South Africa

Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Greece are planning to submit a tripartite bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. According to Egypt's Akhbar Elyom earlier this month the country's...

More than 100,000 people signed a petition calling for the UK to review its foreign policy "in light of reports of Israeli apartheid". After obtaining the number of signatures...

South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has said that the people of Palestine deserve the same attention from the international community that the people of Ukraine receive. Pandor made...

Of course for many Sou'Africans, the narrative of the Palestinian people’s struggle does evoke experiences of our own history of racial segregation and oppression'

Egypt's leading renewable energy company, Infinity Group, is on course to become the largest in Africa, when it acquires Africa-based Lekela Power along with Africa Finance Corporation. The sale...

Fakhri Al-Barghouthi spent 33 years in Israeli prisons for his role in the military struggle against the Israeli occupation, Anadolu News Agency reports. Inspired by freedom movements all over...

Millions of people across the world remembered Nelson Mandela, the most revered global statesman, who would have turned 104 years old on Monday. The United Nations, in 2009, designated...

Sixty years after Nelson Mandela was trained in guerilla warfare in Ethiopia, a former military officer who acted as his security guard said there had been an attempt to...

Iran has submitted an application to join the group of emerging economies known as BRICS. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Iran's membership in the BRICS...

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday hailed South Africa's rejection of Israeli crimes committed against Palestinians, a statement said. The PA president said he appreciated the call made by the...

Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Saturday hailed South Africa and Spain's Catalonia region over their criticism of Israeli "crimes" against Palestinians, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, Hamas said...

South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor called on the international community to take action to put an end to the ongoing grievances the Palestinians are experiencing and to hold...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) is 58 years old this June, while the African National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 110th birthday last January. They are two of the longest...

Ex-Al Jazeera Chief, Wadah Khanfar, has blasted Western mainstream media over its failure to report honestly about the brutal reality of Israel's illegal occupation. Speaking at a landmark conference...

Since the shattering news broke of the brutal killing of one of Palestine's most iconic journalists, an unmistakable sense of anger began to surface across newsrooms in the Arab...

Turkish Embassy in Pretoria and Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), on Friday, delivered food packages in the KwaZulu-Natal state in eastern South Africa to assist hundreds of families...

While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific consequences of the war which are felt in many regions...

War is not only about the killing of innocent people; it also involves big business. Russia's invasion of Ukraine illustrates the knock-on effects of war with the unprecedented social,...

The historical campaign to end Israel's occupation of Palestine is nearing its "South Africa moment", according to Omar Barghouti. The Palestinian activist spoke about the campaign he co-founded in...

A probe was launched in Cape Town this morning to look into South African citizens enlisting in the Israel Defence Forces. The South African Zionist Terrorism Corridor Probe is...

A ceremony was organised in the Gaza Strip on Monday to commemorate South Africa's anti-apartheid icon and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Desmond Tutu, Anadolu News Agency reports.. Organised by...

With the global spotlight on Russia's military offensive in Ukraine and dramatic pictures of civilians fleeing in droves to neighbouring countries, many across the world will be wondering how...

Turkiye's women diplomats have played an important role in building political, economic and cultural relations with African countries in the last 20 years, Anadolu News Agency reports. Turkiye has...

Algeria, Ethiopia, Nigeria and South Africa last week announced the formation of Group of Four Nations (G4) aiming to deal with various issues confronting Africa. Leaders of the four nations, who met on the sidelines of the 6th...

South Africa is looking into taking stricter measures against Israel to express its "displeasure" with the "continuous racist Israeli practices" against Palestinians, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has warned. During a parliamentary meeting, Pandor...

The Pan African Palestine Solidarity Network (PAPSN) has accused the African Union (AU) of flouting its foundational values by upholding Apartheid Israel's observer status. In a statement issued yesterday the...

Egypt and South Africa have topped Forbes' latest list of Africa's Richest People 2022 with five billionaires each. Nigeria had three billionaires and Morocco two, the publication said. All the...

Long before intersectionality became a prevailing concept which helped delineate the relationship between various marginalised and oppressed groups, late South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu said it all in a...

"I thank everyone who trusted me to write, publish and cover their stories around the world." "To those who watch me from home and in front of their screens,...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu passed away this morning.  He will be remembered differently by many people around world.  He was a Nobel Prize Laureate, a man of God, a fervent...

This article was published by The Guardian on 29 April 2002, written by the former Archbishop Desmond Tutu after his visit to Palestine.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle died on Sunday at the age of 90, the presidency said. "The passing of Archbishop...