Journalists appeal Egyptian prison sentences
An Egyptian court will hear the appeal this week of three journalists jailed for between seven and ten years for helping the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The three, who work for the Al-Jazeera English network, insist they were merely doing their job. It’s a year Australian Peter Greste and Egyptians Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohammed were […]
Rwandan relebels start surreundering to DRC authorities
Facing a Friday deadline, Rwandan Hutu rebels have started handing themselves in to authorities in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Most are still at large, risking action by the Congolese army and United Nations peacekeepers. Numbering 155, the rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, known as the FDLR, surrendered to […]