Refugees are not above the law, argues counsel for Pretoria residents
The Pretoria High Court is urging residents, the local authority and the Department of Home Affairs to collaborate and cooperate in ending the sit-in demonstration by refugees outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The matter has postponed until tomorrow after the court heard that nuisance, health and security risks posed by the nearly […]
Human rights groups urge speedy and humanitarian solution to refugees’ protest
Residents of Pretoria’s upmarket eastern suburbs go to the High Court today seeking to force authorities to end a three-week sit in by hundreds of refugees outside the offices of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees. Human Rights watchdog groups are urging the South African Government and the United Nations to find an urgent […]
Two more acts of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
Two acts of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea have underlined that the area off Africa’s west coast is the most dangerous shipping lane on the planet. A Greek oil tanker off Togo and a Norwegian bulk carrier are the latest targets of the buccaneers. Four crew members had been kidnapped from the Greek tanker […]