Moroccan Gen Z 212 return to streets to force Mohammed VI to sack cabinet, expand reforms
In Morocco, people born between 1995 and 2010, referred to as Gen Z, make up the largest share of the population. Around 25 per cent of them are not employed or in school or training, according to official data.
Pressure piles on President Rajoelina to quit as Madagascar’s Gen Z protesters clash with police
Madagascar, a large island of around 31 million people off the east coast of Africa with a history of political crises, has seen several leaders forced out in uprisings since it gained independence from France in 1960.
Sissi invites Trump to visit Egypt to witness Israel-Hamas deal signing ‘in a ceremony befitting the occasion’
In Israel’s ensuing offensive, more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and nearly 170,000 wounded during the war, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants but says around half of the deaths were women and children.
Herbal medicine tossed back into public discourse as Kenyan authorities square it our with health workers
While traditional health practitioners are rarely recognised among core health providers, they managed to register their services under the umbrella of Kenya National Traditional Health Practitioners Association (NATHEPA) on October 29, 2021.
UN to whittle down peacekeeping missions by 14,000 troops in response to US funding strains
UN peacekeeping operations have grown dramatically. At the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, there were 11,000 UN peacekeepers. By 2014, there were 130,000 in 16 peacekeeping operations. Today, around 52,000 men and women serve in 11 conflict areas in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Israel denies stripping naked South African activists on Gaza flotilla over genocide case
Speaking after their return, the activists, which include the grandson of Nelson Mandela, said they were singled out after Israeli guards noticed that they were from South Africa. Two Muslim women among the group said they had their hijabs ripped off their heads and were forced to strip naked in front of Israeli soldiers.
‘Our children are growing up in a part of Kenyan city, Nairobi, where lions roam free’
Although human-wildlife conflict has existed for as long as humans have, predator attacks are likely to rise as space for Kenya’s lions shrinks and their hunting opportunities diminish.
Revealed: How US banned healthcare workers from reporting Covid vaccine side-effects to drive up drug sales
Zowe Smith, a former medical coder for an Arizona hospital, called OSHA’s policy “especially inflammatory” and “an admission they know the vaccine is not safe and carries a risk of injury serious enough to affect one’s ability to work.”
Rights defenders welcome first conviction by world court on past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur
Conflict now rages in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – born out of the Janjaweed militias – and Sudan’s military. Tensions erupted in 2023 between the two previous allies that were meant to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 uprising.
Crested crane, symbol of abundance for communities Kenya’s Rift Valley, is on the verge of extinction
To save the endangered species, a group of 15 youths have launched an ambitious initiative to restore the swamp’s degraded marshes, replant reeds and protect the cranes’ breeding grounds. Leading the charge is Wilson Kiptum Saina, who says unchecked human activity has devastated the swamp.
