Meet RW Johnson: The man whose book may alter SA’s destructive trajectory
RW Johnson has helped frame an economic debate whose result can have only one conclusion – moving South Africa away from a depressing trajectory.
William Hague
Egypt jails Al Jazeera journalists, US calls sentences “chilling”
By Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed for seven years each by an Egyptian judge on Monday, in what Washington called “chilling, draconian sentences” that must be reversed. Cairo defended the journalists’ convictions – for aiding a “terrorist organisation” – and rejected the widespread condemnation as “interference in its internal … Read more
Britain to host London summit on tackling Nigeria’s Boko Haram
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague will host a meeting of African and Western officials in London next week aimed at stepping up international efforts to defeat Islamist group Boko Haram, his office said on Thursday. Although Boko Haram has been fighting for five years, carrying out bombings and attacks on civilians and … Read more
European Foreign Ministers discuss Ukraine as death tolls rises
European foreign ministers met in Vienna Tuesday for a diplomatic effort to defuse the Ukrainian crisis, one day after up to 30 people were feared to have been killed in fighting in the country’s east. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the annual meeting of the Council of Europe’s foreign ministers should send a message … Read more