Zuma slams Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory
President Jacob Zuma’s rounded on Israel’s settlements policy for undermining a two state solution with Palestine. Flanked by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who’s one a state visit to South Africa, Zuma says the world governance in the United Nations Security Council allows Israel to operate in defiance of the international community. Palestine and South Africa […]
Jacob Zuma welcomes Mahmoud Abbas
President Jacob Zuma’s welcomed his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas to the Union Buildings in Pretoria where they’ve gone into talks. The presidents are due to give a joint press conference later where they’ll sign a memorandum of understanding on the future of Palestine and South Africa’s cooperation with it. Mahmoud Abbas has been to South […]
Abbas welcomes Europeans moving to recognise Palestinian statehood
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomes European countries moving toward officially recognising his country. Abbas is on a state visit to South Africa where he received a 21 gun-salute as he arrived at the Union Buildings for talks with President Jacob Zuma. In the absence of a political solution between Israel and Palestine, governments and parliaments […]
Striking health workers in Sierra Leone dump Ebola victims’ bodies in the street
Striking burial workers in eastern Sierra Leone have been sacked for snatching Ebola victims from a mortuary and dumping their bodies in the street. The workers were protesting against over non-payment of risk allowances. The strikers left at least a dozen corpses around the public hospital in the city of Kenema, once one of the […]