Africa
Jerusalem commemorates the ‘Egoz’ shipwreck disaster, 65 years later
This is the tragic story of 44 illegal immigrants – men, women, and children – who set out from Morocco to Israel in 1961 and met their deaths at sea.
Guard dogs or state security? Malawi faces unusual post-election dispute
Israel’s new geopolitical compass points east and south - opinion
A Black African Jew to UN and African Union: Israel just did your job in Somaliland - opinion
Third Worldism: When anti-colonial dreams became Western self-loathing - opinion
Third Worldism was not, at its root, a movement of the Third World. It was a dream of the West, a mirror into which it peered and glimpsed both its sins and its fantasies of redemption.
Islamic State group escalates attacks on Niger civilians, rights group says
Witnesses identified the perpetrators of the attacks as members of ISSP based on their attire and because of threats the group had made beforehand, HRW said.
$1 trillion opportunity - how Israel can break into the African market
First of its kind study reveals that the key to succeeding in Africa isn’t high-end technology but adaptability and community
Burkina Faso to criminalize same-sex relations, 'promotion' of 'LGBTQ practices'
Burkina Faso’s parliament approved a bill criminalizing same-sex relations with prison terms and fines, awaiting junta leader Ibrahim Traoré’s signature.
Happy New Year! Ethiopia is celebrating its New Year with joy and hope - opinion
As Ethiopians welcome the New Year with joy and renewed hope, they do so with confidence in their ability to shape their own destiny.
Kenya exhumes 32 bodies as outcry grows over starvation cult deaths
Kenya linked the bodies discovered in to the same Christian sect blamed for the deaths of over 400 people in the nearby Shakahola Forest in 2023.
Israeli medical team gives sight to thousands in Ethopia
In one refugee camp, an 11-year-old girl who had suffered from poor vision for years burst into laughter and tears of joy after receiving her first pair of glasses.
Israel opens new embassy in Zambia, once home to a historic Jewish community
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Zambian Foreign Minister Mulambo Haimbe opened the embassy together on Wednesday.
Death toll in Nigeria mosque attack rises to 50, dozens of civilians abducted
Aminu Ibrahim, a lawmaker representing Malumfashi, the town attacked in Nigeria's northwest Katsina state, said at least 30 people were killed and 20 others burned alive.
Congo massacre of Christians spotlights rising ISIS influence in central Africa - analysis
The group's ultimate goal is to establish a “caliphate” in Central Africa, similar to ISIS’s vision in Iraq and Syria.
