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Under fire: The cargo ship Mayuree Naree was attacked near the Strait of Hormuz. The Thai-flagged ship had departed Khalifa Port in the UAE on 11 March before coming under attack. Photo: Ae Pek
ENERGY MARKETS

SA warns of economic shock as Iran war expands

Iranian retaliation and Israeli air strikes are spreading across Gulf states and Lebanon, rattling energy markets and exposing deep divisions at the United Nations

  • Hasina Kathrada
6 min read
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers. (Photo by Ahmad Kaddoura/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Africans trapped in Lebanon by ‘kafala’ labour system and Israel’s bombs

With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers

  • Ngozi Monica Cole
  • Amélie David
6 min read
A group of men carry Hassan Nasrallah’s photo and chant slogans following Hezbollah’s statement after the secretary general was killed in Israeli airstrikes in Beirut, Lebanon on September 28, 2024. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)
ARTICLE

Israel says 20 Hezbollah members ‘eliminated’ in strike that killed Nasrallah

The strikes have decimated Hezbollah’s senior command structure

  • Sofiane Alsaar
5 min read
A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani, and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS

Foreign nationals told to leave Lebanon amid rising regional tensions, fears of war

Saudi Arabia and France are the latest of several countries calling on their citizens to leave

  • Laure Al Khoury
  • Talek Harris
5 min read