Emeka Chiakwelu, Principal policy strategist at Afripol, and its management praises Gill Marcus on her new assignment and commended President Jacob Zuma for making it possible. The deputy governor of South Africa Reserve Bank, Gill Marcus was appointed the new governor of South African apex bank to replace the retiring Tito Mboweni. This appointment assured […]
Commandos retake Jewish centre in Mumbai
Commandos stormed a Jewish centre and a luxury hotel in Mumbai on Friday to retake them from militants on the third day of attacks on the Indian financial capital in which at least 155 people have died. Elite troops slid down ropes from helicopters to breach the Jewish centre, killing two gunmen but failing to […]
Georgian claims on Russia war undercut
Newly available accounts by independent military observers of the beginning of the war between Georgia and Russia this summer call into question the long-standing Georgian assertion that it was acting defensively against separatist and Russian aggression. Instead, the accounts suggest that Georgia‘s inexperienced military attacked the isolated separatist capital of Tskhinvali on August 7 with […]
UNSC to meet in wake of Jerusalem attack
The UN Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting on the Middle East late Thursday in the wake of the Jerusalem attack which killed eight people, a UN spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Marie Okabe said the meeting would begin at 7 pm (0000 GMT). Talking to an international news agency, Israel’s UN deputy ambassador Daniel […]