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South Sudan refutes reports on Palestinian resettlement talks with Israel
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 13, 2025

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the claims are baseless and not a reflection of the official position or policy of...

Israel reportedly in talks with South Sudan to relocate Palestinians from Gaza
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 13, 2025

According to Joe Szlavik, Juba wants Washington to lift its travel ban on South Sudan and remove sanctions against some of its political elites, a sig...

Namibia’s forgotten genocide: How Bushmen were hunted and killed under German colonial rule
The Conversation  |  Aug 09, 2025

Today’s Namibia was a German colony called German South West Africa from 1884. The 1904-1907 genocidal Herero-Nama war was decisive, as Germany sought...

Iran urges extraordinary OIC meeting on Gaza humanitarian catastrophe
XINHUA  |  Aug 08, 2025

On Tuesday, multiple Israeli media outlets reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to announce plans to fully occupy Gaza.

Nearly 800 aid trucks enter Gaza through Kerem Shalom after Israel eases restrictions
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 07, 2025

The aid deliveries began after Israel eased some of its restrictions late last month, following months of tight border closures that had severely limi...

Global survey finds majority back cutting arms sales to Israel over Gaza war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 07, 2025

The findings come amid growing international condemnation of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which has reportedly killed more than 60,000 Palestin...

Why UK recognition of a Palestinian state should not be conditional on Israel’s actions
The Conversation  |  Aug 05, 2025

Conditional recognition subject to action by Israel – a third state – represents an unwelcome and arguably dangerous departure from international prac...

No Palestine 'left to recognise' without two-state solution pathway, Australian FM warns
XINHUA  |  Aug 05, 2025

FM Penny Wong reiterated previous comments from Treasurer Jim Chalmers that it is a matter of "when, not if" Australia will move to formally recognise...

Israeli airstrikes kill 40 in Gaza, including 10 seeking aid, as starvation deaths rise
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 04, 2025

Meanwhile, Gaza’s health ministry reported five additional deaths from starvation on Monday, raising the hunger-related death toll to 180, including 9...

Israeli strike on Palestine Red Crescent headquarters kills staffer amid Gaza aid crisis
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 03, 2025

The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its facility is “well known” to the Israeli military and “clearly marked with the protective red emblem”, and...

Canada to recognise Palestinian state, says PM Carney
DW News  |  Jul 31, 2025

Carney justified the decision, saying that it was necessary to preserve hopes of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

UN warns of ‘horror show’ as over 60,000 killed in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war intensifies
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 29, 2025

In a statement on Tuesday, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 60,034 people had been killed and 145,870 injured since the conflict...

France urges EU to pressure Israel on two-state solution after pledging to recognise Palestine
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 29, 2025

Speaking at a United Nations meeting on Monday aimed at addressing the conflict, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot urged the EU to take decisiv...

Gaza's humanitarian crisis in numbers
DW News  |  Jul 25, 2025

The situation in the Gaza Strip is catastrophic: scant aid supplies are trickling in while international organizations warn of a famine. Here are the...

List of countries which recognise Palestinian statehood
DW News  |  Jul 25, 2025

Despite widespread international recognition of Palestine as a state, many Western nations say they will only endorse Palestinian statehood as part of...

Pressure mounts on Israel to allow aid access in Gaza
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 25, 2025

On Friday morning, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called on Israel to comply with its obligations under International law, including allow...

France to officially recognise Palestinian state in September, Emmanuel Macron announces
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 25, 2025

The recognition will be officially declared during the United Nations General Assembly session in September, marking a significant shift in the diplom...

Brazil set to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ over Gaza war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 24, 2025

The case, originally filed in 2023, alleges that Israel violated the 1948 Genocide Convention through its military campaign in the Palestinian territo...

International media join growing calls for Israel to allow humanitarian access to Gaza
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 24, 2025

On Wednesday, Amnesty International accused Israel of deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war—an act the organisation says amounts to both a...

UN chief describes situation in Gaza as a 'horror show'
DW News  |  Jul 23, 2025

Guterres said that escalated Israeli operations meant "devastation is being layered upon devastation," with the humanitarian system in its "last gasp....

At least 21 children die of hunger in 3 days as Gaza starvation death toll passes 100
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 22, 2025

The crisis continues to deepen as humanitarian aid remains severely restricted, with widespread shortages of food, clean water, and collapsing medical...

Gaza war: Global coalition demands unconditional ceasefire, condemns civilian killings
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 21, 2025

The statement comes in the wake of renewed Israeli military operations in Gaza, with intensified air and ground assaults reported in Deir al-Balah, a...

Kenya endorses two-state solution amid Gaza crisis talks
Mwangi Maina  |  Jul 18, 2025

While reaffirming Kenya's limited leverage in military affairs, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musali Mudavadi emphasised its commitment to diploma...

Iran rejects US claim of sending military shipment to Yemen
XINHUA  |  Jul 18, 2025

US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday claimed that a military group, known as the Yemeni National Resistance Forces (NRF), had seized a "massive"...

12 nations sign pact to curb support for Israel’s Gaza offensive at Bogotá summit
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 17, 2025

According to media reports, the agreement was also endorsed by Namibia, Bolivia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Oman, and Saint Vincent a...

Israel coalition in crisis as ultra-Orthodox party quits over military draft dispute
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 16, 2025

Despite opposition from far-right Cabinet members who reject any halt to military operations in Gaza, Netanyahu's government is engaged in indirect ta...

Israeli army using Chinese drones to bomb civilians in Gaza - report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 14, 2025

The drones are being manually operated by soldiers on the ground to drop grenades on civilians, including children, either to force them from their ho...

Iran signals willingness to resume US nuclear talks if Israeli attacks cease
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 13, 2025

Israel and the United States launched coordinated military strikes targeting Iran's nuclear infrastructure in late June, 2025.

Six children killed in Israeli strike while queuing for water in Gaza
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 13, 2025

Unverified videos shared online showed bloodied children and bodies at the scene, as residents rushed to evacuate the wounded using private cars and d...

Iran says death toll from Israeli attacks nears 1,100
XINHUA  |  Jul 08, 2025

Israel launched a series of major airstrikes on June 13 targeting nuclear and military sites across Iran, killing senior commanders, nuclear scientist...

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