# Botswana’s government and businesswoman Bridgette Motsepe have reached a court settlement, ending the prolonged Butterfly case litigation. The settlement will be formalised by a High Court consent order, likely including an apology to Motsepe and dismissal of allegations of clandestine payments, fraud, and corruption. Renowned international lawyer, Cherie Blair, says Motsepe’s legal team will […]
# Die Amerikaanse minister van buitelandse sake, Marco Rubio, het die vredesooreenkoms verwelkom wat tussen die ministers van Buitelandse Sake van Rwanda en die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo, Olivier Nduhungirehe en Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, in Washington onderteken is. Rubio het die harde werk van beide lande, die Afrika-Unie en Katar geprys. Hy verwelkom voortgesette pogings […]
# Rwanda en die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo het ‘n vredesooreenkoms in Washington onderteken om dekades van konflik te beëindig, en die VSA toegang tot minerale te verleen. Die BBC berig verdere besonderhede is nie bekend nie en vorige vredesooreenkomste het misluk. Die Amerikaanse en Kongolese presidente beskou dit as ‘n geskiedkundige stap vorentoe. Trump […]
# US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, welcomed the peace agreement signed between Rwanda’s foreign minister, Olivier Nduhungirehe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo foreign minister, Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, in Washington DC. Rubio praised the hard work of both countries and partners like the African Union and Qatar. He noted ongoing efforts and upcoming meetings […]
# President Donald Trump het Iran se opperleier, Ali Khamenei, skerp gekritiseer. Trump het gister gesê hy laat vaar planne om sanksies teen Iran op te hef en sal dit oorweeg om Iran weer te bombardeer as Teheran uraan tot kommerwekkende vlakke verryk. Trump het gereageer op Khamanei se eerste opmerkings ná die 12-dae lange […]
# U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticised Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Speaking to the media yesterday, Trump also dropped plans to lift sanctions on Iran and said he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran is enriching uranium to worrisome levels. Trump was responding to Khamanei’s first remarks after a 12-day conflict with Israel […]
# Japan het ‘n man wat bekend staan as die “Twitter-moordenaar” tereggestel. Hy is skuldig bevind aan die moord en verminking van agt vroue en een man in die land se eerste teregstelling in byna drie jaar. Takahiro Shiraishi is Vrydag in Tokio opgehang. Die 34-jarige is die doodsvonnis gegee nadat hy skuldig gepleit het. […]
# Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering eight women and one man in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged on Friday at the Tokyo Detention House. The 34-year-old was sentenced to death after pleading guilty. Shiraishi […]
# Much-anticipated hearings on 1980s massacres by elite Zimbabwean soldiers failed to start on schedule amid reports of logistical problems and threats of a court challenge. Tens of thousands of people were killed over several years in the so-called Gukurahundi massacre under former leader Robert Mugabe. Starting in 1983, Mugabe deployed an elite North Korean-trained […]
