Quotes

‘We find it unpalatable that if Americans are not willing to take care of their own patients in their own country because it’s risky to the rest of the population, the Americans will decide that that can be done in Kenya.’ 

Rigathi Gachagua, Kenya’s former Deputy President on the deadly protests that have erupted over US plans to open a Ebola quarantine centre for its citizens in Kenya

‘Groups of masked men burning families out of their homes is nothing less than disgusting cowardice.’ 

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill of Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein on the anti-immigration violence that erupted after a Sudanese national stabbed an Irish man

‘I was forced to leave to Paris when I learned that legal cases were being prepared against me because of my critical positions toward the President and those around him.' 

Khaoula Boukrim, prominent Tunisian journalist after being given a four-year sentence in absentia for violating the country’s cyber crime laws 

‘The victims and survivors have waited a long time to see justice served at the national and international levels. This action today gives hope to many Sudanese to work toward combating impunity for such crimes and atrocities.’ 

Mossaad Ali, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies executive director, after a criminal complaint was filed in Nairobi seeking the prosecution of members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity