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Analyst criticises media bias in the capture of the Madleen Flotilla

By Rachel Mohamed Recent reports confirm that Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among three individuals released from Israeli custody earlier this morning. The release follows the detention of the Madleen, a charity vessel carrying 12 activists, including Thunberg, who were attempting to deliver humanitarian aid by sea to the Gaza Strip. Speaking on VOC, Mariam Jooma Carikci from the Media Review Network criticised the media’s choice of language, arguing […]

10 June 2025

International

Spain air drops 26 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza, days after 18 Palestinians killed after malfunction

Spanish military aircraft delivered 26 tonnes of humanitarian aid yesterday to Palestinians in the blockaded Gaza Strip, with Madrid urging Israel to open land border crossings to prevent famine, according to the Foreign Ministry. The operation, conducted in collaboration with Jordan and supported financially by the European Union, involved the airdrop of over 11,000 food rations to address the “catastrophic levels of food insecurity” impacting up to 1.1 million Palestinians […]

29 March 2024

Local

Africa Muslims Agency mobilizes emergency aid to Gaza amidst ongoing Humanitarian Crisis

By Ragheema Mclean For more than two months now Gaza has been plunged into a deep humanitarian crisis and are in need of urgent basic supplies. Since the Israeli occupation cut off all food, water, electricity and fuel on the besieged enclave, thousands of people in Palestine have been without essentials and struggling to survive. Responding to this urgent need, humanitarian organization Africa Muslims Agency (AMA) teams based in South […]

19 December 2023

Local

Gift of the Givers on flood in Western Cape

By Lee-Yandra Paulsen Gift of the Givers Western Cape spokesperson Ali Sablay recently discussed the devastating floods that have struck the Western Cape during an interview on Sunday Live. While certain areas like Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Mitchell's Plain, and Strand are accustomed to flooding this time of year, the heavy rains on June 14 caused extensive damage throughout the entire metropole, reaching as far as Citrusdal along the N1 highway. The floods have affected over 10 000 people, resulting […]

18 June 2023

International

Rival factions in Sudan agree to protect civilians

Sudan’s warring factions have committed to protecting civilians as well as ensuring the movement of humanitarian aid, according to United States officials, but a ceasefire remains elusive. After a week of talks in the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah, Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) signed a declaration on Friday that they would work towards a short-term ceasefire in further talks, US sources told the Reuters news agency. “The two sides are quite far apart,” a […]

12 May 2023

News

Gift of the Givers pledges R5m support amid Covid-19 crisis

Gift of the Givers (GOTG) has pledged its assistance to aid the fight against the novel coronavirus in South Africa. The humanitarian organisation's founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said R5 million had been put aside from emergency funds should the need arise. Sooliman announced GOTG would also avail its emergency medical equipment and ambulances to support public health services, if required. “Our focus is going to be when the crucial time […]

17 March 2020

News

AMA inspires through its 30 year service to humanity

After 30 years of hard work in the trenches of Africa’s most impoverished communities, African Muslim Agency (AMA) indeed had much to celebrate on Saturday 14th October at a gala dinner held in Cape Town. With some of the country’s esteemed scholars, academics, businesspeople and community activists in attendance, AMA marked its 30th anniversary with theme 'Laytul Hikmah’ by reflecting on its most successful projects and mapping its vision going […]

19 October 2017

News

Urgent appeal for humanitarian aid for Rohingya

The United Nations have called the Rohingya of Myanmar one of the world’s most persecuted ethnic minorities. Gross human rights violations of the Rohingya have been recorded since 1978. The state sanctioned violence against them is symptomatic of a long and oppressive history of discrimination by the Myanmar government. Myanmar has labelled the Rohingya from Bangladesh rendering them stateless however the Rohingya presence in Myanmar goes back many generations. The […]

5 September 2017

News

Al Quds container off to Durban port

By Shireen Fisher A 40 foot container filled with vital humanitarian goods for battered Syria is set to head to the Durban port later today. Goods from around the country, donated to the displaced people of Syria, were sealed in the container late last night at the Al Quds Foundation’s Johannesburg office. The foundation recently launched a humanitarian appeal for Syria following weeks on intense fighting in Aleppo which has […]

29 December 2016

humanitarian aid

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