Quotes

‘The junta does not deserve to be sanctioned because it put an end to a situation of lawlessness.’

– Former Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo, urging Ecowas not to impose economic sanctions on Guinea's new military regime. He described the recent coup as a ‘welcome development’.

‘It is a decision we do not agree with. I am consulting my clients and they have a right to appeal.’

– Lawyer Fungai Chimwamurombe after a Zimbabwean magistrate on Friday ruled that former President Robert Mugabe's remains should be exhumed and reburied at the national heroes' shrine in the capital city

‘At our morning briefing, the local unit was described as a rattlesnake and bulletproof. It sounded rather like an episode of Mad Max. Yet, the metaphors are apt in the face of the rand’s unrelenting strength.’

– Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana, a strategist at Rand Merchant Bank in Johannesburg, after the South African rand reclaimed its position as the best-performing emerging-market currency this year after being knocked off the top spot during last month’s bout of volatility