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Reporters Without Borders wrote today, the third anniversary of Eritrean journalist Fessehaye “Joshua” Yohannes' death in detention, to Manfred Nowak, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, asking him to do everything possible to obtain an improvement in the conditions of journalists imprisoned in Eritrea.
“The conditions in which Eritrean detainees are held are among the most disturbing in the world,” the letter said. “The situation is made all the more appalling by the fact President Issaias Afeworki's government, which has become the disgrace of Africa, refuses to provide any information about them. This is why we ask you to do everything possible to obtain news from the authorities and, if possible, to go to...
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The Democratic Alliance believes that the programme to procure eight Airbus A400M strategic heavy lift aircraft for the South African Air Force should be terminated due to estimated cost overrun of
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