here is your latest african news your news highlights africa wide africa revives push
for colonial era reparations mali mali pro-junta group demands peacekeepers to leave the country
by september nigeria italian authorities reject racial motive for the murder of a nigerian man
africa wide blinken africa trip the world should not dictate to the continent
kenya kenya has shown a community to vote for the first time after statelessness
ivory coast president uttahar padan's predecessor bagbo nigeria nigeria threatens to quit echoes
over nepotism diaspora alabama towns moves to dissolve its police department over texted racist
joke africa wide africa revives push for colonial era reparations in a joint initiative african
countries are renewing their efforts to obtain reparations from european countries for the
transatlantic slave trade and other colonial era wrongs committed centuries ago the slave
trade which affected millions of africans was the largest forced migration in history and one of
the most inhumane over 400 years africans were transported to many areas of the world yet no
reparations have as yet been paid the process is proving much slower than many africans expected
last week ghana's president nana akufo ado revived the push for slavery and colonial retribution
at a summit on reparations and racial healing in accra ghana some european nations played key
roles in colonial crimes and have hesitantly in recent years rendered an apology for their actions
mali members of a malian civil society group closed to the ruling military government
demanded on friday that the un mission in mali minusma leaves the country by september 22nd
at the culture's palace in bamako supporters of the anti-french yerewolo de bu
standing on the ramparts group pledged to take to the streets if the troops did not go supporters
of the organization sheikh balo explained why he backed calls to expel french authorities
many of the protesters wore blue bonnets to mock the un peacekeepers in a move they called
operation blue bonnet against blue helmets the head of the movement
adama ben diara said he had already asked the u.n to withdraw from mali by september
speaking to supporters he said as you know we have to get together and go out massively on 22nd
september 2022 to liberate the country tensions between mali and the un have been running high in
recent last months after mali refused to authorize a u.n mission deployed to investigate alleged
ongoing human rights violations in the country the yerawalla movement has backed transitional
president colonel asimi goethe and has organized several protests against france in the past
nigeria italian authorities reject racial motive for the murder of a nigerian man
protests have taken place in the affluent italian town of civitanovamash after a nigerian immigrant
was beaten to death in full view of the public with no one helping him police arrested a suspect
but immediately ruled out a racial motive for the attack on alika who was a local street
vendor africans in italy are now demanding the authorities recognize the role race played in
what happened to ogochukwu but locals have been internationally condemned for not intervening
the nigerian government has condemned ogochukwu's death and the country's foreign affairs ministry
urged italian authorities to bring the perpetrator of the heinous act to book without delay africa
wide blinken africa tour the world should not dictate to the continent the u.s secretary of
state has said washington will not dictate which choices africa should make and neither
should anyone else he is currently in south africa as part of a three-nation african tour
washington is seeking to boost relations amid growing concerns over the growing influence
of russia and china mr blinken addressed african reservations that the continent is sometimes used
as a pawn in international relations he outlined the us priorities for the continent which include
democracy investment security coverage recovery support and clean energy mr blinken said the u.s
will launch a global fragility act which will make a decade-long investment in promoting more
peaceful more inclusive more resilient societies in place where conditions arrive for conflict
the project is set to receive 200 million us dollars in funding each year for the next decade
kenya kenya's shawna community have voted for the first time after statelessness the shauna
community in kenya voted for the first time ever in the general elections on august 9th members of
this community who now number around 4 000 people arrived in kenya from zimbabwe over 60 years ago
welcomed by the fast post-independence president jomo kenyatta but they were not recognized as
citizens and remained stateless until 2020 when they were finally given citizenship
seeks to end statelessness by 2024. it released a document titled handbook on the protection of
stateless people to help define statelessness the handbook serves as guiding principles for
countries but the remedies available for stateless people vary by country
guinea president uttar har pardon's predecessor babu president of the ivory coast al-assan
uttarha has pardoned his predecessor loren bagbo who was facing a 20-year jail sentence
for political unrest in a statement to mark the 62nd anniversary of the country's independence
utah said the move was in the interest of reinforcing social cohesion uttaha also asked
for babu's bank account to be unfrozen and for his live annuity to be paid baba became president of
the ivory coast in 2000 but was arrested in 2011 after refusing to concede defeat in the election
civil conflicts between bagpo's forces and supporters of utah
led to the deaths of around 3 000 people babo was acquitted by the international criminal court icc
for alleged war crimes committed during the conflict but in 2018 he was handed a 20-year
jail sentence for the robbery of funds from the abigain central bank after the election
he has always denied the charges uttaha also agreed to release two of babu's closest associates
who were convicted for their role in the post-election unrest in 2021 after his
acquittal by the icc babo returned from exile to the ivory coast and has kept a low profile since
uttarha stood for a third time in the 2020 election
a move which critics said was unconstitutional he has insisted he will not exit politics until
bagbar and his predecessor henry conan bedier agreed to do the same
nigeria threatens to quit echoes over nepotism nigeria has issued a threat to withdraw its
membership from the economic community of west african states ecowas the threat of withdrawal
according to nigeria is due to what it alleges to be lopsided staff recruitments nigeria's
representatives at the echoes parliament in abuja issued the threat when some principal officers
in the regional bloc allegedly defied directives and embarked on the illegal process of recruiting
their relatives and cronies the directive was issued at the 2022 fast ordinary session of the
echoes parliament but nigerian representatives say the illegal process of some of the principal
officers recruiting their relatives and cronies is still ongoing nigeria currently houses the
headquarters of ecowas and remains a major financial contributor to the regional bloc
the nigerian lawmakers said the west african nation is yet to realize any significant gains
despite its major support to echoes since its inception in 1975. leader of the nigerian
delegation to the parliament and the first deputy speaker of the ecowas parliament ahmed idris
stated that it has become imperative that nigeria reviews its relevance and membership of the bloc
diaspora alabama town moves to dissolve its police department over texted racist joke
lawmakers in a small alabama town has moved to fire its police chief and dissolved the entire
department after a racist joke was texted among officers the vincent city council representing
almost 2 000 people east of birmingham voted unanimously to begin the process of ending
city police services and contracting with the shelby county sheriff's office
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