action against saboteurs of peace

South Sudan should not waste the opportunity of forthcoming peace talks even though an agreement to end its conflict has been violated several times by warring parties, an international mediator said on Monday. Despite several agreements and ceasefires, fighting has rumbled on in South Sudan with barely any break since civil war erupted at the end of 2013, just two years after independence. Troops loyal to President Salva Kiir clashed […]

15 May 2018

Local

SA government condemns recent attacks in Syria

The South African government has reiterated its call for the peaceful resolution of conflict in Syria, following attacks in three separate areas in the country on Friday night. The US, the UK and France launched a series of attacks on specific targets in the war-torn country and CNN reported that the coalition forces claimed that they were targeting a research laboratory and two storage facilities which were believed to be […]

16 April 2018

International News

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir pushes for Darfur arms collection

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday pressed on with a government campaign to collect arms from tribes in war-torn Darfur, where a devastating conflict has killed thousands and displaced millions. Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur, is touring the region ahead of a US decision scheduled for 12 October on whether to permanently lift a decades-old […]

21 September 2017

International News

EU, African leaders back new plan over migrant crisis

Europe's "big four" continental powers and three African states agreed on a plan Monday to tackle illegal human trafficking and support nations struggling to contain the flow of people across the desert and Mediterranean sea. The 28-nation European Union has long struggled to reach a coherent answer to the influx of migrants fleeing war, poverty and political upheaval in the Middle East and Africa, and the crisis is testing cooperation […]

29 August 2017

International News

South Sudan ambush leaves six aid workers dead, UN says

Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, the UN says, in the deadliest single incident for humanitarians since the country's civil war began. The "heinous murder" occurred on Saturday, said Eugene Owusu, the UN's humanitarian chief in South Sudan. The UN did not say who the victims were or what aid agency they worked for. They were traveling between Juba, the capital, and the town of Pibor. At […]

27 March 2017

News

Syrian conflict ‘the worst of the 21st century’: Islamic Relief

As more South African’s wake up to the dire situation in Aleppo, Islamic Relief is responding to displaced civilians in these areas. The Syrian conflict is now in its 5th year and is one of the worst human disasters and catastrophes, unparalleled since World War 2. Hundreds of thousands of innocent lives have been lost, millions of refugees have fled this once beautiful country, apart from the millions internally displaced. […]

15 December 2016

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