Platinum miners’strike settlement still foggy
A deal ending the five-month platinum miners’ strike in South Africa remains up in the air. The leading union says it’s accepted the mining houses offer. But both they and the world’s largest producers of the precious, strategic metal say there will have to be further talks this week. Mines Minister Nkoako Ramatlhodi is […]
US captures ringleader of attack on consultate in Benghazi
The Pentagon says the ringleader in the 2012 attack on Washington’s diplomatic mission in Benghazi has been captured. Ahmed Abu Khattala was grabbed by US special forces operating inside Libya. The September 2012 attack on the US consulate in Libya’s second city left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Chris Stevens. The ringleader of that operation […]
Kenyans fear ethnic tensions from security tension
Kenyans are surprised and worried by President Uhuru Kenyatta blaming recent terror attack on internal political opposition. Analysts fear he’s pointing at opposition leader Raila Odinga which could herald a further rise in ethnic tension. Kenyan politics are divided along ethnic lines with Kikuyu president Uhuru Kenytta opposed by Raila Odinga of the Luo tribe. […]