EU summit wrestling with problem of migration
As European leaders meeting in Brussels discuss forcing EU members to accept asylum seekers, more than 900 migrants rescued off the Libyan coast has arrived in Italy. Chairman of the EU summit Donald Tusk says mandatory quotas in ineffective and highly divisive. The European Union is committed to reach a deal on accepting migrants by […]
Double legal trouble for President Jacob Zuma
It was double trouble for President Jacob Zuma when he lost two rulings in the Pretoria High Court. The judges ruled that the South African President must pay personally pay the legal cost of his failed application to have the ombudsman’s ruling for a commission of inquiry into state capture set aside They further ordered […]
Crackdown against Oromo protests leave 15 dead in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s deadly crackdown on protests in its Oromia region have left at least 15 people dead this week. Washington’s expressed its concern at the treatment of Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group. The Oromo people, who make up 35 percent of Ethiopia’s 100- million population, began protesting three years ago against the expansion of the capital Addis […]
Kasai violence is pushing DRC into famine
Security experts warn that cutting the number of United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo places vast numbers of people at risk. There are fears that violence is pushing the DRC into famine. ends intro MONUSCO in the DRC is the largest and most expensive peacekeeping force in the world. The United Nations […]
Burundians will pay for election to keep Pierre Nkurunziza in power
Burundians are being asked to pay for their next election in 2020. Civil servants will sacrifice a tenth of their salaries to finance the poll where President Pierre Nkurunziza plans to run for a fourth term. It was President Pierre Nkurunziza’s determination in 2015 to run for and win an upconstitutional third term in […]