When the United Nations was established in 1945, Africa was largely absent. Only four African countries were present at the creation of the new world body; the rest remained under colonial rule. Nearly eighty years later, Africa’s presence at the UN is still defined more by symbolism than by realContinue Reading
Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel’s account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers. The video, published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), shows the vehicles moving in darkness with headlightsContinue Reading
An Israeli airstrike on a press broadcasting van, killed five Palestinian journalists working in Gaza, according to a media report from the area on Thursday. Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera, citing a reporter in Gaza, reported that journalists from the Palestinian broadcaster Al-Quds Today, were working near a hospital at theContinue Reading