Apartheid era policeman told he’s lying about Ahmed Timol’s death
An apartheid-era security policeman is accused of lying to an inquest 46 years ago into the death in detention of a 29-year-old anti-apartheid activist. Jan Rodrigues, who’s now 78, told the court then that Ahmed Timol had committed suicide by jumping out of the window on the 10th floor of what was then called John […]
Army officers quit ahead of Rwanda elections
Rwanda’s presidential election tomorrow is epxcted to be another coronation for Paul Kagame who won 93% of the poll the last time his compatriots went to the poll. A 2015 referendum allows the man, who has effectively run Rwanda since the end of the 1994 genocide, to stay at the helm in 2034. Paul Kagame’s […]
Italian warship in Libya to control migrants
Italy’s begun a naval exercise to curb the flow of migrants that have its reception areas bursting at the seams. An Italian warship headed for Libyan waters within minutes of parliament in Rome voting to authorize the operation. Italy takes the lion’s share of migrants risking their lives to make the Mediterranean crossing from Libya. […]