Nurses recall horror of Israeli raid, interrogations, saying troops beat and humiliated them as they refused to leave patients behind. The Indonesian Hospital, one of northern Gaza’s largest healthcare facilities, was so severely damaged in Israeli attacks that it may never open again. On Saturday, Munir al-Bursh, director-general of the …
Read More »Policemen take over CBN office in Ondo as angry bank customers lay siege
Armed policemen have taken over the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) located in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo state capital. This is coming after a siege on the facility by some bank customers. They had reportedly besieged their various banks in exchange for the …
Read More »Transgender Americans Feel Under Siege as Political Vitriol Rises
Alejandra Caraballo is used to seeing anti-transgender hatred. As an L.G.B.T.Q. rights advocate and a transgender woman, she has received death threats, and her and her family members’ personal information has been published. When she goes to her favorite bar in New York, she sometimes wonders what she would do …
Read More »Somali Security forces rescue 106 hostages after 30 hour hotel siege by Al Shabab terrorists leaves 20 dead
Somali security forces have rescued 106 hostages and ended a deadly attack on the Hayat hotel in the capital, Migadishu in which at least 20 people were gunned down by Al- Shabab terrorists. After more than 30 hours of holding the hotel occupants hostage, the security forces overpowered …
Read More »Somali Security forces rescue 106 hostages after 30 hour hotel siege by Al Shabab terrorists that left 20 dead ends
Somali security forces have rescued 106 hostages and ended a deadly attack on the Hayat hotel in the capital, Migadishu in which at least 20 people were gunned down by Al- Shabab terrorists. After more than 30 hours of holding the hotel occupants hostage, the security forces overpowered …
Read More »Watch the official trailer for Mandla Dube’s ‘Silverton Siege’
The story follows three anti-apartheid freedom fighters who take a bank, its occupants hostage after a failed sabotage mission and demand the release of Nelson Mandela. Written by Sabelo Mgidi and directed by Dube, the Netflix original action thriller stars Thabo Rametsi, Noxolo Dlamini, Arnold Vosloo, Tumisho Masha among others. …
Read More »Silverton Siege: Mandla Dube & Arnold Vosloo on how film’s characters depict classes of racism
The Mandla Dube directed thriller starring Thabo Rametsi, Noxolo Dlamini (Jiva!) and ‘The Mummy’ star Arnold Vosloo. Set in 1980, in Pretoria, the thriller follows three young freedom fighters who set out on an anti-apartheid sabotage mission but turn to taking a bank and its occupants hostage in exchange for …
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