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‘Free at last’: When South Africa voted in democracy, kicked…
He cast a vote. There is nothing remarkable about that. In this year alone nearly 50 percent of the world’s population will head to the polls in at least 6
April 27, 1994: What has changed in South Africa 30…
Three decades ago, on April 27, 1994, after centuries of white rule, Black South Africans voted in general elections for the first time. This marked the officia
Kenya flooding death toll climbs to 70 since March
More than 120,000 people have been displaced, Kenyan government says, with 22 others injured and eight reported missing.Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have k
Israeli pressure delayed Freedom Flotilla’s departure for Gaza: Organisers
A flotilla of ships set to depart for the Gaza Strip on Friday to bring aid to Palestinians has been stranded in Turkey due to administrative roadblocks, as org
Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going…
Clashes between students and police officers have been reported all over the United States during intensifying university protests. What started as the Gaza sol
Ecuador spat: Trotsky to the shah, Mexico’s long history as…
With rifles, riot shields and helmets, the Ecuadorian police scaled the white concrete gate, burst through the embassy doors and arrested Jorge Glas, a former v
Photos: Students block Paris’s Sciences Po to protest Israel’s war…
Students blocked access to Paris’s prestigious Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) university over Israel’s war on Gaza, demanding the instit
Across the Western world, public opinion on Palestine is finally…
For a very long time, many in the Western world have not engaged at all with the issues stemming from the occupation of Palestine. The occupation was in the new
Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for reporting on…
In a new report, Human Rights Watch said military forces ‘summarily executed’ 223 civilians in February.Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of Amer
Mandela’s world: A photographic retrospective of apartheid South Africa
Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg (1931-2020) spent most of his life documenting the struggle against apartheid. Years before his death in 2020, Schadeberg shared
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 792
As the war enters its 792nd day, these are the main developments.Here is the situation on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fighting Politics and diplomacy NATO Secreta
It’s time to declare Israel a rogue state
Another day, another tragedy in Gaza. At the time of writing, rescuers were pulling bodies out of the rubble after an Israeli air strike on a residential buildi
