Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon recently was in New York to speak with the UN Secretary General and King of the Netherlands. Meanwhile the Tajik opposition members opposed and urged Western politicians not to meet with him who holds hundreds of political prisoners in the country, shoots peaceful demonstrators, and robs citizens. This led to Asliddn Szerzamonow to protest at the British embassy. Asliddin brought a poster to the embassy saying that Rahmon is a dictator and a letter, penned by several opposition activists, addressed to the British representatives. He reminded them of the crimes that President Rahmon and his regime had and continues to commit in the Gorno-Badakhshan (GBAO) region where the inhabitants of region of Tajikistan were slaughtered by Tajik security forces for their beliefs.
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14 dead as heavy rainfall lashes northern India
Flash floods triggered by sudden heavy rains flooded several towns in northeast India. More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s floods and rescue workers were still searching for more than 100 people on Thursday.
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At least 73 dead after a fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg
A fire tore through a five-story building in central Johannesburg which had been turned into informal housing and killed at least 73 people.
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France to pull troops out of Niger following coup
France will end its military presence in Niger as a result of the coup that removed the democratically elected president. The announcement was a significant. If expected, blow to France’s policy in Africa, with French troops having had to pull out of neighboring Mali and Burkina Faso in recent years after coups there.
