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africa wide ukraine president wants to address au on russia
president vladimir zelensky of ukraine has again reached out to the african union au
for support in his nation's war with russia calling his senegalese counterpart marquis sal
to discuss the crisis zelensky said he provided an update to sal the current president of the au
on the ukrainian struggle against russia and the terrible crimes of the aggressor
sal acknowledged the call in his own social media message noting that zelensky who has made numerous
appeals to global leaders in legislatures also wants the opportunity to address the eu their
conversation touched on an au statement issued on february 24 calling for an immediate ceasefire and
a return to negotiations in order to preserve the world from the consequences of planetary conflict
the result comes amid a divided african response to russia's invasion of ukraine
for example 58 countries abstained from an april 7th vote in the united nations general
assembly that suspended russia from the un human rights council africa accounted for 24 of the
abstaining countries which included senegal nine other african countries voted in favor of
the resolution and nine voted against nigeria eu looks to nigeria for more gas supply the european
union eu is mounting pressure on nigeria to ramp up its gas supply to europe with a visit to group
managing director of the nigerian national petroleum company nnpc limited mr mele kyrie
the visit comes days after eu ambassadors paid a similar visit to the minister of state petroleum
resources mr temira silva apparently in a bid to mount pressure on the country to raise its
gas production since the russia-ukraine war started europe has sought to free itself of
russian hydrocarbons which produces up to 40 percent of its total gas consumption
at the event the federal government had urged europe to step up investments in gas and other
hydrocarbons in nigeria to be able to help meet the eu energy demand ethiopia ethiopia lifts ban
on boeing 737 marks after 2019 crash ethiopia has allowed boeing 737 max airplanes back on its
airspace the aviation regulator has said three years after one of its national carrier jets
crashed shortly after takeoff from addis ababa all 149 passengers and eight crew
members aboard the ethiopian airlines flight from the ethiopian capital to nairobi in kenya died
the ethiopian civil aviation authority ecaa said it lifted the ban after being satisfied
with improvements in the plane's design and the airline's pilot training program
the u.s federal aviation administration faa cleared the planes to resume flight
in november 2020 but ordered mandatory pilot training and modification of flight computer
somalia african union stands by envoy in somalia francisco madeira
the african union has stood by mozambique and diplomat francisco madeira the head of the
continental bodies mission to somalia after he was initially expelled from the country
the expulsion which has since been cancelled by president mohamed farmaja was controversially
issued on the 7th of april by prime minister hussein roble who accused the diplomat of engaging
in acts contrary to his position as the special representative of the au chairperson in somalia
madeira was declared persona and grata and given 48 hours to leave the country but au chairperson
musafaki mohammed reaffirmed his trust and confidence in his special representative algeria
italy signs deal with algeria to increase gas imports italian prime minister mario draghi has
secured a deal for more natural gas inputs from across a mediterranean pipeline from algeria
it's the latest push by a european union nation to reduce dependence on russian energy following
the ongoing conflict russia is italy's biggest supplier of natural gas representing 40 percent
of total inputs followed by algeria which provides some 21 billion cubic meters of gas
via the trans-mediterranean pipeline after meeting with president abdel majid debune draghi said that
an agreement to intensify bilateral cooperation in the energy sector along with a deal to export more
gas to italy is significant for the strategic goal of quickly replacing russian energy zambia
cowboy lead poisoning fresh evidence filed against anglo-american winning company on behalf of over
100 000 victims high levels of lead have been found in the blood of thousands of children
living around the cabwe mine in zambia according to evidence submitted by human rights lawyers in
self-guarding a high court the reports by medical and environmental experts will strengthen the case
against british mining giant anglo-american south africa limited for allegedly causing
widespread lead poisoning around the site the local population has been suffering lead poisoning
for generations and it may have caused cognitive impairment in many the document illustrated around
50 percent of children had levels greater than 45 mcg per dl and many had above 100 mcg per dl
the case was filed in a south african court because the mining company is domiciled there
class actions are lawsuits that are filed by a group of people affected by the same problem
but zambia doesn't have class actions and justice has been denied to the victims for over 50 years
the victims want compensation in order to access an effective medical monitoring system
of the blood lead levels cleanup and remediation anglo-american has opposed the class action
passing the blame to zambia consolidated copper mines a state-owned company that took over the
operation of the mine in 1974. the claim was proven unjustifiable as it was later found out
that the project was run by anglo-american during a much longer and more active period
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