Irregular meals, benches as beds: As freed hostages return to Israel, details of captivity emerge
The fullest image yet of life under Hamas captivity was conjured by 85-year-old Yocheved Lipschitz, a hostage who was freed before the current cease-fire. Upon her release, Lipschitz said she had been held in tunnels which stretched under Gaza “like a spider web.” She said her captors “told us they are people who believe in the Quran and wouldn’t hurt us.”
Qatari mediator says there’s slim chance Israel, Hamas will pause war further to free more hostages
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas have raised concerns over the lists of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners due to be released on Monday, the final day of an agreed four-day pause in the fighting, an official briefed on the matter said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, revealed...
Team set up by Kenyan parliament wants reforms to electoral body, discard punitive tax policy
The report was published on Saturday, a parliamentary official said. The government, the committee said in the report, should also review its tax policy, rationalise public expenditure and expand the reach of social protection.
How Uganda Planning Authority plans ecosystems death with unbridled greed, ‘un-civilisation’
One may ask: if there is a planning authority doing planning, why has it chosen conspiracy of silence when nomadic pastoralists are on rampage almost unconstrained by the state to which the Uganda Planning Authority is integral?
Third parties look to reap from looming Biden vs Trump rematch in US 2024 presidential election
Stein, a physician and environmental activist, announced this month that she will make her third bid for the presidency in 2024, reversing course from her earlier decision to remain on the sidelines next year and support Cornel West, a scholar and progressive activist with a loyal following on the left. West announced last month that he no longer was running under the Green Party banner, but as an independent.
