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A PALESTINIAN teenager, shot in the eye by Israeli forces while desperately seeking food for his family near a United States and Israeli-backed GHF site in Gaza, is unlikely to regain sight in his left eye, doctors treating him have said, as the population of the besieged and bombarded enclave suffers from forced starvation. Fifteen-year-old Abdul Rahman Abu Jazar told Al Jazeera that Israeli soldiers kept shooting at him even after he was struck by a bullet, making him think “this was the end” and “death was near”. Relaying the harrowing chain of events from a hospital bed with a…

A VOLCANO erupted for the first time in 450 years in Russia’s eastern Kamchatka region, the nation’s emergency authority said Sunday, days after one of the strongest earthquakes on record hit the region. Pictures released by Russian state media show a towering plume of ash spewing from the Krasheninnikov volcano, which last erupted in 1550, according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program. The plume is estimated to have reached an altitude of 6,000 metres (19,700 feet), Kamchatka’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a post on Telegram. “The plume is spreading eastward from the volcano toward the Pacific Ocean.…

AT least 68 African refugees and migrants have died and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the United Nations migration agency. Abdusattor Esoev, head of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Yemen, told The Associated Press news agency on Sunday that the boat, with 154 Ethiopians aboard, capsized off Yemen’s province of Abyan. Twelve people survived the shipwreck, he said, adding that the bodies of 54 refugees and migrants washed ashore in the district of Khanfar and 14 others were found dead at a different location and taken to…

AMINA Bouayach, President of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH), has earned recognition on Pour Elle’s 2025 list of “50 Inspiring African Women.” In the 2025 list, Bouayach features along with nine other inspiring African activist women and has been selected for her dedication to defending human rights, equality, and social justice throughout her career in Morocco. The African media platform “Pour Elle” focuses on women’s and girls’ issues across Africa. This year’s honorees list marks International African Women’s Day 2025. The platform has a mission of celebrating prominent African women who leave lasting impacts on their communities and the…

NIGERIA’s D’Tigress overcame a resilient Senegal to reach the final of the 2025 Women’s Afrobasket for the fifth time in a row. The Nigerians won 75-68 in a hotly-contested game, rightly dubbed “final before the final” at the Palais des Sports de Treichville in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Senegal led by 8 points at the beginning of the 4th quarter. However, Rena Wakama’s ladies proved their mettle, overpowering the silver medalists in the last AfroBasket by 7pts. Senegal’s Cierra Dillard was her team’s best player on the night, with 26 points, seven rebounds, and three assists, helping them outscore Nigeria 21-9…

MANCHESTER United are prepared to sell striker Rasmus Hojlund for £30m. The Denmark striker scored twice against Bournemouth in Chicago on Wednesday. Immediately after the game he sought out waiting journalists to say his intention was to remain at United despite their ongoing interest in signing RB Leipzig’s Slovenia forward Benjamin Sesko. However, the situation is not quite so straightforward. Newcastle are also keen on Sesko but are yet to strike a deal with RB Leipzig for the 22-year-old. United are waiting to decide their next move and there have been reports that the player would prefer to switch to…

A PALESTINIAN teenager with no previous health conditions has starved to death in Gaza after being hospitalised, medical officials and relatives say, as people in the besieged enclave desperately struggle to find food amid Israel’s continued blockade on aid. Atef Abu Khater, 17, died on Saturday, a source at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told Al Jazeera. His weight had dropped from 70kg (154lbs) to just 25kg (55lbs) when he died, his family said – roughly what a nine-year-old child should weigh. “We hear from his family members and others who knew him that he used to be a local…

UKRAINIAN authorities have detained several officials over a “large-scale corruption scheme” in the defence sector, just days after lawmakers restored the independence of the country’s two main investigative bodies. The National Anti-Corruption Agency (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) said in a joint statement on Saturday that they made four arrests in connection with the scheme, which involved the procurement of military drones and signal jamming systems. “The essence of the scheme was to conclude state contracts with supplier companies at deliberately inflated prices,” they said, adding that the suspects had received kickbacks of up to 30 percent…

A FORMER prime minister of Mali, which is now under military rule, has been charged with undermining the credibility of the state over comments on social media. After a prison visit to see detained opposition figures in July, Moussa Mara declared on X his “unwavering solidarity with prisoners of conscience”. Mara, who served as prime minister for nine months a decade ago, has been a recent outspoken critic of the military government. The junta, in power since coups in 2020 and 2021, dissolved all political parties in May following rare anti-government protests. On Thursday, Mara was detained and questioned for…

SOUTH African police said they have arrested some 1,000 undocumented migrants working in gold mines in the northeast of the country. A police spokesman for the Mpumalanga province, where the week-long sweep took place, told AFP there could be more arrests because there were still illegal miners underground. “As they are coming out, they have been taken,” said the spokesman, Donald Mdhluli, on Friday. The police operation, which started on Monday, targeted clandestine mining near the village of Barberton, close to the borders of Eswatini and Mozambique. The Sheba Mine is owned by Barberton Mines, which said in a statement,…

MANCHESTER United are trying to complete a statement move for elite Paris Saint-Germain star Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sky Sports have confirmed, with the potential transfer fee having been revealed and an Old Trafford goalkeeper’s future now ‘in doubt’. Donnarumma joined PSG on a free transfer in July 2021 after AC Milan failed to tie him down to a new contract. Since then, the giant 6ft 5in keeper has managed 56 clean sheets in 161 appearances for PSG. Donnarumma has helped his club to win four Ligue 1 titles, two French Cups and three French Super Cups. He also played a starring…

STARVATION is spreading across the Gaza Strip, and the only organisation on the ground mandated to provide food aid stands accused of grave rights violations and the targeting of civilians. The controversial United States and Israel-backed GHF took over aid distribution in Gaza in May, after Israel eased its total blockade of the Strip. Since then, the United Nations says, more than 1,300 Palestinians have been killed trying to reach food. Many have been purposefully shot by Israeli soldiers or US security contractors hired by GHF, according to testimonies from whistleblowers published in the media. Still, in desperation to get…

US President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of two nuclear submarines Friday in an extraordinary escalation of what had been an online war of words with a Russian official over Ukraine and tariffs. Trump and Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, have been sparring on social media for days. Trump’s post on his Truth Social platform abruptly took that spat into the very real and rarely publicized sphere of nuclear forces. “Based on the highly provocative statements,” Trump said he had “ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish…

WITH just a month to the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), the African Union has reiterated the urgent need for global partners to bridge the continent’s climate finance gap, disclosing that Africa requires $3 trillion to meet its climate goals. Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment at the African Union Commission, Moses Vilakati, made the call during a virtual media briefing on the forthcoming summit scheduled for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Themed “Accelerating Global Climate Solutions and Financing for Africa’s Resilient and Green Development,” ACS2 aims to shift Africa from dialogue to action by turning climate pledges…

SOUTH African scientists have launched an anti-poaching campaign in which rhino’s horns will be injected with a radioactive material. The group, from the University of the Witwatersrand, said the process is harmless to rhinos but will allow customs officers to detect smuggled horns as they’re transported across the world. South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, and hundreds of the animals are poached there every year. The university’s venture, called the Rhisotope Project, cost around £220,000 ($290,000) and involved six years of research and testing. “At least one animal a day is still being poached,” James Larkin,…

SUPER Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has completed his permanent switch to Turkish giants Galatasaray in a deal worth €75 million. Galatasaray announced the signing of the Nigerian, who spent last season on loan from Napoli, on Thursday. “Regarding the transfer of professional footballer Victor James Osimhen, an agreement has been reached with his club, SSCN Napoli SPA. “In this context, a net transfer fee of €75,000,000 will be paid to the player’s former club,” the club wrote on their social media pages.” The 26-year-old inked a four-year deal with the Turkish champions and will be paid €15 million per season.…

NIGERIA’s D’Tigress will play Cameroon in the quarter-final of the 2025 Afrobasket in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Cameroon beat Angola 85-64 on Wednesday to set up the last eight tie with the defending champions. Nigeria, on the other hand, won two of their matches against Rwanda and Mozambique to seal a quarter-final berth. The D’Tigress are targeting a fifth consecutive Afrobasket title, a feat that would make them the first team to get such a record in the competition. Cameroon defeated the Nigerians in the 2015 semi-final of the competition. But the West Africans have since that loss gone unbeaten, winning…

PALESTINIAN mothers in the Gaza Strip are desperately trying to feed their newborns as Israel’s punishing blockade on the besieged enclave has led to dire shortages of infant formula, with some resorting to filling bottles with water and whatever food they can find. Dr Kahlil Daqran told Al Jazeera on Thursday that as supplies of formula run out, many mothers are often too malnourished to breastfeed their infants. “In the Gaza Strip, we have thousands of children being starved because there is no milk for children under the age of two,” Daqran said. “These children, their mothers also have malnutrition…

MICROSOFT has accused one of the Russian government’s premier cyber-espionage units of deploying malware against embassies and diplomatic organisations in Moscow by leveraging local internet service providers. In a blog post on Thursday, Microsoft Threat Intelligence said the campaign by Russia’s Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB, “has been ongoing since at least 2024”. The effort “poses a high risk to foreign embassies, diplomatic entities, and other sensitive organizations operating in Moscow, particularly to those entities who rely on local internet providers”, Microsoft said. The analysis confirms for the first time that the FSB is conducting cyber-espionage at…

AN unreasonable storm is brewing in Kenya over the latest proposals to control the sale and consumption of alcohol, including raising the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21. The sweeping proposed upright rules, unveiled on Wednesday, include a ban on purchasing alcohol in supermarkets, restaurants and on public transport. The online sale and home delivery of alcoholic drinks as well as celebrity endorsements will also be outlawed. The authorities have defended the planned measures as necessary to address substance abuse especially among the youth. But many Kenyans, including those in the alcohol industry, have criticised the proposals as misguided…