South African authorities arrested 11 men in a raid on a hostel in downtown Johannesburg, officials said Wednesday, as troops were sent in to support police in a crackdown on deadly immigrant attacks. The raid late on Tuesday came hours after Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said the
Hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and other countries are playing a decisive role in Nigeria’s military campaign against Boko Haram, operating attack helicopters and armored personnel carriers and fighting to retake towns and villages captured by the Islamist militant group. Though the government is yet to acknowledged the presence of the mercenaries, a senior […]
