Tag: middle east news
Cameroon Re-Elects Paul Biya at 92 | Longest-Serving Leader Secures Another Term Amid Protests
Cameroon has re-elected President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest sitting leader at 92, extending his four-decade rule. The election outcome has triggered protests across the…
‘It is a Holocaust’: South African politician clashes with TV presenter
South African politician Dr Mamphela Ramphele disagreed with a TV presenter over the framing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza as a “Holocaust”. The TV presenter…
UN chief says US-Israeli backed Gaza aid operation is ‘inherently unsafe’ and ‘killing people’
“The search for food must never be a death sentence.” UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, during a press conference on Friday, said that the US-Israeli-backed Gaza…
Activists forced onto planes at Cairo airport amid crackdown on Global March for Gaza
Footage shared online shows Egyptian authorities forcibly escorting dozens of international activists onto planes at Cairo International Airport after confiscating their passports, despite the activists…
‘Member states should break Gaza siege’, says Francesca Albanese
Speaking to MEE Live, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese called on member states to take responsibility for ending Israel’s siege of Gaza, rather than leaving…
Trump says he’d ‘take plane’ if South Africa offered one
In a press conference with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, US President Donald Trump said he’d accept a plane from South Africa if they’d offered…
