A NIGERIAN tech company has trumped an Israeli competitor to secure a $1.2 million security contract, marking a significant milestone for Africa’s autonomous defence sector. Terrahaptix, a startup based in Abuja, landed the five-year deal with private security outfit Nethawk…
SIXTY years after forging ties in the shadow of the Holocaust, Germany and Israel are marking a diplomatic milestone with mutual visits by their heads of state. Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to arrive in Berlin on Monday,…
Israel said late Monday that it retaliated for repeated attacks from Yemen’s Houthis by striking multiple targets belonging to the “Houthi terrorist regime.” Israel said it struck infrastructure sites in the Hudaydah port that serves as a “central supply source”…
THE United Nations has issued a stark warning that Gaza is teetering on the brink of mass starvation, as an ongoing Israeli aid blockade, coupled with ceaseless bombardment, has left civilians desperate for food, water, and medical supplies. Since the…
TENSIONS between Israel and the African Union (AU) flared this week after Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Avraham Nigusse, was removed from a high-profile AU event commemorating the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Israel has condemned the ejection as politically motivated and unjustified. According to The Associated…
Israeli Defence Miniser Israel Katz has warned that Israeli forces will remain in Gaza until all hostages held by Hamas are released. The fragile first phase of the ceasefire collapsed on Tuesday when Israel launched airstrikes that have killed over…
Israel launched a ferocious wave of attacks on Gaza in the early hours of Tuesday, killing over 300 Palestinians, in a unilateral end of its ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Footage broadcast by Al Jazeera showed children and babies among those killed and wounded, as air…
WHENEVER an air strike targeted the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Hussein Jaber’s response was always the same. Wearing just a thin flak jacket over his T-shirt and trousers, the 30-year-old rescue worker would jump into the back of a war-battered ambulance…
THE fate of Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement is in jeopardy after Hamas accused Israel of violating the terms of the agreement. Israel’s leaders reacted angrily after the Palestinian group’s decision to postpone the release of Israeli captives over alleged violations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…
Israeli authorities released 90 Palestinian prisoners early on Monday morning as part of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, hours after three Israeli captives were freed from the enclave. Buses left Israel’s Ofer prison in the early hours of the morning,…
