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.
Mandela grandson says he will join Gaza aid boat
"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., This news data comes from:http://nmr-kvv-aewv-hvqn.yamato-syokunin.com
Initially scheduled for last Thursday, it was postponed due to bad weather, and organisers have yet to confirm the place and time of departure.
Organisers have said about 100 activists have registered to join the flotilla from Tunis.
- Washington makes military aid overtures to Sahel juntas
- Four children killed by parents in Dominican Republic — police
- Trump moves to limit US stays of students, journalists
- Wildfires producing 'witches' brew' of air pollution – UN
- Pangilinan pushes coordinated water management
- Bersamin letter proves Torre reassignments ‘valid’
- House committee subpoenas Sarah Discaya, 4 other contractors over flood control project anomalies
- Trough of LPA, ‘habagat’ will bring rain showers, thunderstorms across PH
- Protesters storm Discaya compound, Sotto calls for calm
- India will not 'bow down,' trade minister says after US tariffs
