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Namibia founding President Sam Nujoma mourned throughout Africa
International News

Founding Namibian President Sam Nujoma Laid to Rest After State Funeral

March 13, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Sam Nujoma, the founding president of the Republic of Namibia and longtime leader of the South-West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), died in his home country on February 9. He was given a […]
COP29 climate finance demonstration
International News

COP29 Climate Change Summit Marked by Acrimonious Debate

November 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe A two-week long annual United Nations Climate Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan has ended without addressing the concerns of the peoples of the underdeveloped and developing geopolitical regions of the world. Although the […]
The Israeli Knesset passed a second reading of two bills that effectively ban UNRWA
International News

Why Israel Banned UNRWA

November 19, 2024 fwstaff
By Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle On October 28, the Israeli Knesset passed a second reading of two bills that effectively ban the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) from carrying out “any activity” […]
NAM conference on 60th anniversary
International News

Non-Aligned Movement Condemns zionist Airstrikes on Iran

November 12, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Even though inside the United States, Britain and the many Western European states the israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) retaliatory bombing of military sites in the Islamic Republic of Iran on October 26 […]
SADR map
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UN Security Council Renews Mission for Western Sahara as Independence Remains Elusive

November 9, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe What has been described as “Africa’s last colony,” the Western Sahara territory is still waiting to exercise its decades-long desire for national independence and sovereignty. Formerly known as the “Spanish Sahara”, the […]
South Africa's Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola
International News

New Forensic Evidence – South Africa to File Detailed Dossier in Genocide Case against Israel

October 31, 2024 fwstaff
By The Palestine Chronicle Staff On December 29, the South African government brought the case against Israel before the ICJ, accusing it of “genocidal acts” in its military campaign in Gaza. South Africa is set […]
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in 1959
International News

United Nations Releases New Report on the Death of Former Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in 1961

October 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe September 18, 1961, was a significant day in the struggle surrounding the African liberation movements aimed at ending colonialism on that continent. United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and the entire crew […]
Palestinians at a food distribution point in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, on 19 October
International News

Israeli extermination plan underway in northern Gaza

October 28, 2024 fwstaff
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada Dozens of people were killed in Beit Lahiya on Saturday as Israeli warplanes razed entire residential blocks just days after the UN warned that tens of thousands of […]
UNGA speech by Erdogan
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79th United Nations General Assembly Convenes as World Security Crisis Worsens

September 30, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States President Joe Biden addressed the United Nations General Assembly 79th Session on Tuesday September 24 noting this would be his last speech before the international body founded in 1945 in […]
South African lawyers at the ICJ
International News

ICJ Rules Against Israel Saying Rafah Siege Must End Immediately

June 2, 2024 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In another decision at the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ), the judges ruled 13-2 that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) must end its bombing operations and blockade in the city […]