In the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s, Tel Aviv organised several large-scale operations to get over 23,000 Jews out of Ethiopia, a country plagued by hunger, civil unrest, and Cold War conflict. However, in mid-1986, one of those secret missions ended in disaster. For over three decades, details on ‘Operation Djibouti’, a Mossad extraction mission so secret that not even the Israeli foreign... 

Chimpanzees may seem like friendly, cuddly creatures but they can pose a serious threat to humans as villagers are finding out in a virtual war with the animals. A full-grown chimp can have up to five times the upper body strength of a man, says Dutch primatologist Frans de Waal: “People watch pro wrestlers on TV and think they are strong. But a pro wrestler would not be able to hold a chimpanzee... 

A convoy of buses carrying employees and contractors of a Canadian gold mining firm and its military escort fell victim to an armed ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, leaving upwards of 37 dead and 60 injured, local authorities say. The SEMAFO convoy was attacked by unidentified gunmen some 40km from one of its mines in the Est region, despite having an escort of local security forces. While the company... 

Nigeria wants Russia’s assistance to finally launch its steel plant, Ajaokuta Steel, sometimes called the “bedrock” of the nation’s industrialization, which was almost completed in the 1980s, but has never become operational. Russian MetProm group, which specializes in modernization and construction of iron and steel plants among other things, has agreed to finish the project, Nigerian Minister... 

Moscow has written off more than $20 billion in debt accumulated by African countries during the Soviet era, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday. “It was not only an act of generosity, but also a manifestation of pragmatism, because many of the African states were not able to pay interest on these loans,” Putin told TASS on the eve of the summit. While addressing the Russia-Africa... 

An examination spectacularly failed by all would-be professional surgeons from five universities in South Africa two weeks ago will now be written in an easier multiple-choice format to improve the pass rate: Zach Koto, president of the council of surgeons at the Colleges of Medicine of SA (CMSA), announced at a media briefing held in Joburg on Tuesday that the multiple-choice format will be used,... 

South African President and leader of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, has hailed the recently-deceased white-hating former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as a “hero” and a “gigantic intellectual””—and announced that the ANC would always be firm allies of Mugabe’s party. In what is being widely interpreted as yet another sign that South Africa intends to follow Zimbabwe’s path of seizing... 

51 More white crosses are to be erected at the ‘White Cross Monument’ in memory of white South African farmers who have been attacked and brutally murdered by blacks. This tribute will take place over the weekend of 6 to 8 September 2019. The ceremony will take place at the monument between Mokopane (Potgietersrus) and Polokwane (Pietersburg). The program is as follows for Saturday 7 September... 

With her grandson in the oven, she just prays. When robbers ordered her three-year-old grandson to climb into an oven, she could do nothing but sing for Jesus. ‘Jesus let Your angels descend on me’, says Annelize Swanepoel about her reaction to the gruesome events that took place at her home in Del Judor in eMalahleni (Witbank) last Wednesday. “I didn’t know what they were going to do next. “One... 

An elderly lady who lived alone on farm was murdered and dumped in the graveyard in Bethlehem, a large town in the rainbow nation of South Africa. The 72-year-old Miemie Frost’s body was found in the graveyard in Bethlehem in the Free State on Saturday morning 7 September after an hours-long search. She lived alone on a farm outside the town. She also rented out some of the lands of the farm. Her... 

South Africa appears to be suffering from an open border crisis under the black government. This has led to rioting and good old-fashioned machete gangs of local South Africans attacking Nigerian migrants. New York Times: Pop stars have announced a boycott. Air Tanzania has suspended flights to Johannesburg. Madagascar and Zambia are refusing to send their soccer teams. Nigeria has recalled its ambassador... 

Xenophobic violence is flaring once again in South Africa, where black South Africans are setting fire to other African migrants and attacking foreign-owned businesses. “Rioters looted shops, created flaming barricades on roads and engaged in street fights with police, as attacks on immigrants and foreign-owned businesses increase,” reported RT. “Some 50 businesses were looted and damaged on... 

Black South African “Equality Court” judge Phineas Mojapelo has ruled that the further “gratuitous” public display of the old South African flag constitutes “hate speech” in that country, and that anyone saying that displaying it will be prosecuted—even if it is inside their own private house. Ruling in a case brought by the “Nelson Mandela Foundation” and the “Human Rights Commission”—both... 

Zimbabwe which was widely hailed by the controlled media to have “turned a corner” and be “on the road to recovery” following the forced resignation of Robert Mugabe a year ago, is now in even worse condition than ever, and has regular 15-hour power cuts, runaway inflation, and endless currency crises and fuel shortages. A report on the ground from the Aljazeera news service reveals that Africans... 

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this outbreak, even though other experts say it has long met the required conditions....