
HAMAS today blamed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the failure of ceasefire talks and accused the Israeli leader of wanting to prolong the war on Palestinians in Gaza.
This came a day after Mr Netanyahu insisted that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, digging in on his stance on an issue that has threatened to derail ceasefire efforts.

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