Many migrants risk all to reach South Africa, making a notoriously dangerous journey across the border from Zimbabwe. Having fled poverty and desperation elsewhere in Africa they feel they have no choice. But as elections approach, xenophobic sentiment is on the rise and South Africa’s government is under pressure to tighten the border. The men...
Israel says two male Israeli hostages have been rescued in a raid in Rafah, amid reports of heavy Israeli air strikes on the southern Gazan city. The Israeli military says the two men are in “good medical condition”. Earlier, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said Rafah was under attack. Some 1.5 million people are sheltering...
Two bomb explosions have killed at least 22 people in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on the eve of general elections, officials say. The first blast killed 14 people in front of an independent candidate’s party office in Pishin district. A second explosion left eight people dead in Qillah Saif Ullah district, about 150km (93 miles) away....
Niël Terblanché In a heart-wrenching incident that has left the Swakopmund community reeling in shock, a young mother, 32-year-old Stefni Strauss, and her two daughters, six-year-old Grace Margraaf and two-year-old Rechenay Margraaf, perished in a shack fire. According to the incident report provided by the Namibian Police, the tragedy unfolded in the early hours of...
Israel is accused of having targeted a group of Palestinian civilians with no links to armed groups and who posed no threat to Israeli forces, according to witnesses in the occupied West Bank. Image caption, Some of the Darweesh brothers were on their way to work; Hazza (top right) had a hospital appointment Seven men...
JUBA, Nov. 20 — At least 32 people were killed Sunday in deadly communal fighting along South Sudan’s border with the disputed Abyei Administrative Area, an official said. Arou Manyiel Arou, secretary general in the office of the administrator for the Abyei Administrative Area, said that the violence erupted early morning following a revenge attack...
JERUSALEM/GAZA, Nov. 1 — Israel intensified its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sending troops deep into the Palestinian territory and clashing with Hamas militants in fierce battles. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its soldiers had “fierce battles” with Hamas “deep in the Gaza Strip,” adding that Israeli troops attacked hundreds of...
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance says disaster management teams are currently assisting those affected by heavy rains that have battered parts of the province. Four people died in Mtubatuba, while an unconfirmed number of people have been reported missing. The department’s spokesperson, Siboniso Mngadi, says the storm tore roofs off houses and caused damage...
Gender-based violence (GBV) killings continue to cast a long and dark shadow over Namibia to the extent that it is tearing at the very fabric of our society. This week the nation was jolted by the murder of Eva-Lena Kalimbo, allegedly at the hands of her boyfriend, Kapule Ndaoya, who was subsequently shot dead by...
At least 15 soldiers have been killed by militiamen in violent clashes that broke out in the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Authorities say 3 militiamen were killed in the attack in Kwango province. Chris Ocamringa reports. The post Deadly clash claims 15 soldiers in DRC’s southwest first appeared on Future Media. Source...