SA not waiting for sanctions to end before trading with Iran
South Africa isn’t waiting for sanctions to be lifted to do business with Iran, says Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane. She tells the 12th meeting of the joint commission in Tehran that bilateral trade has already grown by more than 50% over the past year. Foreign affairs chief Maite […]
SA mercenary recruiter boasts his men beat Boko Haram
Pretoria-based mercenary recruiter is boasting South African hired guns helped Nigerian forces turn the tide against Boko Haram. Eben Barlow tells a London newspaper and the Royal Danish Defence College in Copenhagen that his group of mainly white South African ex-soldiers were recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan. Abuja’s official line is that Boko Haram is […]
Journalist sues Al Jazeera for putting him behind bars in Egypt
An Egyptian-born television journalist working for Al Jazeera is suing his employer for $100 million claiming the network’s negligence landed him in jail. Mohamed Fahmy, who spent more than 400 days in a Cairo prison on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation, suggests Al Jazeera’s actions supporting the banned Muslim Brotherhood put him behind bars. […]
Burundi President rejects calls to delay election
Burundi’s president’s rejected calls to delay next month’s election in the Great lakes Country. Pierre Nkurunziza’s determination to seek an unconstitutional third term has triggered protests costing at least 19 lives. East African heads of state will meet in Tanzania tomorrow to discuss the crisis. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa will be there for South Africa. […]
Another demonstrator dies in Burundi
A 20th protester has died in street clashes triggered by Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza’s determination to seek an unconstitutional third term in next month’s election. The man’s death today from a bullet in the head comes on the eve of a regional summit in Dar es Salaam on the crisis in the Great Lakes country. […]