
IT IS no surprise that Gaza’s death toll has continued to climb even with a ceasefire, Amnesty International’s secretary general Agnes Callamard said today.
This comes as authorities confirmed today that the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza has reached a staggering 61,709, and a day after plans by United States President Donald Trump to “clean out” Gaza prompted a swift rebuke from Iran.
The latest figures from Gaza also show that more than 111,588 Palestinians have been injured with another 14,222 missing and presumed to be dead since October 2023.

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