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The six South Africans who were captured by Israel while part of the Global Sumud Flotilla last week are set to return home on Tuesday

Gaza flotilla sails on despite attacks

Along with drone attacks, the fleet faces a political campaign to delegitimise it

Turn the page: Marcus de Jong, owner of De Jong’s bookshop in Braamfontein, has died in The Netherlands. Photo: Corina van der Spoel

Marcus de Jong: The legacy of a bookshop pioneer and champion of progressive thought

From banned books to political activism, Marcus de Jong’s life was a testament to the power of ideas and the human spirit

Yahya Sinwar, head of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Yousef Masoud/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Israel, Hamas reject bid before ICC to arrest leaders for war crimes

International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he had applied for arrest warrants for top Israeli and Hamas leaders over the conflict

On notice: International Court of Justice Judge President Joan Donoghue, watched by Israel’s and South Africa’s defence teams, delivers the order on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel on 26 January in The Hague, Netherlands.  (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Iron cloak of security: Behind SA’s risky decision to take on Israel

South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics

South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South. (Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)

World court agreed that Israel is on the wrong side of history

South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South

The narrative has changed because people are revolting. The Western person in the street and the impoverished and abused global citizen are the ones revolting. (Photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Brics+ are checkmating the Western narrative on Gaza

The narrative has changed because people are revolting. The Western man in the street and the impoverished and abused global citizen, are the ones revolting

An Israeli soldier directs an artillery unit near the border with Lebanon on January 11, 2024 in Northern Israel. The war between Israel and Hamas that ignited on Oct. 7 has also inflamed tensions on the country’s northern border with Lebanon, where the militant political group Hezbollah has traded cross-border fire with Israel in the most significant clashes since 2006.  (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

US embassy official in SA reiterates rejection of Gaza ceasefire

David Feldman said Jews in South Africa should not be held responsible for the words and actions of the Israeli government

TOPSHOT – People chant the name of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko as they hold up a t-shirt with his name during the Labour Day Parade organized by the Central Organization of Trade Unions Kenya (COTU-K) at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on May 1, 2018. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)        (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)

The rise and fall of Mike Sonko — Nairobi’s Matatu King

Mike Sonko first rose to fame (and infamy) as a taxi overlord. He used his power to become the governor of Nairobi, before being outfoxed by the political elite

The dichotomy of Dominic Ongwen

The brutality meted out to the infamous Ugandan warlord was almost as horrifying as that delivered by him

Congolese militia commander Bosco Ntaganda sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court during his trial at the Hague in the Netherlands. (Reuters/Eva Plevier/Pool)

Congolese ‘Terminator’ warlord gets harshest ever ICC sentence

An ICC spokesman confirmed it was the heaviest ever penalty handed down by the court, which was set up in 2002 to try the world’s worst crimes

Teff is gluten-free and rich in nutrients, and has been touted as the next major health food fad, following in the footsteps of quinoa and kale. (Photo: SarahTz/Flickr)

Ethiopia gets its injera back

Controversial patent for Ethiopia’s staple food has been overturned

Alfred Yekatom will face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AFP)

CAR’s Colonel ‘Rambo’ to face war crimes charges in The Hague

A militia leader from the Central African Republic has been extradited to the International Criminal Court in The Hague

Frustration reigned at the R2.3-billion VBS Mutual Bank heist court case after another postponement, with one of the accused’s lawyers arguing that his client was suffering financial prejudice because of the state’s alleged ineptitude.

Britain fights for control of its last African colony

The Chagos Islands are at the heart of an international sovereignty dispute

A handful of soldiers have been charged by Myanmar for involvement in a single massacre but UN special rapporteur Yanghee Lee has tempered expectations that Myanmar’s generals would stand trial anytime soon. (Reuters)

Catalogue of abuse: Seeking justice for the Rohingya

Different teams of investigators in the world’s biggest refugee camp in Bangladesh have been quietly documenting the events of 2017

People displaced by the fighting between warring forces in the Central African Republic find shelter in an old factory on the grounds of the Catholic church in Bossangoa.

The aftermath of conflict captured beautifully

Photojournalist Marcus Bleasdale has documented war and its aftermath around the world but especially in Africa. He spoke to Shaun de Waal

There has however been growing international concern about repeated allegations of the use of poison gases in the Iraq and Syria conflicts

Showdown as West seeks to boost powers of chemical arms watchdog

A two-thirds majority, minus any abstentions, is needed for Britain’s draft to pass

Duterte said The Hague-based organisation “has no jurisdiction nor will it acquire jurisdiction” over him.

Duterte announces Philippines’ ‘immediate’ withdrawal from ICC

Philippine president’s decision follows The Hague tribunal probe on his drug war that left as many as 20 000 dead.

Memo to Shaun Abrahams: We’ve compiled a cut-out-and-keep charge sheet for your convenience.

​ICC ruling is an opening for the ANC to embrace global justice

JUSTICE The International Criminal Court’s July 6 ruling on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s 2015 visit was an invitation to South Africa to renew its commitment to global…

Alfred Yekatom will face trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AFP)

The world must oppose genocide and other atrocities and ensure justice

The International Criminal Court is celebrating 18 years of existence, but many nations have yet to sign its Rome Statute.

The NPA still wants the settlement agreement between Zuma and Nxasana set aside

ICC prosecutors seek Kenyatta’s phone, bank records

While prosecutors at the ICC seek access to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s bank and phone records, his government denies intimidating witnesses.