Nelson Mandela’s support for Palestinians endures with South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Nelson Mandela regularly raised the plight of the Palestinians. Three years after apartheid and white minority rule was dismantled in South Africa and Mandela was elected president in historic all-race elections in 1994, he thanked the international community for its help. He added: “But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Revealed: Passengers aboard UN chopper seized by Al Shabaab were from Ukraine, Uganda, Somalia and Egypt
An internal UN memo said one person on the helicopter had allegedly been killed and six taken hostage. Two people fled and their whereabouts were not known, it said.
Exploitation: Why environmentalists, human right activists want oil firms out of Africa Cup of Nations
Among other things, TotalEnergies is actively expanding its fossil fuel business and is accused of doing untold damage – displacing communities, affecting water sources and endangering wildlife – by constructing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) through Uganda and Tanzania.
Expanded 32-team Club World Cup compels CAF to review dates for next Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco
If the Cup of Nations were also to be held in mid-2025, it would be a direct clash. Motsepe said CAF were still deciding on the date but suggested it would be moved.
Hosts Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset sweats over blunt forward line in Cup of Nations opener
Gasset warned, however, of the quality of their opponents, who have yet to win a game at the finals and are 103rd in the Fifa rankings, 54 places below the Ivorians.
Trump ordered to pay The New York Times and its reporters nearly $400,000 in legal fees
New York Judge Robert Reed said that given the “complexity of the issues” in the case and other factors, it was reasonable that Donald Trump be forced to pay lawyers for the Times and the reporters a total of $392,638 in legal fees.
Pentagon: Hospitalised US Defence Secretary Austin ordered retaliatory strikes on Yemen-based Houthi militants
Austin’s hospital room setup is not unlike when he is on the road, where full security and communications teams accompany him with all of the secure, classified equipment needed to keep him connected. Austin’s aides and support staff have been with him all week at Walter Reed as well.
As US, Britain are sucked into Gaza war, container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation
Rates on the Shanghai-Europe route rose 8.1 per cent to $3,103 per 20-foot container on Friday from a week earlier, while the rate for containers to the unaffected US West Coast soared 43.2 per cent to $3,974 per 40-foot containers week on week, leading ship broker Clarksons said on Friday.
Revolving doors involving Chelsea’s technical bench is EPL classic case of financial imprudence
Boehly and Clearlake spent heavily again in the 2023 summer transfer window, following up the huge outlay on Fernandez with another nine-figure fee to prise Moises Caicedo from Brighton and Hove Albion, while also sanctioning significant deals for Romeo Lavia, Christopher Nkunku, Cole Palmer, Axel Disasi, Nicolas Jackson, Robert Sanchez and Lesley Ugochukwu.
Financial Fair Play: English Premier League clubs hold breath as they await verdict on financial compliance
It has been widely documented that they have committed many of their new signings to hyper-long contracts, allowing them to spread the transfer fees over a significantly longer time period to lower the annual cost on the accounts.
