We now look at some of the stories making headlines in the East Africa region and we speak to Journalist and team leader at Grassroot Journalism Kenya, Dennis Beru

We now look at some of the stories making headlines in the East Africa region and we speak to Journalist and team leader at Grassroot Journalism Kenya, Dennis Beru

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Grassroot Journalism Kenya, Dennis Beru

Motorists in South Africa are waking up to steep fuel price increases today, with petrol rising by more than three rand a litre, according to the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Diesel has climbed even higher, while illuminating paraffin has recorded the sharpest increase. The changes come despite a temporary cut to the general fuel levy, introduced to help ease pressure on consumers. Nosipho Radebe reports…

Motorists in South Africa are waking up to steep fuel price increases today, with petrol rising by more than three rand a litre, according to the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Diesel has climbed even higher, while illuminating paraffin has recorded the sharpest increase. The changes come despite a temporary cut to the general fuel levy, introduced to help ease pressure on consumers. Nosipho Radebe reports&hellip;

SA fuel prices spike despite levy cut, with petrol, diesel, and paraffin all surging

Israel has passed a controversial new law introducing the death penalty as a default sentence for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks in military courts. The legislation, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies, has sparked international concern - with critics warning it could escalate tensions and violate international law. Botlhale Phele has more.

Israel has passed a controversial new law introducing the death penalty as a default sentence for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks in military courts. The legislation, backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right allies, has sparked international concern - with critics warning it could escalate tensions and violate international law. Botlhale Phele has more.

Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians, sparking global concern and tension escalation

Three senior UN officials have briefed an emergency session of the Security Council on the expansion of the war in the Middle East into southern Lebanon where three Indonesian Peacekeepers were recently killed with serious injury to several other blue helmets. The origin of the attacks on the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon have yet to be determined but comes in the context of a continued Israeli expansion of military operations in southern Lebanon in an effort to quell rocket fire from militant group Hezbollah, that is targeting Israel in solidarity with Iran. Secretary General Antonio Guterres earlier warned that attacks on peacekeepers were grave violations of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.

Three senior UN officials have briefed an emergency session of the Security Council on the expansion of the war in the Middle East into southern Lebanon where three Indonesian Peacekeepers were recently killed with serious injury to several other blue helmets. The origin of the attacks on the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon have yet to be determined but comes in the context of a continued Israeli expansion of military operations in southern Lebanon in an effort to quell rocket fire from militant group Hezbollah, that is targeting Israel in solidarity with Iran. Secretary General Antonio Guterres earlier warned that attacks on peacekeepers were grave violations of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes. Sherwin Bryce-Pease reports.

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