here is your latest african news horn of africa from ethiopia to somalia the usa shifts
interference to mogadishu the u.s has intervened in the suspension of somalia's prime minister
mohammed hussein rebel by the country's president muhammad abdullah muhammad a move that has widely
been interpreted as meddling in somalia's internal affairs the president in a statement last week
accused rebel of stealing land owned by the country's army and interfering with the defense
ministry investigation and corruption the prime minister has since described the move as illegal
only aimed at detailing the country's ongoing parliamentary elections as they have previously
done in several african countries the u.s had already taken sides and condemned the president
for a decision stating that they are prepared to act against those obstructing somalia's path to
peace the comments according to various african commentators are in bad faith only aimed at
interfering in internal management of african countries by the us and other western actors
cameroon cameroon jails 47 opposition activists for rebellion a military tribunal in cameroon
has jailed dozens of opposition supporters for terms of up to seven years for rebellion
their party's deputy secretary general had said the 47 defendants were arrested in september 2020
as maurice camptow's movement for the rebirth of cameroon and several other parties planned
protests against the government of paul bayer in power for nearly 40 years police dispersed
hundreds of protesters in the economic capital dollar and made more than 500 arrests across the
country of those 124 remain in detention according to the mrc the government has said that those held
since september 2020 face charges of attempted insurrection or revolution some have already been
convicted two months after their arrest amnesty international accused the bayer government of
relentless repression of opposition members characterized by arbitrary arrests and detentions
ethiopia marathon motors ethiopia inaugurates electric vehicle charging station in addis ababa
marathon motors ethiopia has inaugurated an electric vehicle charging station in addis
ababa in the presence of high-level government officials the company has also rolled out 20
electric powered vehicles dubbed hyundai koina and hyundai ayonk in the same inaugural ceremony
the vehicles cost up to 3.5 million beer each the electric cars being assembled by marathon motors
locally are said to have a paramount importance to the country in saving hard currency and assisting
the economy of the nation as well marathon motors has announced plans to realize 50 electric
vehicles by 2023 and full electric powered vehicles by 2025 in the country south africa
a south african court blocks shells oil exploration a south african court has halted
oil giant shell seismic testing for oil and gas along the country's eastern coastline pending a
final ruling the decision has been held by environmentalists who fear that the sound
blasting will harm marine life she said it had paused operations while it reviewed the judgment
in his ruling high court judge jared bloom saying the shell's right to explore the waters near the
wild coast was awarded on the basis of a substantially flawed consultation process
the 250 kilometer 155 mile stretch of coastline in eastern cape province is known for its natural
beauty and marine life campaigners argue that many sea creatures including whales dolphins and seals
would be affected by the seismic testing local communities were also represented in the case
say that their customary rights to the land and fishing had not been respected seashells
seashells signs contract for biometric passports expected end of 2022 seashells took a step forward
today introducing electronic biometric passports after signing a contract with in-group in-group
specializes in the production of secured documents like identity cards and passports and for the
past 15 years has delivered passport booklets to seashells the contract was signed by the minister
of internal affairs errol fonseca and the vice president for internal sales of in-group recently
fonseca say that the introduction of an electronic biometric passport in seashells is expected to
rise the level of security at borders a barometric passport is embedded with an electronic chip
that contains biometric information including the holder's biological information facial recognition
fingerprint and additional information also featured on the passport's data page
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