
THE United Nations said today that one of its staff was killed and another five wounded in the Gaza Strip.
The attack in the central city of Deir al-Balah follows Israel’s decision to unilaterally end the ceasefire agreement with Hamas with a series of brutal air strikes that have killed at least 436 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 183 children and 94 women have been killed since the strikes began early on Tuesday.

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