TRT Afrika
Netanyahu Calls Social Media ''The Most Important Weapon''
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- Netanyahu Calls Social Media ''The Most Important Weapon''
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- “You can’t fight, today, with swords… that doesn’t work very well.”
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu asserted that modern warfare relies on influence more than arms, claiming that the “most important weapons” are on social platforms. He went on to say that TikTok is “number one” in shaping global opinion and urged support for its acquisition.
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- Unidentified Aircraft Spotted Sumud Flotilla
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- An unidentified aircraft was seen flying over the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla on September 26 as the vessels get closer to Palestine's Gaza.
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- Sudan PM: Our Sovereignty And Territorial Integrity Are Redlines
- Runtime
- 1:04
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Sudan's ''sovereignty and territorial integrity are red lines,'' the country's Prime Minister Kamil Idris declares in his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, vowing not to give up amid the ongoing war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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- Namibian President Warns Of World's Moral Failure On Gaza Catastrophe
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says the world risks committing a defining ''moral failure'' of this era if Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians is not addressed, in her speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.
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- Delegates Walk Out During Netanyahu's UNGA Speech
- Runtime
- 1:15
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Delegates at the 80th United Nations General Assembly walked out as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stage.
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- "There Are Times When He Actually Feels Good"
- Runtime
- 0:25
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan poked fun at French President Emmanuel Macron as they greeted each other at the UN headquarters in New York on September 24.
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- We Have Been Friends For A Long Time
- Runtime
- 0:47
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- "This man is responsible, he doesn't take the responsibility but it's actually a great achievement they've been trying to do it for 2,000 years"
US President Donald Trump praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Türkiye’s role in Syria's liberation from Assad while also suggesting he "should take the credit for it".
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- $1M Jewellery Heist In California
- Runtime
- 0:32
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Around 25 men were caught on camera robbing an estimated $1 million worth of goods from a jewellery store in San Ramon, California, in broad daylight on September 22. Seven suspects have been arrested so far, according to local police
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- Biden's Autopen Signature Features On Presidential Walk Of Fame
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The White House shared a video of its new Presidential Walk of Fame.
While most former presidents appear in gold frame portraits, Joe Biden is represented only by his infamous autopen signature.
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- Ruto: UN Survival Depends On Giving Africa Veto Powers
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Kenyan President William Ruto tells the UN General Assembly in New York that giving African countries the veto power is a ''necessity'' for the survival of the United nations, suggesting that African nations must have equal rights as the US, UK, Russia, China and France in the Security Council.
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- Africa 'Cannot Remain' Sidelined, DRC President Tells UN
- Runtime
- 0:57
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi says Africa ''cannot remain on the sidelines'' at the United Nations, stressing the need for the continent to have permanent seats on the Security Council in his speech at UNGA.
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- Netanyahu Repeats His War Objectives Before Heading To UN
- Runtime
- 0:32
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu departed for the US, where he’ll speak at the UN General Assembly and meet with Trump.
He repeated the same goals he has outlined for the past two years: to return all hostages and defeat Hamas, and condemned the countries that recently recognised a Palestinian state.
The state of Palestine recognised by 157 UN member states, making up 81% of the international body.
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- Donald Trump: ''A Bad Escalator And A Bad Teleprompter''
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- “Two things I got from the United Nations, a bad escalator and a bad teleprompter”
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, US President Donald Trump criticised the UN for its failures.
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- Donald Trump Faces Back-To-Back Issues At UN General Assembly session
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump faced back-to-back issues during the 80th UN General Assembly session.
As Donald and Melania Trump stepped onto the escalator at UN headquarters, it suddenly stopped, forcing the couple to walk up the stationary escalator.
Trump also experienced a teleprompter malfunction while delivering his speech at the UN podium.
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- Erdogan: Trump Meeting On Gaza Was ''Very Productive, Positive''
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described his closed-door meeting with US President Donald Trump and Muslim leaders on Gaza as “very productive and positive,” saying the final declaration would be announced shortly.
#PalestinesVoiceErdogan
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- Erdogan Quote Displayed In Times Square
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Photos of Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by his slogans “A fairer world is possible” and “The world is bigger than five,” were displayed on major streets and avenues in New York City during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly
#PalestinesVoiceErdogan
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- Palestinian Youths Help Wheelchair-Bound Elderly Displaced Woman
- Runtime
- 0:36
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Palestinian youths help an elderly displaced woman in a wheelchair, barefoot and carrying her mat, as they make their way to south Gaza.
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- Turkish President Erdogan Speaks At 80th UNGA In New York
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at 80th UN General Assembly in New York:
- 2.5M Palestinians in Gaza living within 365 square kilometres are displaced, forced to move to another area
- This is not counter-terrorism. This is an occupation carried out under the pretext of the 7 October incident; it is deportation, exile, genocide, or rather a policy of mass slaughter
- It has become clear that Netanyahu has no intention of making peace or rescuing the hostages
#PalestinesVoiceErdogan #gaza #genocideingaza
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- Countries That Recognise Palestine At The UN
- Runtime
- 1:05
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Six nations have officially recognised the State of Palestine at a special United Nations high-level conference on Palestine in New York.
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- Macron Stopped In New York For Trump Convoy To Pass
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- French President Emmanuel Macron was briefly stopped by police in the streets of New York due to the passage of Donald Trump’s convoy, prompting him to jokingly call the US president about the situation.
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- Nairobi Demostrate In Solidarity With Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:35
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Protesters came together in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to hold a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine's Gaza, on September 21.
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- Fan Storm FC Barcelona Pitch With Palestinian Flag
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- A fan stormed the pitch of the Spotify Camp Nou stadium during the La Liga match between Barcelona and Getafe, raising the Palestinian flag high before being escorted out by security.
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- Erdogan In Fox News Interview Israel Commiting 'Complete Genocide'
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- In an exclusive interview with Fox News, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel is committing “complete genocide” in Gaza, holding Prime Minister Netanyahu main one responsible and emphasizing that Hamas is a resistance group, not a terrorist organisation.
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- Trum And Musk Shake Hands At Kirk Memorial Months After Fallout
- Runtime
- 0:17
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump shook hands with Elon Musk at right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk’s memorial on September 21, the pair’s first public encounter since a messy public fallout.
Musk had spearheaded Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) but resigned in late May over the White House’s flagship tax and spending bill.
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- Turkish President Erdogan In US For UNGA Address
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the US on September 21 to address the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
Before heading to New York, Erdogan said he would deliver his address on September 23, the first day of the high-level talks.
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- Elderly Palestinians Suffer As They Flee Gaza City
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Elderly Palestinians flee Gaza City with no means of transportation, forced by Israeli's invasion of the city
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- Trump Hikes H-1B Visa Fees
- Runtime
- 0:56
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation raising the H-1B sponsorship fee to $100,000, saying it will protect American workers while allowing companies to retain highly skilled graduates in the US.
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- Displaced Palestine Man Rows To Southern Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A Palestinian man travels across the sea with his luggage on a small boat as Israel forces the evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza City to the south.
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- Kenyan Forces 'Disrupt' Criminal Gangs In Haiti
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The Kenya-led international task force against gangs in Haiti says it has recorded success in ''disrupting'' gang networks. The commander of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, Godfrey Otunge, hailed the troops at a briefing on Thursday, where he also paid tribute to two officers who lost their lives in the line of duty and one who has been declared missing.
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- Displaced Gaza Child Walks South Carrying Sister
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A displaced child from northern Gaza, in tears, carries his younger sister while walking south under dire humanitarian conditions caused by Israel's offensive on the enclave.
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- Protests Against Israeli Film In Ghana
- Runtime
- 2:06
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Hundreds of people have been protesting in Ghana against the ongoing Israeli Film Festival in the capital, Accra, with dozens of civil society groups criticising it as insensitive because it comes as Israel intensifies its genocidal war on Palestinians in Gaza.
One of the organisers of the protests, Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Ghana’s independence hero and Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah, says the festival is a “deflection” from the suffering of Palestinians, in an interview with TRT Afrika.
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- Being Somali is Not By 'Skin Or Language'
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud cautions Somali citizens living abroad against using the passports of other countries to visit home, in a speech at a government performance review forum in the capital, Mogadishu, saying being Somali is not just about skin colour or the ability to speak the Somali language, and urges all Somalis to acquire their national ID cards.
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- Lungu: Zambian Ex-President Body Struck In South Africa
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The body of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu remains stuck in South Africa amid a drama more than three months after his passing.
Here's why the remains couldn't be moved yet.
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- Elderly Palestinian Woman Struggles Amid Forced Evacuation
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- An exhausted elderly Palestinian woman is forced to walk from northern Gaza to the south, displaying both weakness and endurance amid Israel's forced evacuation.
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- Uganda's Besigye Set To Miss Next Election
- Runtime
- 2:10
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Ugandan top opposition politician Kizza Besigye is set to miss out on the upcoming elections, in which incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is seeking a seventh term in office.
Here's why this has sparked a lot of conversations.
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- Bystanders Narrowly Escape As Runaway Pickup Truck Spins Out Of Control
- Runtime
- 0:12
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Bystanders narrowly escaped as a runaway pickup truck spun out of control and crashed into an electricity pylon near a fire station in Samut Prakan, Thailand, on September 14.
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- Israel Destroys Minaret Of 13th-Century Mosque In Gaza
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The footage shows the moment Israeli aircraft bombed and destroyed the minaret of al Aybaki Mosque in the al Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza.
The mosque was built by the Mamluks in the late 13th century.
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- Turkish Indigenous Aircrafts Perform At Teknofest
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Türkiye’s indigenous aircraft Hurkus and aerobatic team SoloTurk performed live demonstrations as TEKNOFEST, the country’s leading technology and aviation festival, kicks off in Istanbul on September 17.
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- Nigerian-Born Basketball Star Bona In Warm Chat With Turkish President
- Runtime
- 0:21
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Footage shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a cheerful conversation with Nigerian-born Turkish basketball player Adem Bona when the president received the Turkish National Men’s Basketball Team, which won the silver medal at the 2025 European Basketball Championship (EuroBasket 2025). Bona played a key role in the tournament.
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- High turnout As Malawians Vote
- Runtime
- 1:02
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Technology has "worked out" in Malawi's elections, an electoral official says, as millions of voters choose a president and lawmakers on Tuesday, with the presidential race seen as tight between incumbent Lazarus Chakwera and his predecessor Peter Mutharika, although 17 candidates are in the contest.
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- 'Excited' Ethiopians Jubilate Over Africa's Largest Dam
- Runtime
- 1:12
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Thousands of Ethiopians take to the streets of Addis Ababa to celebrate the completion of Africa's biggest hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which was inaugurated last week after 11 years of construction. The dam, built on the Nile, is expected to generate more than 5,000 megawatts of electricity to boost the economy.
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- Netanyahu: 'You're Holding A piece Of Israel Of You Have A Cell Phone'
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- In a press conference, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said anyone with a cell phone owns a “piece of Israel”.
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- Tanzania's Simbu wins world marathon gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
- Runtime
- 0:22
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Footage captures the moment Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu produces a winning dip at the line to narrowly beat Germany's Amanal Petros and snatch world marathon gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. There was a field of 88 runners from 47 countries that took to the streets of Tokyo for the gruelling 42km race.
"I made history today—the first Tanzanian gold medal at a world championship," said Simbu.
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- US Secretary Of State Visits Western Wall
- Runtime
- 0:54
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Western Wall with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador Mike Huckabee on September 14 after arriving in the region to discuss Israel’s plans to occupy Gaza.
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- US Deportees : Good Or Bad For Ghana?
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Ghanaians react after President John Mahama announced that his government is receiving West Africans who are being deported by the US, including nationals of Nigeria and The Gambia, amid Donald Trump's controversial crackdown on ''illegal migrants''. Ghana received 14 deportees recently, according to the government.
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- Police Arrest Suspect In Charlie Kirk Shooting
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Police announced the arrest of Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the shooting of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
Authorities said unfired bullet casings recovered at the scene bore inscriptions.
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- Qatari PM: Netanyahu Breaks ''All Internation Law''
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- "We don't accept, first of all, such a threat coming from someone like Netanyahu”
Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani said Netanyahu destroyed any hope for hostages and violated international law, slamming Israel’s attacks in Doha on September 9 during an exclusive CNN interview.
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- Tens Detained By Israeli Forces InTulkarem Raid
- Runtime
- 0:19
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Israeli forces raid Tulkarem city centre in the occupied West Bank, detaining multiple civilians in a large-scale operation.
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- Netanyahu Blames Muslims For Charlie Kirk's Killing
- Runtime
- 0:34
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed “extremists and progressive” Muslims for the killing of US right-wing activist Charlie Kirk — without mentioning his role in Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine's Gaza, which has killed well above 60,000 people — during an interview on US conservative network Fox News.
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- FBI show footage of Charlie Kirk’s shooter
- Runtime
- 0:29
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The FBI on September 12 released CCTV footage of the shooter who killed right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk on September 10. It shows him jumping off the roof of a building and fleeing the scene
