here is your latest african news your news highlights democratic republic of congo
democratic republic of congo to discuss withdrawal of u.n peacekeepers
east africa mastermind of terror attacks on u.s embassies in kenya and tanzania killed
ghana ghanian president says it's time for africa to get slavery reparations benin benin unveils
a giant amazon statue of a warrior woman west africa ghana and ivory coast want more premium
for their cocoa beans somalia somalia's prime minister names ex-al-shabab leader mukhtar
robert cabinet diaspora slave owner sir thomas picton portrait returns in bid to reframe past
democratic republic of congo democratic republic of congo to discuss withdrawal of unp's keepers
the democratic republic of congo is expected to hold talks with the un mission in the country
monusco on the withdrawal of peacekeepers the announcement came after president felix de
shakadi chaired a meeting with the presidents of the two chambers of parliament the prime minister
and officials from the eastern north kivu province reports says the deadly protest
demanding monus expulsion erupted in north kivus capital goma on july 25th and have since spread
activists have accused the u.n mission of failing to stop a decades-long rebellion
in the east the government spokesperson mr patrick muya said a total of 36 people
including four u.n peacekeepers have been killed following the protests meanwhile on august 1st
security forces dispersed fresh protest in benin or the kivu and it resulted in the disruption of
activities in the region a un peacekeeping force has been in the democratic republic of
congo for more than two decades monusco took over from the previous u.n mission in 2010
east africa mastermind of terror attacks on u.s embassies in kenya and tanzania killed the u.s has
killed the leader of al-qaeda ayman al-zawahiri in a drone strike in afghanistan president joe biden
has confirmed he was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the cia in the afghan
capital of kabul on july 31st zawahiri took over al qaeda after the death of osama bin laden in
2011. zawahiri had masterminded the august 1998 attacks on the u.s embassies in kenya and tanzania
in which 223 people died a man al-zawahiri was an egyptian doctor who was imprisoned
in the 1980s for involvement in radical islam he left egypt after his release and eventually
settled in afghanistan where he joined forces with osama bin laden zawahiri was considered to be the
ideological brains of al-qaeda he was indicted in the us for his role in the august 1998 bombing of
the u.s embassies in kenya and tanzania which killed 224 people and wounded thousands others
ghana ghanian president says it's time for africa to get slavery reparations
ghana's president nana akufwado has called for slavery reparations to africa and the
african diaspora speaking at the reparations and racial healing summit on august 1st
president akufu adoz said these reparations were long overdue and needed to be intensified
he questioned double standards in the debate when it came to other races and ethnic groups
that were wronged historically he also complained that all the owners of enslaved africans received
reparations to the tune of 20 million pound sterling but enslaved africans themselves
did not receive a penny haiti also had to pay reparations amounting to 21 billion dollars
to french slaveholders in 1825 following the haitian revolution whilst reiterating
that no amount of money can restore the damage caused by the transatlantic slave trade and its
consequences which have spanned many centuries the president stated that nevertheless it is now
time to revive and intensify the discussions about reparations for africa he asked participants
at the summit not to overly concern themselves with modalities for the payment of reparations
but rather work to establish unequivocally first the justice in the call for reparations
benin benin unveils a giant amazon statue of a warrior woman benin's president patrice tallon
has unveiled three monuments in the capital cottonwood to remind citizens to celebrate
the historical heroes the monuments include the garden of matthew the statue of the king
bioguerra and the amazon matthieu's guardians are in honor of the former president matthew carracco
the gardens are part of the project to embellish the city of kotonu a showcased city of the country
the giant amazon statue has fueled controversy in the country called esplanade de amazon this
square houses a majestic statue of a warrior woman considered for summers as queen tassie hang bay
and for others the portrait of a beninese amazon benin's presidency the country needed to celebrate
what is gratifying to them and the monuments are there to instill pride and unity in the country
ghana and ivory coast ghana and ivory coast want more premium for their cocoa beans
major cocoa buyers have agreed to pay a premium and back a price floor on cocoa sold by ivory
coast in ghana as part of an agreement reached to combat poverty among farmers kokora industry
players will back up a fixed living income differential of four hundred dollars a ton on all
cocoa contracts sold by ivory coast or ghana two top global cocoa producers buyers will also pay a
country premium that will enable cocoa regulators in both countries to reach a target flow price of
thousand six hundred dollars per ton which should allow farmers to earn a minimum of seventy percent
of the target floor price both countries have struggled to achieve the price target
prompting the core divora ghana koko initiative to work with the industry on a price mechanism
somalia somalia prime minister names ex-al-shabab leader muktarubo to cabinet somalia's prime
minister hamzabar on august 2nd broke with tradition and named a former al-shabab leader
in his cabinet in what could signal a turn in counter-terrorism policy mr barr named mukhtar
rubar a former deputy leader of the militant group al-shabab two years after he was placed under
house arrest mr rubeau will now be the minister of endowment religious affairs and counter-terrorism
ideology he will mostly be in charge of dissuading the youth from joining al-shabab
based on religious convictions his council of ministers consists of 26 men and women including
politicians and former senior government officials mr rubeau had defected to the government in 2017
after falling out with other al-shabaab faction leaders over a decade ago he had told the media
in mogadishu that he was lucky to have been one of the few somalis trained in al qaeda's camp
in afghanistan and that on one occasion he shook hands with osama bin laden the then leader of that
group diaspora slave owner sir thomas picture in portraits returns in bid to reframe past
a portrait of slave owner sir thomas pixen has been put up on display albeit boxed up
and alongside new artworks and information that reframes his place in history the portrait was
removed from national museum cardiff in november following scrutiny of memorials to slave owners
the museum commissioned two artworks from trinidadian artists to reframe his legacy
and give a voice to his victims young people also worked with curators to provide additional context
previously information alongside the portrait of pikton was from harvard ford west pembrokeshire
hailed him as a hero of the battle of waterloo it had not included his brutal
treatment of the people of trinidad including the torture of fourteen-year-old louisa calderon
one of the new artworks an installation called the wound is a portal is by multidisciplinary
artists gasier who's from trinidad and tobago and has nigerian heritage the picked on portrait
is one of 200 memorials in wales to people with links to slavery identified by a 2020 audit the
new exhibition came after the museum called in the sub-saharan advisory panel to decide
the future of the portrait which had hung in the museum's face of wales gallery the group said the
painting should remain on display but with added details about pikton's actions as a slave owner
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