Displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel's decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, January 27, 2025
TENS of thousands of Palestinians streamed back into the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip today after Israel lifted its closure of the north for the first time since the early weeks of 15 months of fighting.
This followed United States President Donald Trump being accused of supporting ethnic cleansing for suggesting that Palestinians should be cleared out of Gaza to Egypt and Jordan.
But the Palestinian return to northern Gaza was both tragic — as people encountered their bombed-out homes — and triumphant as they returned to the soil that many thought they would never see again and as many were reunited with family.
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
