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Zimbabwe diamond exports fund spy agency accused of rights abuses, Global Witness says
BRIAN LATHAM | 11 SEPTEMBER 2017 | Business Day Harare — Zimbabwe’s government is using money earned from diamond exports to fund its Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), blamed for a raft of human-rights abuses as it has helped to keep President Robert Mugabe in power since 1980, Global Witness said. Diamonds dug from the Marange fields in eastern Zimbabwe are … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe diamond exports fund spy agency accused of rights abuses, Global Witness says
America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide
Helen C Epstein | Tuesday 12 September 2017 | The Guardian The violence that shocked the world in 1994 did not come from nowhere. While the CIA looked on, its allies in the Ugandan government helped to spread terror and fuel ethnic hatred Between April and July 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandans were murdered in the most rapid genocide ever recorded. The killers … [Read more...] about America’s secret role in the Rwandan genocide
Lesotho murders: The military must reform
Simon Allison | 08 Sep 2017 | Mail & Guardian NEWS ANALYSIS On Tuesday morning, the commander of the Lesotho Defence Force was shot dead, allegedly by one of his own officers. Although the exact sequence of events is unclear, the Lesotho Times is reporting that Lieutenant-General Khoantle Motsomotso was in his office at the main barracks in Maseru when two senior … [Read more...] about Lesotho murders: The military must reform
Cheats, devils, drunks — Kenya’s politicians get ugly ahead of fresh poll
GEORGE OBULUTSA AND KATHARINE HOURELD | 08 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Nairobi — The president calls the chief justice a cheat. A lawmaker denounces the head of the opposition as the devil and says he needs a whipping. The opposition leader accuses the president of making a public speech while drunk. The gloves are off as Kenya’s ruling party and the … [Read more...] about Cheats, devils, drunks — Kenya’s politicians get ugly ahead of fresh poll
More Tanzania ministers move on amid mining sector investigations
OMAR MOHAMMED | 08 SEPTEMBER 2017 | BUSINESS DAY Two Tanzanian ministers resigned after the country’s President John Magufuli told government officials suspected of wrongdoing in an investigation into the nation’s diamond- and tanzanite-mining industries to step down. Edwin Ngonyani, a deputy minister of works, transport and communication, resigned on … [Read more...] about More Tanzania ministers move on amid mining sector investigations