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Paris Olympics: Pro-Palestinian protesters demand Israel’s participation be limited as was Russia’s
Citing the example of Russian athletes, who will be competing at the Olympics under a neutral flag and with no Russian government officials allowed at the Games, protesters said the International Olympic Committee should apply the same protocol for Israeli athletes.
May Day: South African workers march in support of Palestinians
Large crowds of ANC supporters took part in a solidarity march in support of Palestine Wednesday (May.1 st) in Cape Town. They later gathered at the Athlone Stadium for a May Day rally hosted by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).
May Day: South African workers march in support of the Palestinians
Large crowds of ANC supporters took part in a solidarity march in support of Palestine Wednesday (May.1 st) in Cape Town. They later gathered at the Athlone Stadium for a May Day rally hosted by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu).
Tunisia: Unless “conditions” are met, main opposition coalition to boycott presidential polls
Tunisia’s main opposition coalition says it won’t take part in the upcoming presidential election unless political opponents are freed and judicial independence is restored.
Gaza: Turkey joins South Africa in genocide case against Israel
srael fervently denies that its actions - which have included attacks on hospitals, ambulances and blockade of humanitarian aid amount to a breach of the Genocide Convention
Israel re-opens crossing to allow aid to flow into the hard-hit northern Gaza Strip
International aid organizations have reported a widespread humanitarian disaster, warning that hundreds of thousands of people in northern Gaza face the risk of famine.
Paris 2024 Olympics: South Sudanese refugee suspended for doping
A third runner on the Refugee Olympic team has been suspended for a positive doping test, with the announcement coming two days before the IOC confirms its selection of athletes for the Paris Games.
Plastic pollution: what to know from the Ottawa conference
Arriving in Ottawa, many feared that efforts to develop the first legally binding treaty on plastic pollution , including in the oceans, would bog down
Haiti: Fritz Bélizaire appointed Prime Minister
Fritz Bélizaire was chosen in a surprise move to replace current interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, gaining the support of four of the seven voting members on the nine-member panel but with other panel members saying they were unfamiliar with Bélizaire.
Nigeria: Govt workers salaries increased by up to 35 percent
Nigeria 's labour unions have been agitating for an increase in wages and salaries since last year when president Bola Ahmed Tinubu effected the removal of subsidies on petrol upon his assumption of office.