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Al Azhar delegates to answer

Al Azhar delegates arrive in SA today and we have an update on their schedule. The theme is caravan of peace. Online to discuss is…

6 Jul 2015 4AM 5 min

Boko Haram

In light of another attack by terror group Boko Haram in which 44 people were killed today, we now recap on what happened in the area last week. This is the interview with James Schneider…

5 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

Boko Haram is at it again

Boko Haram gunmen have killed more than 140 people in three separate attacks on mosques and villages in Nigeria's northeast Borno State. Several mosques were attacked in the town of Kukawa on Wednesday night, with at least 97 men, women and children among the victims. Two other villages were also…

2 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

Bahrain tightens security amid ISIS threats

Bahrain is beefing up security measures around the country's mosques over threats made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group. The measures were taken after a suicide attack on a mosque in neighbouring Kuwait last week, in which an ISIL member killed 27 people.

2 Jul 2015 10PM 6 min

How Mbalula kept LOC members mum on Fifa bribe

In recent weeks, we've seen a decline in interest in the whole Fifa scandal but today, new reports have emerged that show how Sport Minister, Fikile Mbalula tried to keep details of the Fifa scandal from the public by telling former World Cup local organising committee (LOC) members not to…

2 Jul 2015 10PM 7 min

IJR Public Seminar

The Institute for Justice & Reconciliation (IJR) held a public seminar today to discuss SA, ICC and international justice following the Al Bashir saga. One of the speakers joins us now online…

1 Jul 2015 11PM 7 min

Obama announces re-establishment of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic ties

President Barack Obama said yesterday that it was past time for the U.S. to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba as he announced that the two countries were reopening their embassies after more than 50 years. However, it wasn't easy getting to this point. It took months of complex negotiations, diplomatic…

1 Jul 2015 10PM 8 min

100+ dead in Egypt deadly attacks

Egypt's army has said more than 100 fighters and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the peninsula. A group pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, the Province of Sinai,…

1 Jul 2015 10PM 8 min

SA activists arrive back from Freedom Flotilla

The two South Africans, part of the recently-intercepted Freedom Flotilla that attempted to break an 8-year Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip, have returned to South Africa via OR Tambo Airport at 9:50 this morning. Dr. Clint Le Bruyns was on-board a standby vessel, while Ismail Moola provided logistical support…

30 Jun 2015 10PM 9 min

Iran Talks

Yet again, the negotiators at the Iran nuclear talks have given themselves another deadline to conclude an agreement, but this one is different. Previous target dates have been self-imposed. The new one, July 7, has been forced on the diplomats by external actors hostile to an agreement. Online is Arash Azizi who…

30 Jun 2015 10PM 12 min

Bassiouni case update

The case of Sh Bassiouni is still dragging on as we see no progress in getting the scholar of out Egypt. VOC journalist, Raéesah Isaacs spoke to his son, Bilal Bassiouni for an update…

30 Jun 2015 10PM 5 min

Freedom Flotilla Update

Most of the activists who were aboard the Marianne ship are still detained in Givon prison in Ramla, Israel, after the ship was intercepted by Israeli naval forces early yesterday morning. But it seems that this has not deterred the Freedom Flotilla Coalition from continuing its mission. VOC News editor…

29 Jun 2015 10PM 11 min

Lesotho on brink again

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has been urgently sent to Lesotho to consult with Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili following fears of more political instability in the country. The decision to deploy him was taken after three opposition party leaders fled the country and the killing of former Lesotho Defence Force commander Brigadier Maarparankoe…

29 Jun 2015 10PM 12 min

Beyond Jihad & Traditionalism: Afghanistan's New Generation of Islamic Activists

Not all Afghan youth who are politically active and who want to change the status quo fit into the often simplified categories of being either progressive and educated, or uneducated and subversive. Afghanistan-based researcher Borhan Osman wrote about this in his latest piece that explores the new generation of Islamic…

29 Jun 2015 4AM 19 min

Freedom Flotilla intercepted

It’s been the main talking point all day …one of the ships in the Freedom Flotilla 3 intercepted by Israel forces early this morning. At 02:06AM today, the “Marianne” contacted the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and reported that three boats of the Israeli navy had surrounded her in international waters,…

28 Jun 2015 10PM 7 min

A Year With Ebola: The Grievous Experience of Health Care Workers in Sierra Leo

Though the furore has died down, the Ebola outbreak is not over. The latest World Health Organization situation report found 20 cases last week compared with 24 cases the week before. Liberia was declared free of the disease on May 9, but cases in Guinea and Sierra Leone have continued…

28 Jun 2015 10PM 9 min

Marikana report through the oppositions eyes

South Africa's opposition parties have stated that they are disappointed at the findings of the Farlam Commission report into the killings at Marikana. Despite having different issues with the report, their view remains the same – disappointed. Online to discus is…

26 Jun 2015 1AM 7 min

GOTG to assist in Mcgown release

Aid organisation Gift of the Givers has agreed to assist the McGown family in securing Stephen McGown’s release. McGown is South African man who is being held hostage for over three years by Islamic militants in Mali 

26 Jun 2015 12AM 10 min

Marikana Report Analysis

President Jacob Zuma's summary of the much anticipated Farlam Commission's Marikana report was finally released last night and let's just say that the findings were excatly welcomed by many South Africans. One of the main findings is that Judge Ian Farlam has recommended that the NPA probe the police's actions…

25 Jun 2015 10PM 3 min

Zuma to release Marikana report tonight

The long awaited Marikana report is being released tonight! Yes, you heard right, we will finally find out what happened on that fateful day, or will we? With government ducking and diving this report for years and the story changing every time, will ever truly know the truth?

24 Jun 2015 11PM 5 min