Africa

South Africa has said it is recalling all of its diplomats from Tel Aviv in protest at Zionist regime’s mass killing of civilians in the embattled Gaza Strip.

The people of South Africa during the years of apartheid took inspiration from the heroic resistance of Palestinians in their struggle for the liberation of Israeli-occupied territories, Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of South Africa’s legendary anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela said.

South Africa's parliament votes in favor of downgrading the country's relations with the Zionist regime in solidarity with Palestinians.

South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said Tuesday that Israel should be classified as an apartheid state and that the United Nations General Assembly should establish a committee to verify whether it satisfied its requirements, Al Jazeera reported.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has received the head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the country's Independence Day celebrations.

Israel's growing influence in Africa – including that of obtaining observer status at the African Union, the largest political organisation on the continent – has enraged many pro-Palestinian campaigners, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The Nabia and Grounded festivals, which coincide with the Jewish Passover holiday, also come as Muslims observe a daytime fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

Civil society activists from 21 countries across Africa have pledged to intensify the fight against Israel’s apartheid practices against the Palestinian people.

The verdict by the South African court that openly and clearly says 'anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism' has caught Israel red-handed.

BDS movement says South Africa should not be playing a tie this weekend in Ashdod, a Palestinian town ethnically cleansed by Israel in 1948.

A company controlled by Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler will give control of valuable mining and oil assets back to the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said on Friday.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Aqila Saleh has reiterated the stead support of Libya for the people of Palestine, reiterating in a meeting with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Eshtaya, the unwavering stance of Libya regarding the support of Palestine’s rights.

It is believed that the composition of the committee formed to study the issue of the abolition of the Zionist regime's membership in the African Union, reflects the fact that, with the presence of countries like Algeria and South Africa, Tel Aviv should have no hope of returning to the union.

But if the gaps don’t narrow first, Algiers may delay or even cancel the conference, Gaza-based analyst says.

Arab media outlets reported yesterday that Mossad Director David Barnea met in Jordan recently with Khalifa Hifter’s rival, Libyan transition Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh.

A hack targeting US officials is just the latest problem for NSO Group, the Israeli company behind Pegasus spyware.

Head of the Algerian Senate said Thursday that his country was “targeted” by the visit of Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz to Morocco, during which both countries signed a security cooperation agreement.

The South African government withdrew its support for the Miss Universe candidate in the occupied territories of Palestine over Israel's atrocities against Palestine.

“We in Hamas are proud of these Algerian remarks and we support them,” senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri stated on Saturday.

The Israeli spy agency Mossad has thwarted multiple attacks allegedly by Iran against Israeli tourists and businessmen in at least three African countries, Israel’s Channel 12 claimed on Sunday night.

Sudan has expressed its opposition to Israel being given observer status in the African Union.

South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor and Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs Riad Malki agreed on Friday to work together to have Israel’s observer’s status at the African Union (AU) rescinded.

Cyril Ramaphosa urges world leaders to find just and lasting solution to Palestinian issue

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday for talks on Israeli-Palestinian relations and bilateral ties in the first official trip by an Israeli head of government to Egypt in a decade.

Today, as Israel rejoins the AU, the continental body must be willing to step up its efforts to stand up for Palestine and must declare its stance publicly.

South Africa has described as “unjust, unwarranted and inexplicable” the African Union’s (AU) decision to grant Israel observer member status.

The South African government said on Wednesday it is “appalled” at the African Union Commission’s decision which granted Israel an official observer status at the African Union.

The hallway of the palace-like Greater Cairo Library in Egypt hosted works by Egyptian and Arab caricaturists in a gallery expressing support for the Palestinian cause and the struggle of the Palestinians in their decades-long conflict with Israel.

According to the report by Intelligence Online, Israel is also in contact with the son of Qaddafi, who is supported by the Russians. Israeli representatives have good contacts with both sides of the conflict in Libya – Tripoli and Benghazi, the report says

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Dr Zahra Mostafawi praised South African citizens for their widely participation in the International Quds Day.

A Nigerian court has refused to grant bail to Ayatollah Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, days after more than 40 of his supporters were martyred during protests demanding his release.

Zimbabwean government has reiterated its support for a sovereign Palestinian state against an onslaught the country is facing from Israel with the support of the Americans.

Israel has asked Egypt not to allow the body of a Palestinian engineer and Hamas member who was murdered in Kuala Lumpur to be brought back to Gaza.

The meetings came as Arab leaders convened in Saudi Arabia for the 29th Arab Summit, which is scheduled to start on Sunday, with the Palestinian issue and the Libyan crisis among the topics for discussion.

Israel says it has cancelled plans to deport African migrants to Africa, adding that it has instead reached a deal with the United Nations refugee agency to send more than 16,000 to Western countries.

Morocco’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita will visit Palestine next week, the first official visit of its kind for the minister.

Nigeria’s homegrown Boko Haram Takfiri terror group has surprisingly returned more than a 100 of 110 girls it had abducted from the country’s northeast last month, but has served the parents with a stern warning.

The African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party in South Africa, decided on Wednesday to downsize its embassy in Israel to a liaison office, in response to the American government’s controversial policy changes in the country.

The Twittersphere went into overdrive immediately after the cancellation of the controversial African-Israeli summit. “When you are on an Apartheid selling roadshow Africans don’t buy it,” tweeted the South African BDS movement.

The Palestinians in Europe Conference (PEC) expressed deep concern about the fallouts of the Africa-Israel summit slated to kick off by the end of September in Togo.