South Africa’s Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Cultural, Religious, and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) has reaffirmed its commitment to defending and promoting the country’s cultural, religious and linguistic rights, despite a court challenge seeking to halt its operations and remove its Chairperson, Thoko Mkhwanazi‑Xaluva.

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has joined the international community in marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, paying tribute to the millions of African men, women and children who were forcibly taken from their homelands.

As tensions intensify across the Middle East, the international community must not lose sight of Gaza’s fragile situation, the High Representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, warned the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Tuesday during his first appearance before the body.