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africa wide african union chief holds talks with russia's foreign minister
the chairman of the african union commission held a foreign conversation with russia's
foreign minister sergey lavrov mr faki posted on twitter that he stressed the need to respect
international law and urged for dialogue and a peaceful resolution to the war in ukraine
last week ukrainian president vlad mayor zelensky reached out to his senegalese counterpart
and african union chairman marquis sal requesting to address the au
president marquis sal said he noted mr zelensky's request he also called for dialogue to end the war
the conflict has led to sharp increase in fuel and wheat prices in africa
and threatens to further worsen economies devastated by the kovid 19 pandemic
nigeria poland freed some detained nigerian refugees
thirteen nigerian refugees who were detained in poland after they fled the war in ukraine
have been released the nigerians in diaspora commission nidcom has said
according to nidcom the nigerians were held in various detention camps in poland
in a statement shared on its twitter handle nidcom said the 13 were among
the 19 nigerians detained in the european country they were released following the
intervention of the nigerian ambassador to poland christian ugu the agency said
according to the statement mr ugu assured nigerians that the mission
will continue to do its best to ensure that the interests of nigerians are well taken care of
nigerians seeking refuge in poland had been briefed on the likely consequences
of remaining as undocumented immigrants in the country nidcom wrote the ministry of foreign
affairs in march received about five batches of nigerians fleeing the war in ukraine however
some of the nigerians chose to remain behind and were held in detention centers in poland
south africa zelensky holds call with ramaphosa on ukraine war and bilateral relations
president cyril ramaphosa has held discussions with his ukrainian
counterpart velodmir zelensky tweeted about a phone call with a south african leader
the two discussed a wide range of issues that included the current conflict between russia
the looming global food crisis and strengthening relations and cooperation within international
organizations ramaphosa previously spoke to russian president vladimir putin
and had offered to mediate between ukraine and russia the call between the two presidents had
become highly controversial after ukrainian ambassador to south africa requested meetings with
ramaphosa and with international relations and corporation minister so she could establish what
exactly ramaphosa wanted to talk about to zelinski her request asked the south african government
which accused her of being undiplomatic and by implication presumptuous is going beyond her
status as ambassador by seeking a meeting with the president and foreign minister
the recent call should help to repair relations between the two countries
which have become strained by south africa's diplomatic position on the wall it has abstained
three times from resolutions in the united nations general assembly condemning russia's aggression
pretoria insists it has abstained not because it condones russia's aggression but because
it believes that a balanced approach is necessary to try to find a diplomatic resolution to the war
eswatini king swati the third placed on notice by economic freedom fighters and pro-democracy groups
pro-democracy groups led by south africa's economic freedom fighters eff
have given essotini's king swati the third a year to abdicate
this was said as the eff led the blockage of the nguenya or shock and golela border post for six
hours in solidarity with the escortini chapter of the party's call for democracy and human rights
with growing calls for the last absolute monarch in africa to step down
the crisis in essotini had been tabled at the saad extraordinary organ trojica
early this month the issue along with mozambique's islamic extremist insurgency was due for review in
pretoria at the sag summit however estratini was removed from the program because of the
unavailability of the presidents of botswana and mozambique the summit segment had to be deferred
to a later date however the delay was not holding back pro-democracy lobbyist pushed for change
as they vowed that king swati the third would not be in power this time next year
somalia somalia government u.s company dispute legality of oil deal
somalia's president and prime minister have declared a null and void a deal signed by
their energy minister with a u.s company to explore for oil and gas off the coast of
the horn of african nation minister of petroleum and mineral resources abdi rashid mohammed ahmed
and coastline exploration limited had announced seven production sharing agreements pieces
covering deep water offshore blocks ahmed hailed it as a huge moment for somalia which is in the
grip of a political crisis over long delayed elections and also battling a jihadist insurgency
recently completed seismic programs indicate that somalia has the potential to become a significant
oil and gas-producing country both somalia's president and prime minister who are often
at loggerheads have swiftly denounced the deal the office of the president mohammed abdullahi
mohammed better known by his nickname for majo said it floated a decree that
bans the signing of any agreement with foreign governments or entities during the election period
kenya google ceo announces jobs in nairobi google is opening its fast development center in nairobi
and will hire a hundred new employees in the new hub as it seeks to expand
its base in the continent among the new employees sought by the farm include
engineering managers product managers software engineers and developer relations engineers
google initially said it will invest 1 billion us dollars over the next 5 years to allow for
faster and more affordable internet access and to support entrepreneurship in africa after opening
an ai and research center in ghana in 2019 the news center is now google's second big research
and development investment in africa to apply interested kenyans can visit google's website
according to google and alphabet both sundar pichai huge strides have been made in recent
years but more work is needed to make internet accessible affordable and useful for every african
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