As Africa’s conflicts become more regionalized, forcibly displaced populations increasingly face the predicament of fleeing into neighboring countries also experiencing conflict. Highlights An estimated 45.7 million Africans are forcibly displaced–refugees, internally displaced, or asylum seekers–comprising 4 percent of the total population. This continues a pattern of 15 years of steadily increasing numbers of forcibly displaced…
A white South African farm worker accused of killing two black women says he was forced to feed their bodies to pigs, according to lawyers. Adrian de Wet is one of three men facing murder charges after Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were killed while allegedly looking for food on a farm near…
NewsFeed Months after stopping all supplies from entering Gaza, Israel has airdropped a few aid cartons and allowed some trucks to enter the Strip, following immense international pressure. Israel says it’s also begun 10-hour pauses in fighting in three locations ‘for humanitarian purposes’, but continuing attacks killed more than 50 Palestinians on Sunday. Published On…
On 17 July Boukari Ouba, Vice President of the ABJ, and Luc Pagbelguem, a journalist with the independent TV station BF1, were also released. All four journalists have now been reunited with their families. The IFJ and the FAJ had been campaigning for the release of these journalists since their abduction. IFJ General Secretary Anthony…
Israel issued evacuation orders for parts of northern Gaza, as the army intensifies its assault.
