
ISRAELI forces began withdrawing from a key Gaza corridor today, Israeli officials said, part of Israel’s commitments under a brittle ceasefire deal with Hamas.
The deal is continuing to move ahead but faces a key test on whether both sides will be able to negotiate its planned extension.
Today, cars heaped with belongings, including water tanks and suitcases, were seen heading north through a road that crosses Netzarim.

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