TUNIS, Tunisia — A grandson of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela said Friday he would join pro-Palestinian activists seeking to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza with an aid boat from Tunisia.
"We particularly chose, as the South African delegation, to join the Global Sumud Flotilla here in Tunisia from an African point to say: Africa is part of this struggle," Mandla Mandela told journalists in Tunis.
"As Africans, we know very well what it means to live under occupation, under oppression," he said.
The Maghreb Sumud Flotilla will set sail on Sunday, organisers say, aiming to join other Gaza-bound boats that have already left from Spain and Italy.
Initially scheduled for last Thursday, it was postponed due to bad weather, and organisers have yet to confirm the place and time of departure., This news data comes from:http://www.gangzhifhm.com
Organisers have said about 100 activists have registered to join the flotilla from Tunis.
Mandela grandson says he will join Gaza aid boat
- Thailand's Parliament to vote Friday for a new prime minister
- Thai court dismisses prime minister over compromising phone call with Cambodian leader
- MMDA asks LTO to sanction motorist in altercation with traffic enforcer in San Juan
- ‘Lannie’ will bring rain showers, thunderstorms over North Luzon —Pagasa
- DSWD allocates P6.2B for livelihood program
- Xi and Putin reaffirm 'old friend' ties in the face of US challenges
- PAL plane bound for Osaka returns to Manila due to 'emergency' situation
- Trough of LPA, ‘habagat’ will bring rain showers, thunderstorms across PH
- Pakistanis no reprieve from floods yet
- Gasoline, diesel prices to increase by P1 next week
