Yolande Du Preez

Senior journalist and sub-editor at Africa Community Media.

Xi: China, US should be partners not rivals

Yolande Du Preez and Xinhua|Published

US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California. ...

‘Cycle of retaliation must stop’

Yolande Du Preez and Reuters|Published

The Al Aqsa mosque compound and the skyline of the city are seen from Mount of Olives in Jerusalem early. US media quoted officials saying Israel had carried out ...

Attacks foiled as voting starts

Yolande Du Preez and Sputnik|Published

Russia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) head Ella Pamfilova speaks at the opening of the CEC Information Centre in the run-up for the presidential election in ...

Palestine: ‘Total contempt for human life’

Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Jordanian army / AFP / February 29, 2024 – ...

Left-wing firebrand wins UK by-election

Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Niklas Halle’n / AFP / February 19, 2016 – Leader of the fringe Workers Party of Great Britain, George Galloway. A controversial left-wing firebrand, Galloway, ...

Sall commits to abide by Constitutional Council ruling

Yolande Du Preez and Reuters|Published

Picture: John Wessels / AFP – Civil society and political groups march calling on the authorities to set the election date, in Dakar, on February 17, 2024. On February ...

Iran condemns air strikes in Yemen

Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Mohammed Huwais / AFP / Taken on January 5, 2024 – Yemeni Houthi-affiliated security forces stand guard during a protest in solidarity with the Palestinian ...

Wars, quakes usher in 2024

Yolande Du Preez , Xinhua , Sputnik and IANS|Published

Picture: Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP / Taken January 2, 2024 – A car passes a collapsed wooden house in Shika Town, Ishikawa prefecture on January 2, a day after a major ...

Fireworks ban in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

Yolande Du Preez , Sputnik , Xinhua and The Washington Post|Published

Picture: Alexis Huguet / AFP / Taken on November 23, 2023 – Supporters of Moise Katumbi, one of the main opponents of President Felix Tshisekedi, attend his election ...

Good news stories of 2023

The Washington Post and Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Luis Tato / AFP / Taken on August 18, 2023 – KENYA: Young Maasai men perform their traditional jumping dance as they gather during the Eunoto ceremony in ...

Allies fear defeat as aid to Kyiv stalls

Yolande Du Preez and Bloomberg|Published

Picture: Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Taken on November 4, 2023 – Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at a joint press conference with European Commission ...

Conflict and fraud dominate DRC poll fears

Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: John Wessels / AFP / Taken on December 12, 2023 – A woman walks under a election campaign banner for the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Egyptians head to the polls

Yolande Du Preez and Reuters|Published

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Opposition ‘silenced’ for by-election vote

Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Oupa Mokoena / Independent Newspapers / Taken October 24, 2023. The Zimbabweans in South African led by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) march to DIRCO ...

Israel resumes Gaza terror

Reuters and Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP / Taken on November 26, 2023 – A woman hugs a newly released Palestinian prisoner in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on November ...

Joint Islamic-Arab summit to demand end to Gaza war

Yolande Du Preez and Reuters|Published

Picture: Belal Al SABBAGH / AFP / Taken on November 10, 2023 – An aerial view shows Palestinian families fleeing to the southern part of the Gaza Strip along the ...

Israel pauses fighting but rules out ceasefire

Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Mahmud Hams / AFP / Taken on October 17, 2023 – Palestinian rescuers arrive at the scene after an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip ...

Hamas offensive rocks Israel

Yolande Du Preez , Reuters and Sputnik|Published

Picture: EPA-EFE Rockets are launched in a surprise attack at dawn, from the coastal Gaza Strip towards Israel, by militants of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam militia, ...

AU ‘hails G20 full membership’

Yolande Du Preez , Reuters and Opinion|Published

Picture: Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS/September 9, 2023 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shares a light moment with AU Chairperson Azali Assoumani, who ...

West African leaders weigh their next steps on Niger

Reuters and Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: AFP – Members of the Armed Forces of Senegal met on the sidelines of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Head of States and Government ...