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u.n criticizes the uk for failure to
redress colonial era
land grab in kenya the british
government has been criticized by the
u.n for a lack of resolution
over colonial era crimes committed in
kenya
six united nations special rapporteurs
have written to the government
expressing their concerns over its
failure to provide
effective remedies and reparations to
the kipsikis and talai
peoples the kip sigis and talai clans of
kirikou county
in kenya were brutally evicted by the
british army between 1895 and 1963
to make way for lucrative tea
plantations owned
by white settlers having never received
any form of redress
for the human rights violations they
suffered
they filed a complaint to the united
nations calling for an investigation
in 2019 lawyers say the uk pursued an
unintentional policy of violent
displacement after realizing the land in
kirikou county
was suited to growing tea and argued the
treatment of these kenyans amounted to a
gross
violation of human rights the british
government was given 60 days to respond
but have yet to respond to these
allegations
africa fifa bans former caf
president for one year fifa has banned
its former vice president and the
ex-president of the confederation
of african football issa hayatu for you
football's world governing body found
the 74 year old cameroonian responsible
for having breached the article relating
to the duty of loyalty
in its code of ethics following an
extensive hearing
fifa's adjudicatory chamber ruled that
based on the information it had
gathered that had two had entered into
an
anti-competitive agreement with le garde
sport which was detrimental and caused
significant damage to kef the sanction
which comes into effect on august the
3rd
means that he cannot be involved in
january's africa cup of nations that is
being held
in his homeland of cameroon
south africa zuma's daughter hits back
at naomi campbell the daughter of south
africa's
former president jacob zuma jabu
has hit out at british model naomi
campbell after she accused her father
of stoking division campbell had said
zuma's defiance to court orders and
subsequent jailing had divided
the country she said the unrest started
by zuma's supporters
had threatened the late nelson mandela's
vision for a prosperous
south africa campbell's open letter was
published on her instagram page
jabu in her response said campbell was
not qualified
to speak on zuma's affair she said that
her father
had sacrificed a lot for the country's
democracy
jabu also said the unrest after zuma's
jailing was beyond just her father she
said that south africans were
currently hungry and unemployed and
blamed the administration of the current
sitting president president
cyril ramaphosa sudan sudan takes first
step towards joining international court
the decision by the cabinet to join the
rome institutes is a step forward
in the long awaited trial of suspects
wanted for war crimes
and genocide in the defer conflict
including former president omar
the bull however still needs to be
ratified by a joint meeting of sudan's
ruling
sovereign council and cabinet
together they serve as an interim
parliament
the cabinet did not offer a time frame
for this ratification as yet sudan has
been led
by a joint military civilian government
since a popular uprising led to the
military's overthrowing
of al-bashir back in april of 2019
that transitional government which
promised democratic reforms has
previously said
that war crime suspects including
al-bashir would be tried before the icc
but the trial venue
is a matter for negotiations with the
hague-based court
mauritius evidence points to secret
indian navy base on mauritian island
satellite imagery financial data and on
the ground evidence
obtained by special investigations has
pointed to india building a naval
facility on the remote island
of agalega military experts who have
been who have seen the evidence say that
the airstrip under construction will
almost certainly be used for maritime
patrol missions by india's navy
rumors and media reports about the
military base first surfaced in 2018 but
both mauritius and india
have denied that the construction
project is for military purposes
and they say that the infrastructure is
only to benefit the islanders
satellite pictures reveal how agalega
located about 1
100 kilometers from mauritius's main
island and people
and home to about 300 people is seeing
the construction of two large
jetties and a runway that is more than
three kilometers
long rwanda
rwandan peacekeepers in car get
united nations medals rwandan
peacekeepers rwanda battle group 3
and rwanda medical contingent 6 serving
under the united states nation's
multidimensional integrates
stabilization mission in the central
african republic
were on friday july 16 decorated with un
medals in recognition
for their contribution to maintaining
peace and stability during almost
one year tour of duty in the central
african republic sector east
bria bria is the capital of hot cotto
one of the 14 prefectures in the far
east of the central african republic
apart from rwanda
battle group third a merchandised
infantry unit
under menisca bria is also the main base
of the rwanda medical contingent
vi and has rwanda's level 2 hospital
one of the best such medical facilities
under the uen mission
in the country mozambique
no observer status for israel urges
palestinian ambassador
the palestinian ambassador to mozambique
fayez abdul
jawad has urged the mozambican
government to oppose
the granting of observer status at the
african union to israel
in a letter to mozambique and foreign
minister veronica makamo dates
28 july the ambassador protested
that the decision to accept israel as an
observer was taken
unilaterally by the chairperson of the
african
union commission musafaki
based on the long-standing relations
between mozambique and palestine
ambassador jawad requested that the
government submit an official
objection to the relevant african
union's authorities against the
acceptance of israel as an observer
he wanted the decision to be suspended
until the eu member states
had an opportunity to vote on it israel
had once been an
observer at the organization of african
unity but
lost that status in 2002 when the oau
transformed itself into the african
union on the 22nd of july
israel regained its observer status but
without any discussion
among au member states
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