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.
Mandela grandson says he will join Gaza aid boat
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://dui-bxw-sig-ijek.xs888999.com
Organisers have said about 100 activists have registered to join the flotilla from Tunis.
- Thai woman jailed for 43 years for lese majeste freed
- Palace rejects Sara's offer of 'free advice' on flood solutions, says to give it to 'Mayor Baste' instead
- Chinese sleeper agents' and PLA operatives a threat, Lacson warns
- US agents arrest 475 in Hyundai-LG plant raid
- Made in China? The remarkable tale of Venice's iconic winged lion
- Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as China anxiety grows
- Trump tells Europe to put economic pressure on China over Ukraine
- Searchers retrieve bodies as Afghan quake toll seen to rise
- Roxas matriarch Judy Araneta-Roxas, 91
- Duterte lawyers take aim at ICC prosecutor
