Displaced Palestinians leave parts of Khan Younis as they go back to their homes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025
EVEN before the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and its allies was fully in place today, Palestinians in the war-battered Gaza Strip began to return to the remains of the homes they had evacuated during the 15-month Israeli onslaught.
Israel, meanwhile, announced the names of the first hostages who were handed over to the Red Cross today, in exchange for the planned release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners.
An Israeli official confirmed that Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher were set to be released later last night.
ROGER McKENZIE expounds on the motivation that drove him to write a book that anticipates a dawn of a new, fully liberated Africa – the land of his ancestors
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE
