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Egypt holds talks seeking to prevent Israel-Palestine escalation during Ramadan

Egypt has stepped up mediation between Israel and the Palestinians in a bid to tamp down violence in Jerusalem and the Occupied West Bank and to prevent its spread to the Gaza Strip ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, officials said, Reuters reports. This week, Cairo hosted leaders from Gaza's ruling Hamas group and from the smaller, allied Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group, according to the officials. Talks with Israeli […]

11 February 2023

International

Angelina Jolie in Aden to draw attention to Yemen conflict

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the southern city of Aden on Sunday to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of the 8-year conflict in Yemen, Anadolu Agency reported. "She will be visiting Yemeni families, including displaced families and refugees, to hear directly from them how the conflict has ripped their lives apart," the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement. "UNHCR hopes her visit will highlight the increasing humanitarian […]

7 March 2022

Local

SA to utilise seat at UNSC for brokering peace

Minister of International Relations and Corporations, Lindiwe Sisulu says South Africa is committed to using the UN Security Council seat to broker peace across the world, including the Middle East. On Sunday, she visited the Grace Bible Church in Soweto, where she highlighted the country’s commitment in enhancing the African Union (AU) mandate to meditation of peace amongst warring nations. She was accompanied by the Ambassadors of China, Lin Songtian […]

18 June 2018

Local

Muslims reeling after Malmesbury attack

What was meant to have been a joyous and fulfilling end of Ramadan has turned into one of sadness and tragedy, as the Muslim community in Cape Town reels after a devastating and senseless attack at the Malmesbury masjid. On Thursday morning, two musallees at the mosque, 74 year old Ismail Bassa and Ziyaad Hidji, were stabbed to death by an unknown attacker, while they were spending their last moments […]

14 June 2018

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

News

Jamiatul SA hopes fresh ANC leadership will bring stability

By Faizel Patel With just a day to go before the 54th African National Congress (ANC) Elective National Conference, The Council of Muslim Theologians says the wellbeing of any society is dependent on the pillars of peace and justice and hopes the new leaders elected at the gathering will take South Africa forward. Thousands of delegates from across the country are converging at Nasrec in Johannesburg this weekend to elect […]

15 December 2017

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