---
title: "While you were sleeping: 11 April 2016"
description: "Yemen enters a fragile truce, Sanders balances his Middle East policies, and Frenchman to paddle across the Atlantic."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "South Africa"
author: "John Stupart"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/johnstupart/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-11-while-you-were-sleeping-11-april-2016/"
published: "2016-04-11T05:53:29"
updated: "2016-04-11T05:57:28"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 749
---

# While you were sleeping: 11 April 2016

> Yemen enters a fragile truce, Sanders balances his Middle East policies, and Frenchman to paddle across the Atlantic.

By John Stupart · Published 11 April 2016, 07:53 SAST · Updated 11 April 2016, 07:57 SAST

## Content

| \| \\| *“You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.”*   – **H.L. Mencken** \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\|  \| \| --- \| |
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| \| \\| # Story of the Day \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| ![Image](//gallery.mailchimp.com/6170d6a6d93cac57e83ba137f/images/b4cec901-cf4a-4331-a292-01f732ee8824.jpg) \\| \\| --- \\| \\| [Gone Guptas: ‘We must crush the head of the snake’ – EFF](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-11-gone-guptas-we-must-crush-the-head-of-the-snake-eff/)  Two months ago, the Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema focused his radar on the Gupta empire and demanded that the family leave South Africa. Over a week ago, he made the extraordinary allegation that President Jacob Zuma had carried R6-billion out of South Africa to Dubai on behalf of the Guptas. On Sunday it was reported that the Guptas had fled the country to resettle in Dubai after announcing last week that they had resigned all their directorships in their South African companies. While the EFF is claiming victory, they still have one more target in their “Zupta Must Fall” campaign. By RANJENI MUNUSAMY. \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # While you were sleeping \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Truce takes hold in Yemen** A fragile peace has descended upon Yemen as a midnight ceasefire agreement takes effect. Fighting had flared up just hours before, as warring factions exchanged fire north of the capital, Sana'a. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-11-warring-sides-pledge-support-as-yemen-truce-begins) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Brussels attack switched from France** As investigators closed in on Islamic State attackers in Brussels, the target shifted from France to Belgium. According to prosecutors currently charging Mohamed Abrini, or the "man in the hat", the original intention was to strike Paris again. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-11-jihadists-switched-attack-to-brussels-from-france) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Sanders to pursue a balanced Middle East Policy** If elected president, Bernie Sanders has said that he would take a far more balanced approach to the Middle East. Potentially the first Jewish US president, Sanders criticised Israel's role in the 2014 war and sympathised with the Gazan people's suffering. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-11-sanders-seeks-more-balanced-us-middle-east-policy) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **Frenchman embarks on paddling record** A French stand-up paddler embarked on a record-breaking journey on Sunday. Nicolas Jarossay will attempt to cross 5,000 km of Atlantic Ocean to become the first paddler to do so. At the end, 'legs of steel' won't quite describe it. [Read More](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2016-04-11-french-stand-up-paddler-embarks-on-atlantic-odyssey) \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| # In Numbers \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\|  \\| \\| --- \\| \| \| --- \|\| \\| **13,000** \\| \\| --- \\|\\| The dollar amount stolen by 'Non Erata', a player in a massively multiplayer game called EVE. 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