Lord Hain warns companies against doing business with the Guptas
British peer and former antiapartheid activist Peter Hain warns banks and companies to avoid dealings with the Guptas and President Jacob Zuma. Hain’s asked Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond to refer an unidentified UK bank to regulators for an investigation into possible involvement in alleged money laundering involving the Gupta family. Lord Hain has not […]
Zambia President warns his judges against emulating their Kenyan counterparts
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu’s warned his country’s judges against overturning the election outcome in four years time. Lungu says he has information the Zambian judiciary might try to emulate the action of the Kenyan Supreme Court in annulling an election result. President Edgar Lungu says there will be chaos if Zambia’s judges step into the […]
New details emerge of US soldiers killings in Niger
New details have emerged about this killing of four US special forces in Niger last month. One of them is Sergeant La David Johnson who’s widow Myeshia accuses President Donald Trump of treating her insensitively. The Pentagon, which is conducting its own investigation into the deaths of the Green Berets in Niger, has not commented […]
Militia ready to extradite brother of Manchester suicide bomber to Britain
There’s some confusion over whether the brother of Manchester Arena suicide bomber Salman Abedi will be extradited to Britain from Libya. Having initially refused the British request, the armed militia holding him has suggested it ’s ready to cooperate. Greater Manchester Police has issued a warrant for the arrest of Hashem Abedi, whose brother Salman […]
Prosecution wants longer jail sentence for Pistorius
South Africa prosecuting authority’s in the Appeal Court today (Wednesday) trying to get a longer prison sentence for Oscar Pistorius who murdered his model lover Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 The paralympic star was sentenced to six years when the lesser sentence for culpable homicide was overturned by the Appeal Court in July 2016 and replaced […]