WINDHOEK: Southern African nations yesterday expressed concern at the growing number of Rwandan troops on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and said it hoped an invasion was not imminent.
A statement from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional body said it was concerned “at the deployment of Rwandan troops along the common border” and “expressed the hope that Rwanda is not contemplating to invade”.
Three kids die inside refrigerator
JOHANNESBURG: Three South African children were found dead by a grandparent after becoming stuck in an abandoned refrigerator as they played near their home, police said yesterday.
Their bodies were found on Friday in Atamelang, a town in the country’s North West province, police spokesman Sergeant Kealeboga Molale said. Two of the victims were four years old and the other was just three.
“They go into the refrigerator and it looks like the refrigerator locks itself and they suffocated.”
Grenade kills one in Kigali market
KIGALI: A grenade attack at a Kigali market claimed a second victim yesterday as Rwanda prepared for legislative polls predicted to bolster the ruling party of President Paul Kagame.
Two grenades were used in an attack at a market on Friday that had killed one person and left 14 wounded. One of the devices had failed to explode and remained undetected. “One was caught in the roof of the market but people didn’t identify it,” police spokesman Damas Gatare said. “That second grenade is the one that (went) off a few hours ago... It is the same attack.” AGENCIES
