Quotes

‘Kiir will be the only person in power, without Vice-Presidents, without the executive, without the Parliament.’ 

Michael Wani, lawyer and former member of South Sudan’s Constitution drafting committee, on the dissolution of Sudan's transitional government

‘People bear the historic responsibility of overthrowing this regime.’ 

Fano leader Zemene Kassie, after seven Ethiopian armed groups formed an alliance aimed at overthrowing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Government

‘Four days in secretive intelligence custody is unacceptable treatment of an investigative journalist.’

Angela Quintal, regional director of the Committee to Protect Journalists after investigative journalist Micah Reddy was released from police custody in Djibouti

‘This case demonstrates the UK is not a safe haven for individuals suspected of committing international crimes.’ 

Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London after Rwandan Dr Vincent Brow became the first person charged in the UK with offences relating to the 1994 Rwanda genocide