Protestors block highway with hijacked beer truck and escape with contents
South African demonstrators protesting against government’s failure to keep its electoral promises have hijacked a brewer’s truck and used it to blocked a highway south of the commercial capital Johannesburg. Police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters on the highway in the Meyerton area who made off with the beer on the truck. Residents of […]
UNHCR says a record number of people driven from their homes last year
The United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees Global Trends report reflects says an unprecedented 68,6 million were driven from their homes by war, violence and persecution last year. That’s 300 000 more than in 2016: the highest number in the body’s seven-year history. The numbers are horrifying. Refugees last year outnumbered the population of Great […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister calls torture “our act of terrorism”
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed says torture is a state’s act of terrorism. He’s made a made a startling admission that government had sanctioned physical abuse of its political prisoners, which he says has come to an end. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s shocking remarks came while answering questions from Ethiopian members of parliament. One them […]