SA foreign minister grateful to South Sudan for pardoning mercenary
The South African government expressed its gratitude to President Salva Kiir for pardoning a South African mercenary sitting on death row in Juba. Former South African National Defense Force Colonel William Endley will be deported to South Africa when he’s released later today. ends William Endley was sentenced to death in South Sudan last February […]
Gandhi statue halted in Malawi
A court injunction in Malawi has stopped the erection of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. More than 3000 Malawians signed a petition declaring Gandhi made disparaging remarks about black Africans. It’s not clear what the Gandhi Must Fall campaign will do to bilateral relations between Indian and Malawi. The statue was to have gone up […]
President Salva Kiir apologises to South Sudan for civil war
President Salva Kiir apologizes to the people of South Sudan for their suffering during five years of civil war. He was speaking at a peace ceremony in the capital Juba attended by the returned rebel leader Riek Machar who’s been restored a vice president. President Salva Kiir says he’s apologizing on behalf of the warring […]
Inquest into Patrick Karegeya’s death begins
The opposition Rwanda National Congress welcomes today’s (Thursday) opening of an inquest tomorrow the death of Colonel Patrick Karegeya at a Sandton hotel nearly five years ago. The party insists Rwanda’s former spymaster was killed on orders from President Paul Kagame. Rwanda National Congress executive member Etienne Murabazi says today’s hearing in the the Randburg […]
Ethiopia names woman as Supreme Court President
Ethiopia’s reformist premier Abiy Ahmed appointed another woman to top public position. Law professional and women’s rights activist Meaza Ashenafi has been name as President of the Federal Supreme Court Women have risen to the top in Ethiopia in recent weeks. Meaza Ashenafi’s appointment as President of the Supreme Court follows close on Sahle-Work Zewde […]