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It is time to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine

Maximilian Hess An estimated $350bn in Russian government assets have been frozen in Western accounts since Russian President Vladimir Putin…

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This past week, we all became South Africans

Andrew Mitrovica Inevitably, contempt breeds disgust. Anyone with a scintilla of awareness and sympathy for the horrors that Palestinians have…

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Sudan should avoid the mistakes that kept Angola in conflict for 27 years

When General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the leader of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and former deputy chairman of the…

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Aharon Barak and Israel’s legal illegality

Dr Mazen Masri The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is holding its first hearing in the proceedings brought by South Africa against…

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As a feminist, what I wish for in 2024 is criminal justice reform

Julie Bindel If I could have one wish for the new year, it would be for Britain’s criminal justice system…

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How can so many in the West so easily ignore genocide?

Somdeep Sen “The commander said, ‘Shoot all of them.’ And they starting firing – pop, pop, pop, like this ……

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From a Palestinian in Gaza, thank you South Africa!

Haidar Eid South Africa has had enough of the world’s deafening silence on apartheid Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians in…

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South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: How will the ICJ decide?

Two days of public hearings in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel will start at the International Court of Justice…

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Putin is starting 2024 from a position of strength

Leonid Ragozin Russian President Vladimir Putin entered 2024 with the confidence of a man who is sensing that he might…

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Biden is no different than Trump

That opening sentence is meant to sting. More importantly, it is meant to shatter the happy caricature that the sitting…

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