PUTIN WOOS AFRICAN LEADERS AT SHOWCASE SUMMIT, SAYS RUSSIA IS BETTER PARTNER THAN 'COLONIAL' WEST. (PHOTO).
Putin woos African leaders at showcase summit, says Russia is better partner than 'colonial' West President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent's resources and using debt to hold back development, Reuters reported. The Kremlin chief was speaking at the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, a two-day event attended by African leaders and government delegations from 48 countries, during which he will hold one-on-one talks with many of the 22 individual African leaders attending on everything from trade to security, arms deals and grain supplies. "Africa is increasingly asserting itself as one of the key players in the global economy and politics. However, the emergence of a multipolar world is, of course, no easy task; it faces resistance from countries that are not prepared to accept this reality: those who are accustomed to thinking i...
Rwanda's Spy Chief Karenzi Karake,was freed today monday by a British court,after he was arrested in June on a warrant over alleged reprisal killings after the 1994 genocide.Officials did not immediately provide further details but a fuller statement from Britain's Crown Prosecution service was expected shortly.Rwanda had condemned the arrst of Karake.He had been granted bail by a London court pending extradition proceedings.Karake was partof the Rwandan Patriotic Front {RPF},the then rebel force that halted the genocide and now runs the country.To supporters,Karake is a hero who helped stop the slaughter of 800,000 people,mostly minority Tutsis.The Spanish warrant stemmed from a lengthy indictment issued by a judge in 2008 which accused 40 senior Rwandas,including Karake,of war crimes in the aftermath of the genocide.Karake was also accused of ordering the killing of three Spanish volunteers from a medical charity in 1997.
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