The Judicial Conduct Committee in South Africa has ordered the country’s chief justice to apologise and retract his comments that showed support for Israel.

Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng made the remarks in June last year during a webinar – which was hosted by The Jerusalem Post newspaper, according to local media.

Africa 4 Palestine, a pro-Palestine organisation, was among three groups that filed a complaint with South Africa’s Judicial Conduct Committee, saying the comments contravened the code of judicial conduct.

The committee ruled on Thursday that Justice Mogoeng must apologise within 10 days and even gave the wording to be used.

In a statement, Africa 4 Palestine said the decision “affirms that no one is above the law and we hope that it sets the standard for future judicial conduct”.

WHO Says There’s ‘High Risk’ Ebola Will Spread From Guinea

There is a “very high risk” that an Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea could spread to neighbouring countries, the World Health Organization has warned.

“As of yesterday, a total of 18 cases were reported:14 were confirmed, including 4 deaths. This gives a case fatality rate of 44.4%,” says Dr Georges Alfred Ki-Zerbo, the WHO’s representative in Guinea.

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The global health body says some neighbouring countries are yet to prepare any vaccination campaigns.

So far more than 1,600 people have been vaccinated against Ebola in Guinea.

The outbreak which began almost three weeks ago is the first in the region since 2014 when the disease killed more than 11,000 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

UN Security Council Fails to Agree on Tigray Crisis

The United Nations Security Council failed to agree on a joint statement on the crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, after Russia, China and India concluded it was an internal matter.

Diplomats quoted by the AFP news agency said three African nations on the council – Kenya, Niger and Tunisia – had supported a draft statement.

It would have called for immediate humanitarian assistance and a halt to hostilities while asserting Ethiopia’s sovereignty, the agency reports.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had earlier said there were distressing reports of continued violations that may amount to war crimes in Tigray.

Michelle Bachelet highlighted incidents of sexual and gender-based violence, extra-judicial killings and widespread destruction.

The UN rights office wants to be granted access to investigate reports of atrocities carried out by the Ethiopian and Eritrean armed forces, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and Amhara Regional Forces.