South African Strikes and Accusations Against Rwanda

South African strikes and accusations against Rwanda
Sep 3rd 2010, 16:33 by J.D. | LONDON
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..IN THE Africa section of this week's print edition we look at the leaked United Nations report that revisits the killing fields of central Africa. The report suggests that Paul Kagame's Tutsi Rwandan forces attempted a counter-genocide in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Rwanda's angry reaction to the accusations has prompted the UN to delay the release of the report for another month to allow Mr Kagame's government to comment on it. Elsewhere, Jason Stearns, an expert on Congo, worries that Congo's rejection of some of the key recommendations in the report also makes it less likely that the crimes detailed within it will ever be adequately addressed.

We also look at the strikes that have crippled South Africa in recent weeks and the damage they have done to President Jacob Zuma. In our leader on South Africa, we argue that Mr Zuma's attempts to buy off his political allies and quash the press are bad news for South Africa.