NAMIBIA’S bar council warned this week that the country’s rule of law was being undermined because a high-ranking judge refuses to force the government to free an ailing Angolan rebel. The case is pitting the Namibian judiciary against Home Affairs Minister Jerry Ekandjo over the fate of Jose Domingos Sikunda, UNITA’s representative in Nambia. The court – which President Judge Pio Teek presides over – ordered Sikunda’s release on October 27, but Ekandjo has refused to obey the order, prompting Sikunda’s lawyers to charge Ekandjo with contempt of court. – AFP