More hostages set for release as Israel, Hamas extend ceasefire for two more days
Monday’s releases bring to 50 the number of Israelis freed under the truce, along with 19 hostages of other nationalities. So far, 117 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons.
Arab states, EU agree on two-state solution to Israel crisis during Mediterranean nations conference
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said any talk of administration of Gaza after the conflict should focus on the West Bank and Gaza as one entity and that the Palestinian people should decide who rules them.
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.
UNESCO: Africa is next frontier in fashion industry but it’s growth is limited by low investment
“Africans want to wear Africa. It’s really beautiful to see because it hasn’t always been like this,” said Omoyemi Akerele, who founded the Lagos Fashion Week in 2011 to encourage the patronage of Nigerian and African fashion. “But fast forward, a decade after, that’s all people want to wear.”
German police raid Hamas supporters’ properties in Berlin as clamp down on lawlessness picks up
In Berlin alone, more than 300 police officers carried out searches at 11 locations in order to seize evidence and assets. Seven searches were related to Hamas and four to Samidoun. The searches mainly took place at the homes of supporters and the premises of a Palestinian association, German news agency DPA reported.
Riots erupt in Irish capital, Dublin, after children are stabbed in suspected anti-immigrant protests
A double decker bus was burned to the ground in front of the Daniel O’Connell statue at the head of the street and windows were smashed at a nearby Holiday Inn hotel and McDonalds restaurant. A Footlocker store was looted.
