Eighty one after a long illness while the news was announced by her Personal Assistant when mandela was the exwife of the late president and Anti Apartheid Icon Nelson Mandela her legacy in south africa was mixed for decades she was long admired as a determined fighter against white minority rule in south africa but women to his reputation began to suffer and later years due to a number of controversy still she does remain one of south africas most of fining figures and tributes have been pouring in for her this is what one member of the current government had to say she was really it was. Solved in african names. Is the sea deep our evolutionary pain. Of this great i call of regimes drug. Serfontein is a South African journalist author and documentary filmmaker she has reported extensively
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have reached his own conclusion. i m not so sure he has, is certain what he will do. my guess is he will move in. i think he still does not want any full blown war. do i think he will test the west? test the united states and nato? as significantly as he can? yes, i think he will.- he can? yes, i think he will. russia insists it has he can? yes, i think he will. russia insists it has no he can? yes, i think he will. russia insists it has no plans he can? yes, i think he will. russia insists it has no plans to he can? yes, i think he will. russia insists it has no plans to invade. i insists it has no plans to invade. moscow accusing washington of provoking this crisis. in eastern ukraine, where separatist have been in charge since 2014, a sense that conflict is looming. the west fears moscow may try to expand is influence beyond areas in rebel control. the scars of conflict are every where. 72 year old anton lives close to the front line. it is a
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in eastern ukraine where separatist have been in charge in 2014, it is sensed conflict is looming. the west fears moscow may try to expand its influence pushing beyond areas in rebel control. the scars of this frozen conflict are everywhere. a 72 year old woman lives close to the front line, in a world ravaged by years of shelling and sniping. translation: it is a miracle we stayed alive, she says. i we could have died many times. she is pro russian and fears a full scale war. at the sight of russia s ominous build up, as the troops and armour assemble, the question remains, what exactly does vladimir putin intend to do? paul adams, bbc news.
pro russian separatists have been in charge since 2014, a sense that conflict is looming. the west fears moscow may try to expand is may try to expand its influence beyond areas in rebel control. the scars of conflict are everywhere. this 72 year old lives close to the front line. it is a miracle we stayed alive, she said. she is pro russian and fears a full scale war. but is that really imminent? ukraine s president addressing the nation last night didn t appear to think so. translation: what is the news? hasn t this been a reality for eight years now? didn t the invasion start in 2014? has the threat of war only now arisen? these risks have been around for a long time and are not