Lockdowns: Saving lives, but ruining livelihoods in Africa
Africa
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US President Trump's Middle East peace plan
A map of Israel and Palestinian territories showing a proposed Middle East peace plan of US President Donald Trump.
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Lacking support, Palestinians pull request for UN vote against Trump plan
A diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the United States has placed "very strong pressure" on other countries on the Security Council, including threats of economic retribution.
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US warns Israel against 'unilateral' West Bank moves
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, unveiled on 28 January, envisages Israel keeping key swathes of the occupied territory where Palestinians seek statehood. But the question of timing has opened up a rare rift between the allies.
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Thousands rally in Morocco against Trump Mideast peace plan
They called for a boycott of American products, denouncing the United States as 'enemies of peace' and chanted 'Palestine is not for sale'.
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President Ramaphosa officially assumes chair of AU for 2020
The president began his tenure vowing to end the conflict in Libya and the Sahel region, and to tackle world powers fuelling wars on the continent.
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Pan-Islamic body OIC rejects Trump's Mideast plan
A meeting of foreign ministers at OIC headquarters in the Saudi city of Jeddah called on 'all member states not (to) deal with this plan or cooperate with the US administration efforts to enforce it in any way or form'.
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Carter says Trump Mideast plan violates international law
US President Donald Trump's plan recognises Israeli sovereignty over most of its West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley, as well as an undivided Jerusalem.
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Palestine relying on SA to help defeat Trump's Mideast peace plan - Jarrar
Palestine’s ambassador to South Africa Hanan Jarrar told a media briefing on Friday that US President Donald Trump's plan was actually a plan for the surrender and perpetual subjection of Palestine.
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CARTOON: Deal of the Century
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Trump peace plan embraced in Israel, rejected by Palestinians
Trump, who unveiled the plan on Tuesday at the White House standing alongside Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with no Palestinian representatives on hand, said his initiative could succeed where others had failed.
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Trump calls Mideast plan a 'big step towards peace'
Calling the plan a 'historic opportunity' for the Palestinians to achieve an independent state, Trump added, 'this could be the last opportunity they will ever have.'
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Trump ignores critics, to unveil Israel-Palestinian peace plan
Long-held secret, the plan will finally be aired jointly by Trump and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
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Trump to unveil Israeli-Palestinian plan in Netanyahu, Gantz visits
The White House meeting with Netanyahu and, separately, with his arch-rival Benny Gantz, thrusts Trump right into Israel's tense election scheduled in just over a month.
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Palestinians threaten to quit Oslo Accords over Trump peace plan
Chief Palestinian negotiation Saeb Erekat told AFP that the Palestinian Liberation Organisation reserved the right 'to withdraw from the interim agreement', the concrete part of the Oslo deal, if Trump unveils his plan.
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Israel hits Gaza with air strikes after 'rocket fire'
Israeli military aircraft carried out air strikes against the Gaza Strip Wednesday night, the army said, in what it called a response to a rocket fired from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave.
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ICC prosecutor announces probe into 'war crimes' in Palestinian territories
The statement from prosecutor Fatou Besouda did not specify the perpetrators of the alleged crimes.
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Israel strikes Gaza in response to rocket fire - army
It said a weapons manufacturing site and underground infrastructure were among the sites targeted.
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In new pro-Israel shift, US no longer calls settlements illegal
The statement puts the United States at odds with virtually all countries as well as UN Security Council resolutions and was hailed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close ally of President Donald Trump who is days away from potentially losing office.
