Orthopaedic surgeons give a gift of walking through surgery

https://youtu.be/F3Fpw0oUfAY By Ketemba Tjipepa About 35 local children and adults with foot and ankle deformities will undergo live changing surgeries this week to straighten their feet. The free surgery to be contacted at the Windhoek Central Hospital and Lady Pohamba, is provided by world renowned orthopaedics surgeons from Steps to walk, a global humanitarian organisation visiting the country for a week. Now in […]

June 12, 2024 20

Africa

DR Congo trial over thwarted ‘coup’ bid due to open

Around 50 people including several Americans are due to go on trial on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo over what the army said was an attempted coup, military justice official said. The hearing, which is due to begin during the morning, is taking place in a military court inside the Ndolo military prison in the capital Kinshasa. Armed men attacked the home of Economy Minister […]

June 7, 2024 17

World

Zelensky urges West to do more for ‘fair peace’ after D-Day

By Stuart Williams and Aurelia End President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the West to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion and expressed confidence that Kyiv would emerge victorious in the conflict. One day after Western leaders descended on northern France to mark the 80 year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, Zelensky addressed the […]

June 7, 2024 27

World

Ukraine wants more freedom to strike targets inside Russia

Ukraine says it would urge allies to give its troops more free-dom to strike military targets inside Russia after the United States partially lifted restrictions on the use of some Western-supplied weapons. Washington last week gave Ukraine limited permission to use Western-supplied weapons to strike some military targets on Russian territory. The issue has been deeply divisive among Ukraine's supporters, with some reluctant to permit Ukraine to strike […]

June 4, 2024 19

World

US says Rafah attack does not cross red line; media says Israel used US made weapons

The US says it's not changing its policy towards Israel following a strike that killed 45 people in the Gazan city of Rafah. It comes as US media is reporting that US-made weapons were used in the attack. Kate Fisher reports from Washington.

May 30, 2024 25

Africa

US troops to leave Niger

The United States and Niger have agreed that American troops will leave the country "no later" than 15 September, they announced in a joint statement on Sunday. According to the BBC, the two countries "reached a disengagement agreement to effect the withdrawal of U.S. forces, which has already begun". The US has relied on Niger as its primary base for monitoring regional jihadist activity.

May 20, 2024 36

Africa

Ruto’s historic US visit faces scrutiny over domestic issues

Kenya's President William Ruto is set to embark on a historic state visit to the US on 23 May 2024, marking the first visit by an African leader since Ghana’s John Kufuor in 2008. This visit underscores Ruto’s growing influence in the West and his role as a prominent voice for Africa. Since his election as president in 2022, Ruto has elevated his international profile through advocacy on climate issues […]

May 20, 2024 20

World

EU, US, and UK criticise Georgia’s foreign agent bill

European Union members, the United Kingdom, and the United States have criticised the passage of a new "foreign agent bill" in Georgia's parliament. The legislation would require organisations that get more than a fifth of their funding from overseas to register as foreign agents. Giles Gibson has more.

May 15, 2024 34

World

Israel’s invasion of Rafah will not eliminate Hamas or end the war. So, what is Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan?

By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University The Gaza war has now entered its eighth month and a resolution to the conflict still seems far off. Israel claims to have killed 13,000 Hamas militants so far. If that figure is correct, one can assume the number of wounded or incapacitated militants is at least twice or maybe three times that number. Prior to the war breaking out, […]

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