here is your latest african news africa wide the european union wants africa's support in the
ukraine conflict the european union delegation in tanzania has called for africa's support in
ukraine russia war the eight ambassadors representing poland france finland germany
italy netherlands sweden and spain convened a news conference at the french ambassador's residence
in dar salam also present at the conference was ambassador of the eu delegation to tanzania this
coercion by the eu comes at a time when almost half of african countries including tanzania
abstained from voting at the u.n security council when the issue was brought to vote on march
leading the delegation was a french ambassador nabil hajj lawy who expressed dismay towards
russia's aggression and say that france along with the international community condemned the
move by russia he said all of africa should join europeans in condemning the ukraine war
ethiopia ethiopian government declares indefinite unilateral truths to allow aid into tigray
ethiopia's government has declared an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately
saying it hopes to help hearthstone delivery of emergency aid into the tigri region where
hundreds of thousands face starvation since war broke out in northern ethiopia in november 2020
thousands have died and many more have been forced to flee their home as the conflict has expanded
from tigre to the neighboring regions of amhara and afar prime minister abi ahmed's government has
said it is committed to exert maximum effort to facilitate the free flow of emergency humanitarian
aid into the tigray region fighting has dragged on for over a year triggering a humanitarian crisis
humanitarian organizations have been forced to increasingly curtail the activities because of
fuel and supply shortages and theft by the tplf the government previously declared a
unilateral csi integri in june last year after the tplf retook the region from federal force
but fighting intensified in the second half of 2021 before reaching a stalemate
zimbabwe nangawa threatens to expel ngos president emerson mungawa has threatened
to expel non-governmental organizations from zimbabwe saying they have lost their mandate
addressing delegates at a zanu-pf campaign rally nangawa said ngos that defy his government's
policy will be chased out of the country this comes at a time his administration is
in the middle of enacting a private voluntary organization which will regulate the operation
of ngos in the country the pvo bill has provisions that seek to criminalize the work
of non-governmental organizations by proposing harsh penalties including jail time of up to one
year for perceived offenses the bill also gives the government and the minister responsible for
csos and trust excessive powers which will enable them to interfere with operations of
these bodies giving it the potential to disrupt non-governmental organizations
ngo activities and financing ngos will be required to submit their plans and work to the government
mali mali sees some sanctions suspended the court of the west african economic and
monetary union has ordered the suspension of its sanctions against mali pending a detailed court
ruling the body spokesperson said in january the organization instructed the suspension
of all financial institutions under its wing in mali after its ruling military government
decided to delay elections meant to restore civilian rule after cruz in 2020 and 2021.
a month ago the military government which had repeatedly asked for the sanctions to be lifted
filed a complaint with a uemoa court of justice to overturn the decision according to the interim
government the sanctions have severe consequences for the population with obamacare blaming them for
debt defaults worth 180 million dollars since january the court's ruling does not apply to
sanctions imposed by the economic community of west african states equos the regional block
which is organizing an extraordinary summit of the situation in mali throws malian state assets
and suspended non-essential financial sanctions mali's military leader kernel asimi goita has been
invited to take part in the meeting but has not confirmed his attendance yet africa wide french
presidential candidate threatens to seize african leaders homes if they don't take back immigrants
french presidential candidate eric zamore has said that he could seize the homes of african
leaders and block remittances to their countries if they fail to take back immigrants as he seeks
to reboot his flagging campaign a former political commentator has made immigration and security the
center of his campaign and say that if elected he would create a ministry of re-immigration that
would forcefully deport hundreds of thousands of african immigrants over his five-year term kenya
fire destroys 6500 acres of mount kenya forest a raging fire has destroyed more than 6500 acres of
moorland in the mariana section of mount kenya forest according to kenya forest service the
fire that broke out of the weekend was spreading fast due to hot weather and strong winds despite
deployment of firefighters from kfs kenya wildlife service kenya defense forces mount kenya trust
rhino arc in the community the fire was still spreading the efforts by the firefighters have
been hampered by the rugged terrain which has made it impossible for water boosters to access the
area mount kenya trust has been on the forefront in fighting the fire and states that the fire
reignited hours after being successfully put out the severity of the wildfires have had adverse
effects in the natural ecosystem killing hundreds of wildlife in the process of gutting down the
vegetation mount kenya which is the second highest mountain in africa is a heritage site and contains
different types of wildlife lakes glaciers dense forests and mineral springs the fires
have some ecological effects like increased erosion and water runoffs thanks for watching
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