Quotes

‘With a rising civilian death toll, scores of disappeared people, and increasing unlawful attacks by armed Islamist groups, it's clear that abuses by one side beget abuses by the others.’

– Jonathan Pedneault, crisis and conflict researcher at HRW, saying Niger's first democratic transition since independence provides President Mohamed Bazoum's new administration with an opportunity to prioritise accountability for alleged war crimes committed by all sides in the armed conflict

‘We always wanted flexibility to be in whichever country the kids can prosper most and, right now, I feel like this is the safest country for them. I don't want to raise kids that are considered black in America, where clearly it's not safe.’

– Lindsay Myeni, the wife of South African Lindani Myeni, who was shot dead by police in Hawaii two weeks ago. She was speaking at the memorial service for her husband in Empangeni, KZN.

‘God has blessed these two countries to be neighbours. We have land and sea borders. And even our ecology is one. Even our animals are family and neighbours.’

– Tanzania's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who is trying to mend relations with neighbouring Kenya, which took a battering during her predecessor's time

‘The Constitution whose 25th anniversary we celebrate this year, is one of the outstanding victories of the multi-faceted and protracted liberation struggle we have mentioned. It is in itself a monumental tribute to the masses of our people who not only carried our country to its freedom, but also provided the constitutional framework on whose basis we should achieve the reconstruction and development of our country, giving birth to a new South Africa that truly belongs to all who live in it, black and white, united in their diversity.’

– Former President Thabo Mbeki