EXPLAINEROn Tuesday, a South African court will decide if thousands of Zimbabweans can stay back in the country or face possible deportation.Cape Town, South Africa – Thousands of Zimbabweans living in South Africa face an uncertain future and possible deportation before a June 2023 expiration of their work permits, following an announcement by the home government last year that there will be no extension. *Matilda Tebogo (not her real name), a 35-year-old shopkeeper, says she is stressed and nervous about what lies ahead for her and her family. The Zimbabwean national has been living and working in Cape Town for…
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Bihar Sharif, India – Glass shards, stones, bricks and liquor bottles are spread all across the compound. The door at the entrance of the main building of the seminary is missing. The wreckage of burned fans, windows, doors and furniture is lying on the floor, blackened with soot. In one corner, water is dripping from the broken ceiling. This was the scene when Al Jazeera earlier this month visited Madrassa Azizia, a prominent Muslim school in Bihar Sharif town of Nalanda district in eastern India’s Bihar state. The school in the town’s Murarpur neighbourhood, established over a century ago, was…
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 411th day, we take a look at the main developments.Here is the situation as it stands on Monday, April 10, 2023: Fighting Shelling by Russian forces over the weekend killed at least seven civilians, Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday. Russian forces launched 40 air strikes, four missile strikes and 58 attacks from multiple-rocket launchers on various parts of Ukraine between Saturday and Sunday morning, the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces reported. The Zaporizhia region’s Governor Yurii Malashko said 18 communities in all were shelled. The governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin,…
Efforts to revive India’s tiger population began 50 years ago over fears the big cats were going extinct due to poaching and habitat loss.India’s tiger population has climbed to 3,167 in 2022, according to the latest census released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the country celebrates 50 years of its tiger conservation project. From 2006 to 2018, the tiger numbers almost doubled to 2,967 and are now well above 3,000, according to the census data released on Sunday in the nation that is home to 70 percent of the world’s tigers. “This is a success not only for India…
Saudi and Omani delegations have held talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as part of international efforts to find a settlement to Yemen’s nine-year conflict, Houthi-run media reported. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run parallel to United Nations peace efforts. Negotiations also gained momentum since archrivals Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed to re-establish ties in a deal brokered by China. The envoys, who landed late on Saturday, met with the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, Mahdi al-Mashat, for talks on ending hostilities and lifting a Saudi-led “blockade”…
Ukrainian president labels Russia ‘terrorist state’ in address decrying attacks coinciding with Easter celebrations.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Russian air strikes carried out during the Orthodox Church’s observance of Palm Sunday, including an attack that killed a 50-year-old man and his 11-year-old daughter. “This is how the terrorist state marks Palm Sunday,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address. “This is how Russia places itself in even greater isolation from the world.” Ukrainian emergency services said the man and his daughter were killed after Russian forces struck a residential building in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia. A woman believed…
Over the weekend, Russian forces reportedly launched dozens of attacks on various parts of Ukraine.Weekend shelling by Russian forces has killed at least seven civilians, Ukrainian officials have reported, as Pope Francis used his traditional Easter message to highlight the war in Ukraine. While Russia continued to concentrate on seizing all of Ukraine’s industrial east, two other provinces – Kharkiv in the northeast and Zaporizhia in the southeast – came under missile, rocket and artillery fire, the Ukrainian military reported on Sunday. Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said two men died on Sunday in shelling in Kupiansk, a city Russia held…
The Minnesota Timberwolves have sent home star centre Rudy Gobert following an altercation with teammate Kyle Anderson in their game against the New Orleans Pelicans. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; During a timeout huddle, Gobert and Anderson appeared to exchange choice words with each other. After a few moments, Gobert walked into the middle of the huddle and threw a jab at Anderson. Both players were restrained by members of their own team In a separate punching-related incident, the Wolves announced that Jaden McDaniels won’t return to the game with a right hand injury. The forward punched a…
Residents are believed to be buried under the rubble, as firefighters work to extinguish flames following an explosion.Eight people are not responding to calls and are thought to be under the rubble of two buildings that have collapsed in an explosion near the port in the southern French city of Marseille, local officials have said. More than 100 firefighters worked against a ticking clock to extinguish flames deep within the rubble of the five-storey building, but more than 17 hours later “the situation is not yet stabilised,” Marseille Prosecutor Dominique Laurens said at an evening news conference on Sunday. The…
Matt Murray remains day-to-day with a head injury and is not expected to join the Toronto Maple Leafs for the final road trip of the regular season. Head coach Sheldon Keefe says the team hasn’t finalized their plan for their backup goaltending situation. “I’m not quite sure. There is a lot of stuff happening with that,” Keefe said after practice Sunday. “Roster status is up in the air at this point in terms of what that would look like.” Toronto signed goaltender Jett Alexander to an amateur tryout agreement on Saturday to serve as Ilya Samsonov’s backup and ended up…