Tag: Gaza
The Palestinian struggle today embodies the same fight for justice and freedom once waged against apartheid. At the 23rd Nelson Mandela Foundation Annual Conference in Johannesburg, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, drew parallels between the situation in Gaza and Nelson Mandela’s struggle against apartheid. She emphasized that the injustices […]
“The disregard for the rules of war and the retreat from multilateralism threaten human rights and the global order,” warns the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights sounded the alarm on Monday, denouncing the growing challenges to international law and the laws of armed conflict, which are essential […]
In both Africa and Gaza, children bear the devastating consequences of armed conflict—threatening their lives, safety, and right to education. Urgent and coordinated action is needed to uphold justice, protect children, and turn international commitments into tangible results. More than thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), […]
While millions of people in Africa flee the forgotten violence of Sudan, the DRC, and the Sahel, the new escalation between Israel and Iran threatens to plunge the Middle East into a full-scale conflict, at a time when Gaza is already ravaged by months of bombardment and blockade. These tragedies, though geographically distant, are linked […]
The United Nations and humanitarian organizations are calling for a swift and collective response to break this cycle of violence. Immediate action is crucial to protect civilians and ensure access to essential healthcare before it is too late. On January 3, 2025, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting to examine the catastrophic […]
South Africa alleges Israel’s actions are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of Palestinians in Gaza. These genocidal acts include killing Palestinians, causing serious mental and bodily harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions meant to bring about their physical destruction as a group. In 2021, the […]
According to information published by Amnesty International, at least 95 civilians – almost half of them children – were killed in four illegal strikes in Rafah. Heads of state meeting Saturday at the African Union summit in Addis Ababa unanimously condemned the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, calling for its immediate cessation. International community […]
Hundreds of Palestinians witnessed Saturday’s funeral of a 12-year-old boy killed by Israeli soldiers the day before in clashes on the Gaza-Israel border. Chadi Abdel Aal was fatally wounded east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, becoming one of the youngest victims in nearly six months of clashes between Gazans and Israeli soldiers. The […]
The new US embassy, one of Donald Trump’s most controversial promises, was inaugurated in Jerusalem. But this resulted in a bloodbath in Gaza. According to a provisional assessment, on Monday night, at least 55 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire. More than 2,000 protesters were wounded on that day, the deadliest of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict […]
Due to power cuts of more than 20 hours a day that have become a rule these days, the water crisis has prompted the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip to dig wells without authorization, ignoring consequences for serious threats to already scarce aquifer reserves. Omar Hamid, head of a family of nine, told Al-monitor, “the […]
