Mugabe's darkest secret: An £800bn blood diamond mine he's running with China's Red Army Andrew Malone, The Daily Mail 17 September 2010   Image: Dictator Robert Mugabe's regime claimed the diamond mines as their own, using brutal methods to make sure no-one tried to take the stones Across a remote tract of southern Africa, naturally ­fortified by mountains and patrolled by hundreds of ­soldiers with dogs trained to tear intruders apart,

Mugabe's poison Zimvigil, Zimvigil Co-ordinator 25 May 2015   President Mugabe has called on South Africans to direct their xenophobia at whites instead of blacks. 'I give poison not for you to swallow but to give to someone else' he told the applauding staff at SADC Headquarters in Botswana. Speaking as Chair of the African Union as well as of SADC, Mugabe said South Africa needed a second liberation which would transfer wealth to blacks marginalised

Can Thulisile Madonsela Save South Africa From Itself? Alexis Okeowo, New York Times 16 June 2015   On a cloudy morning in March last year, dozens of reporters, photographers and camera crews gathered in the vast building that houses the offices of Thulisile Madonsela, South Africa’s public protector. The journalists assembled that day were searched by security, stripped of their phones, pens, notebooks and recording equipment and told to

South Africa’s Ruling African National Congress Disgraces Itself Eric Reeves 15 June 2015   Image: The Khartoum regime's Génocidaire-in-Chief Omar Hassan al-Bashir, voting for himself (virtually alone at this polling station) in April's travesty of national "elections" This morning (June 15, 2015) Omar al-Bashir, President of Sudan, was allowed to leave South Africa despite a pending arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court charging

Government must Answer how al-Bashir fled South Africa Barry Bateman & Jean-Jacques Cornish, Eyewitness News 15 June 2015     JOHANNESBURG - The High Court in Pretoria has ordered the government to explain how Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left South Africa in contravention of a court order. The court found in favor of the Southern African Litigation Centre and ordered al-Bashir’s arrest hours after he left the country from Waterkloof

Sudan's Bashir leaves South Africa despite court order President's plane leaves South Africa as court continues to hear case on whether he should be arrested on ICC warrant Al Jazeera 15 June 2015     Image: Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir came to South Africa for the AU Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg [AP]   Sudan's information minister has said that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir flew out of South Africa on Monday, defying

South Africa High Court Says Allowing Bashir to Leave Violated Constitution Norimitsu Omishi, The New York Times 15 June 2015 JOHANNESBURG — Shielded by the authorities, President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan flew out of South Africa on Monday morning aboard his presidential jet, just hours before a South African court ruled that the government was legally required to arrest him. Mr. Bashir’s plane left a South African military airport near

South Africa Invites Bashir to Participate in African Union Summit  Bashir Watch 4 June 2015 The government of South Africa has invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to visit South Africa for the African Union (AU) Summit this month despite his grotesque record of human rights abuses. South Africa should stand for justice for the people of Sudan and refuse to allow an individual charged with genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity

Ominous Warning Signs Resurface in Zimbabwe Ethnic hatreds, murky disappearances, and the purging of enemies are all on the rise in Robert Mugabe's dictatorship. Jeffrey Smith & Todd Moss, Foreign Policy 03 June 2015 (posted on Genocide Watch 04 June 2015)     The southern African nation of Zimbabwe has fallen off the international radar screen in recent years, but alarm bells should be ringing loud and clear. Over the course of the

Second UN rapporteur visit to SA called off News 24 11 May 2015   Image: United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo addresses journalists in central London. (Carl Court, AFP) Johannesburg - The United Nations' special rapporteur on violence against women on Monday cancelled an official visit to South Africa saying the government delayed and ignored requests. Rashida Manjoo has been trying to set up a visit to the country since 2012, her