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Jan

2024

Israeli settlers hold conference on resettlement in Gaza

HUNDREDS of members of the Israeli settler community gathered for a convention in Jerusalem calling for Israel to rebuild settlements in Gaza, and the northern part of the Occupied West Bank. Israel withdrew its military and settlers from Gaza in 2005 after a 38-year occupation and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it does not intend to maintain a permanent presence again, but that Israel would maintain security control for an indefinite period. There has been little clarity, however, about Israel's longer-term intentions, and countries including the United States have said that Gaza should be governed by Palestinians. The conference…

Nov

2023

By The African Mirror

Nigeria’s Tinubu to attend ‘G20 Compact with Africa’ conference in Berlin

NEWS

NIGERIA'S President Bola Tinubu will fly to Berlin to attend the G20 Compact with Africa conference as he seeks to attract investments in energy and infrastructure and boost trade, his office said. The conference, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, will focus on enhancing economic and business cooperation between African nations and G20 countries, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement. Tinubu will also participate in the fourth G20 Investment Summit, co-hosted by the German government, where he will make a case for Nigeria as an investment destination, Ngelale said. Nigeria is seeking to boost investment rather than rely on…

Jul

2020

By The African Mirror

COVID-19, big breakthroughs and missed targets

HEALTH

LINDA-GAIL BEKKER, Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town THIS year saw the first ever AIDS conference to be held entirely online. The 23rd International AIDS Conference, the largest convergence of HIV researchers, implementers, advocates and policy people, should have taken place in Oakland/San Francisco in July 2020. But amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the International Conference Committee had to switch to a virtual platform just four months before the planned date. Staging this complex conference in all time zones with fair…