Court rules that Guptas assets be returned
The Gupta family closely linked to Jacob Zuma’s corrupt presidency has won a major battle in the High Court of South Africa’s central Free State province. Judge Philip Loubser has ruled that an asset seizure order against the Indian billionaires and their South African associates should be lifted. This is a blow for the prosecution […]
Macron hosts a risky Libyan conference
Welcoming delegates to what’s frankly being called a risky effort to achieve a political settlement in Libya, their French host President Emmanuel Macron says there’s a desire for reconciliation in the fractured North African state. He says the UN-sponsored meeting in Paris will give a sovereign people a chance to decide for themselves. Libya’s come […]
Burundi insulted by France gift of donkeys
The Burundi government’s insulted by a French gift of donkeys to a rural NGO. They’ve quarantined the animals, specially bought from Tanzania. As Jean-Jacques Cornish reports, there may be more to it. French Ambassador to Bujumbura Laurent Delahousse is nonplussed about the Burundi authorities’ reaction to his gift of ten donkeys. He calls them the […]