here is your latest african news africa wide africa sits on the fence in u.n rebuke of
russia invasion of ukraine 17 african countries sat on the fence as the united nations general
assembly overwhelmingly voted to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine with 141 countries condemning
the action 5 being against the 35 being absent completely signaling further international
presence on moscow the un general assembly in a rare emergency session prompted by a serious
threat to international security voted to condemn what a motion called aggression against ukraine
following russia's february 24th invasion of its neighbors and former soviet republic
the vote which was mostly symbolic and lacks legal strength means the un has declared
moscow's decision a violation of the u.n charter especially on issues of territorial integrity
south africa pan-african broadcaster pulls russia today tv channel south africa satellite
broadcast multi-choice has announced it will stop broadcasting state-owned russia tv news channel
on its dstv platform until further notice in a statement multi-choice cited sanctions imposed
by the european union on russia which led to the global distributor of the channels
ceasing to provide the broadcast feed to all suppliers including multi-choice multi-choice
decision has been condemned by south africa's economic freedom fighters eff party who said
it undermined press freedom and the rights of consumers russia today describes itself as an
autonomous operation financed by the russian federation nigeria protesters demand gender
equality in nigeria scores of nigerian women have protested at the national assembly against the
rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country they trooped out in hundreds and
asked the lawmakers to revisit the gender bills accusing the lawmakers of choosing to deny women
the opportunity of inclusion and representation in governance by voting against the bills
of the 68 legislations about five bills sought to promote more opportunities for women in
political parties governance and the society at large the women were addressed by the minority
leader of the senate enya naya aberibe who said he supported the bills but was outvoted
burkina faso demonstrators in burkina faso demand that the french firm balor leave the country
hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of burkina faso's capital ogardugu to denounce
what they described as the abusive exploitation of the railways by french group balor the protesters
demand the cancellation of the contract between below subsidiary sitter rail and the immediate
departure of the french group from the country works on the railway line abhijan kaya tambao were
due to start last september but so far nothing has been done according to the organizer of the march
ballard delayed the operation because the start of works on the tema ogawa railway would affect the
profitability of its investments last week the consortium held a press conference to denounce
the shortcomings of the framework negotiation agreement for the rehabilitation construction and
operation of the railway signed between burkina faso cortevoir and the below group sudan sudan
welcomes military base agreement with russia in the red sea deputy chairman of sudan sovereignty
council general mohammed da galu reported that he discussed cooperation with russian officials
on national security and political issues he held a press conference at khartoum airport after his
eight-day visit to the russian capital moscow the deputy chairman also met with russian security
council secretary nikolai patrushev where the two discussed national security in russia and sudan in
the field of experience sharing joint corporation fight against terrorism and education including
the naval base that russia wants to establish in the city of port sudan in the red sea south africa
south africa grants permits to hunt 10 critically endangered black rhinos the south african
government has made a big decision regarding hunting permits and included in the new permit
is the hunting of black rhinos which are listed as critically endangered by the international
union for conservation of nature the government decision has been controversial considering the
importance of preserving game like the black rhino but they've said that their allocated quarter for
rhinos are based on population estimates according to one earth the black rhino population is showing
an increasing growth trend at the moment the hunting and export permits of dozens
of big game including 10 critically endangered black rhinos and a similar number of layer parts
while game hunting remains a popular pastime for locals and tourists alike many have spoken out
about the cruelty that comes with trophy hunting many international tourists visit south africa
to hunt wild animals like lions giraffes and other animals and as a result breeding lions
specifically for hunting became a popular way to make money thanks for watching please subscribe
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