THE International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday announced a decision that has been widely recognised as a historic precedent. A panel of three judges, known as Pre-Trial Chamber I, issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military commander…
ISRAELI air strikes across Gaza have killed at least 120 Palestinians in the past 48 hours and targeted a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics said on Saturday. One strike…
AT this year’s European Cyber Week, held from November 19-21 in Rennes, Brittany, Thales revealed its innovative deepfake detection model. Developed in collaboration with France’s Defence Innovation Agency (AID), the model is designed to combat the growing risk of identity…
AS COP29 wraps up today, the question remains: did the world’s youth, particularly in Africa, receive the attention they deserve? A new survey, the 2024 African Youth Survey, reveals that climate change is at the forefront of their concerns, with the…
THE British government has said it will comply with its obligations under domestic and international law after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister. On Thursday, the government refused to confirm…
UGANDA’S President, Yoweri Museveni, officially launched the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on Thursday, a major infrastructure initiative expected to transform trade and transport across East Africa. The project, led by Turkish company Yapi Merkezi, aims to connect…
BOTSWANA’S new president, Duma Boko, has laid out an ambitious roadmap to steer the nation away from its heavy reliance on diamonds. In his first State of the Nation Address on Tuesday, Boko announced plans to diversify the economy by…
IN a significant victory, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s Pastef party secured 130 out of 165 seats in Senegal’s recent legislative elections, according to provisional results released on Thursday. This clear majority grants Faye a robust mandate to implement his promised…
FORMER Israeli minister Ayelet Shaked has been banned from entering Australia over fears of “incitement”. Shaked, a former MP for the far-right Yamina party, was scheduled to appear at a conference hosted by the pro-Israel Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (Aijac).…
THE International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant have emboldened organisers to push harder for an end to the war on Gaza, anti-war activists and pro-Palestinian advocates told Middle East Eye on…
