On Saturday, 23 November, 1996, the Chief Reporter of The Independent,
Steve Boggan, stumbled upon an issue concerning the Rwanda Genocide,
that missed the culpability of numerous members of the Seychelles
Government.
Had Mr. Boggan gotten a few facts correct, the International Courts of
Justice, would have sent investigators to Seychelles before the dawn of
the Millennium. Mr. Boggan came very close indeed but missed the mark,
just a little.
80 Tons of Weapons in Seychelles
In the first paragraph of the article, he says,” For once, it appeared a
UN arms embargo had worked. A Ship, the Malo, carrying 80 tons of
weapons bound for troubled Somalia, had been seized by the Government of
the Seychelles”.
The error of fact, in this article is this: The “Malo” was not seized by the Government of Seychelles per se.
The Maria or the Malo at the time, the Constitution of the Third
Republic was being drafted. The Port Authority called in to James Michel
who sat directly across me, his…