Heavily armed police presence ends Caprivians' hunger strike
Friday, June 22, 2018
On the eve of the World Refugee Day commemoration on Wednesday, Dukwi Refugee Camp – some 130km northwest of Francistown – resembled a crisis-laden zone with a heavy presence of armed members of riot police, otherwise called Special Support Group (SSG).
Caprivians from Namibia’s Caprivi Strip had planned an indefinite hunger and sit-in strike in front of UNHCR offices in Dukwi in a bid to seek the United Nations (UN) refugee agency’s intervention ahead of the impeding forced repatriation to Namibia.
The contest had 10 beautiful young girls as finalists and unfortunately only one could wear the crown.The judges picked Anicia Gaothuse. To all those who feel their contestant should have won ahead of Anicia for whatever reason, hardly; the judges found Anicia to be the best among the best, so desist from disrespecting our newly crowned queen on social media or anywhere else, for that matter! Each of the 10 beautiful young women had supporters...