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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech on the key U.S. strategy for sub-Saharan Africa at the University of Pretoria on Monday, on the first leg of his Africa trip.Blinken stressed the value of democracy and the…
Blinken Gives US-Africa Strategy Address in Pretoria Read MoreHARARE, ZIMBABWE — Zimbabwe has charged two journalists under its cybercrime law in a move media advocates say runs counter to global trends to support and promote press freedom.Police in Harare have charged two journalists from the national paper, New…
Arrest of Zimbabwe Journalists ‘Out of Sync’ With Press Freedom Norms Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in South Africa on the first leg of an Africa trip. His first stop was a poignant one, as he visited a museum that commemorates a key moment in the anti-apartheid struggle.Secretary…
Blinken in South Africa; Compares South African Struggle for Equality to US Read MoreWhile millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, they’re skiing in Africa.Don’t worry. This isn’t another sign of climate change but rather the fascinating anomaly of Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom completely surrounded by…
Tiny African Kingdom Offers Skiing as Europe Sweats Summer Heat Read MoreJOHANNESBURG — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa Sunday by visiting a museum in South Africa commemorating how the country’s Black youths helped to end white racist rule.Blinken’s visit to Africa is seen as pa…
US Top Diplomat Blinken in South Africa on Africa Tour Read MoreThe United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory has called on Israel to stop demolitions, military activities and other increasingly coercive measures in Masafer Yatta and allow Palest…
OCHA: Israel Must Stop Deporting Palestinians from Masafer Yatta Read MoreJewish settlers on Friday raised the Isreali flag atop a mosque in the village of Kisan, near Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.Local activist Ahmad Ghazal said that a group of Jewish settlers sneaked their way into the sout…
Jewish Settlers Raise Israeli Flag atop Mosque near Bethlehem Read MoreIsraeli forces on Wednesday beat up a number of international solidarity activists in Masafer Yatta in the southern Hebron hills, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.Fuad al-Amour, the coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Comm…
WATCH: Israeli Forces Brutally Assault International Activists in Masafer Yatta Read MoreAn Israeli parole committee on Wednesday designated the case of Ahmad Manasra, who was arrested at the age of 13, as “terrorism”, according to Manasra’s defense team.The defense team said that the Israeli Prison Service’s (IPS) Parole Committee decided…
Israeli Parole Committee Designates Ahmed Manasra’s Case as ‘Terrorism’ Read More