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Ramsey Clark, who promoted civil rights as America’s top law enforcement official in the 1960s but later helped defend Saddam Hussein and Slobodan Milosevic in court, has died at 93.
By Adam Eley and Katie Alston | BBC News | When former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003, the CIA required a specialist who could identify and interrogate him for information. That person was John Nixon. Mr Nixon had studied Saddam Hussein since joining the CIA in 1998. His role was to […]
A piece of the rope that was used to execute former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein has been put up for auction with the latest bid standing at $7 million.
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says he fears sharing the fate of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi or Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president sentenced to death by hanging.
“You mustn’t try to associate with people who condemn a dictator, then do business with his cronies”. I have been insulting Mugabe for a decade now and he is still in power — and still torturing opposition candidates and stealing elections. Give the old boy his due writes Justice Malala.
South African fast food chain Nando’s has decided to axe their TV advert which poked fun at Zimbabwe’s 87 year old president, Robert Mugabe, as “the last dictator standing”. The decision was made following threats directed at Nandos operations in Zimbabwe by Zanu PF’s violent Chipangano gang.
US ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray is the guest on Question Time and speaks to SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma while answering questions from the station’s listeners. Ambassador Ray reacts to reports that he was barred from paying his condolences to Vice President Joice Mujuru, comments on state media articles attacking him and prospects for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has expressed regret that he was not able to use his time in office to topple Zimbabwean dictator President Robert Mugabe. Writing in his memoirs Blair argued that globalization has made military intervention in rogue regimes overseas more necessary than ever.