Attacks that damaged or destroyed water and sanitation systems in conflict zones tripled between 2021 and 2025, increasing children’s risk of exposure to disease outbreaks, malnutrition and violence. That’s one key finding from the latest Water Under Fire report by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published on Thursday. It documents airstrikes and other assaults on…
Gaza officials say more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the so-called ‘ceasefire’ took effect. Published On 5 Nov 20265 Nov 2026 Israeli attacks have killed at least four Palestinians, including a child, in central and southern Gaza, medical sources say, as Israeli forces keep up near-daily strikes in the enclave. Medical sources at…
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has condemned the reported xenophobic attacks against African nationals in South Africa, describing them as distressing and regrettable. Anyaoku expressed sadness that South Africans, who endured years of apartheid and received support from across Africa in their struggle for liberation, were now turning against fellow Africans from other countries….
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accused Palestinian-Israeli voters of ‘stealing’ the election after their parties won a record 19 seats. With all votes now counted, the main opposition bloc could join forces with Palestinian-Israeli parties to unseat Netanyahu. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports. Published On 29 Oct 202629 Oct 2026 Share Netanyahu attacks Palestinian-Israeli parties as…
In presenting the statement, FAJ President Omar Faruk Osman, said that the African Charter has promised to protect the rights of journalists. However, 40 years after the coming into force of the Charter, African journalists are still being killed, abducted tortured and detained. “Newsrooms have been raided or shut down. Equipment has been seized. Reporters…
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre have raised the alarm over the growing use of social media, cryptocurrencies and emerging technologies by terrorist groups to recruit members, finance operations and coordinate attacks across West Africa and the Sahel. They gave the warning in Abuja on Tuesday at a three-day…
There was no immediate comment from the Houthis. On Sunday evening, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a video statement that its forces had launched missiles and drones at Riyadh and Dammam’s airports, as well as two oil and gas facilities in Eastern Province, in response to 124 Saudi air strikes in Yemen over…
21m ago Saudi Arabia vows response after deadly Houthi attacks on airports Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Monday that the kingdom had been tested, but would mount an “equally serious” response to a string of deadly attacks on Riyadh’s international airport by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. Lethal airport strikes have rocked the world’s top…
The Skyline of Riyadh is seen on October 31, 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Justin Setterfield | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Three Saudi nationals, including a pilot, were killed in attacks on a Riyadh international airport by Iran-backed Houthi militants on Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said. In a statement posted on…
Thirty-three people have been killed in a Russian glide bomb attack on two civilian buses in the frontline city of Kramatorsk, rescue officials say. Another 18 people were wounded, said Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin, accusing Russia of targeting buses carrying passengers to kill as many civilians as possible. Images posted by local prosecutors showed…
