Israel pounds Gaza as defence minister orders ground troops to prepare to see Gaza ‘from the inside’
Over a million people have been displaced in Gaza, with many heeding Israel’s orders to evacuate the northern part of the sealed-off coastal enclave.
Israel levels Gaza district, hits Orthodox church 30 minutes after warning residents to evacuate
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the main Palestinian Christian denomination, said Israeli forces had struck the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, where hundreds of Christians and Muslims had sought sanctuary.
Italy Prime Minister Meloni divorces partner after sexist TV personality’s ‘uncomfortable filth’
The split comes as the 46-year-old prime minister celebrates her first year in office at the head of a right-wing coalition government that has defended the traditional family as one of its policy hallmarks.
African Development Bank commits over $23 million to Rwanda’s planned aviation centre of excellence
The centre is expected to enrol up to 500 students starting from 2025 when it becomes partly operational. It will offer training for pilots, maintenance and cabin crew. There will also be dispatch and ancillary courses, including in airport emergency operations services.
Expert: Israelis can only use force against military objectives, which is not whole of the Gaza Strip
The difficulty of evaluating whether proportionality was respected or not is obviously that we don’t know the plans. Perhaps it was essential for the plan to attack that specific military objective, and then it would not be excessive to take the risk, but never to deliberately kill civilians.
UN and US quiet as both Israel and Hamas break international humanitarian law with abandon
Since October 7, Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed over 3,000 people and injured more than 12,500 others, with women and children accounting for over 60 per cent of those killed, as of the latest death toll on October 17. The Israeli military and settlers have also killed at least 61 people in the West Bank, and injured 1,250, amid increasing violence there as well.
African Energy Chamber executive chair NJ Ayuk promises bigger conference next year as AEW ends
Thanking the AEW 2023 sponsors and partners, Ayuk emphasised how support from these institutions has ensured the success of the event, allowing stakeholders to collaborate towards a common goal of alleviating energy poverty. “To our sponsors, we could not have done this without you: you pushed us, drove us and continued to encourage,” he added.
AEW 2023: Uganda’s 1.4 billion barrels of crude oil, gas resources among Africa’s fastest growing energy markets
The country aims to produce its first oil in 2025, having achieved a Final Investment Decision for the $10 billion Lake Albert Development – comprising the Kingfisher and Tilenga oilfields as well as the 1,443km-long EACOP – alongside oil and gas supermajor, TotalEnergies, and Chinese National Oil Company, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation in 2022.
US security: Biden declares military and financial support for Israel and Ukraine, asks Congress for billions
With Israel continuing to bombard the Gaza Strip and preparing a ground invasion, Biden placed an increased emphasis on the deadly toll that the conflict has had on civilians there, saying he’s “heartbroken by the tragic loss of Palestinian life.”
Wean and win: How can Uganda liberate herself from foreign aid dependency?
Unfortunately, foreign aid is not charity, although when leaders talk to convince the people that foreign aid is good, they submit it as if it is charity. Foreign aid is not charity, and as the CFI has shown, it has many strings attached. It is ethnocentric. And as I have frequently stated no foreigner gives you aid to help you more than he or she helps himself.
