Protesters from several African states picket at Durban’s WEF on Africa
On Thursday, a group of protesters from a string of African states picketed outside Durban’s International Convention Centre as their leaders convened for the World Economic Forum on Africa. One man‚ bedecked in a Zimbabwean flag‚ used a loudhailer to vent his ire for President Robert Mugabe‚ a guest at the conference. "Your people are beggars and you are a criminal‚" he jeered. While the picket was organised by the Congolese Solidarity Movement (CSM)‚ protesters from a number of African countries used the platform. A statement issued this week by the CSM drew attention to the legacy of civil war in the central African country, which said: "The war created a humanitarian chaos in our country. The children worked as labourers in the mines. This is a form of exploitation that is taking place right now in the Democratic Republic of Congo." "We, as the Congolese Solidarity Campaign and the [Congolese] community in Durban and others parts of the land of SA, have raised our voices and sai...
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