here's your latest african news zimbabwe u.n envoy urges america eu to lift zimbabwe sanctions
a united nations special envoy has called in the united states and other western countries to lift
their sanctions on zimbabwe as the restrictive measures are making ordinary people suffer
elena doha the un's special rapporteur and the negative impact on unilateral cohesive measures
on the enjoyment of human rights made the call after her 10-day fact-finding mission in zimbabwe
the us first imposed sanctions on zimbabwe in march 2003 and later widened them to include about
250 individuals linked to late ruler robert mugabe for allegedly undermining democracy on the other
hand the european union in 2002 imposed a travel ban on mr mugabe and dozens of other officials
following a disputed presidential election in the southern african country central african republic
voluntary repatriation of refugees to central african republic from democratic republic of
congo restarts the un refugee agency reports it has started a voluntary repatriation operation
for thousands of refugees from the central african republic who were living in the democratic
republic of congo over the past two years the u.n refugee agency has helped more than 5 000
refugees return from congo to the central african republic the voluntary operation which has been
interrupted on two occasions resumed on friday unhcr spokeswoman shabir manto says the first
group of 250 refugees left mole camp to zongo city in the northwest of democratic republic of congo
last friday while the second group of 250 people left the camp on tuesday morning
the voluntary repatriations began in november 2019 that followed the signing of a tree patriot
agreement between the central african republic and democratic republic of congo in july mantle says
nearly 10 000 refugees in three camps hosting them have signed up for voluntary repatriation
democratic republic of congo jerusalem billboards target democratic republic of congo president
giant advertisements in english and french across a major road in jerusalem have accused visiting
democratic republic of congo president felix tishekeri of corrupt anti-semitic discrimination
the president has been on a visit to israel the first by a congolese leader since 1985 the jewish
telegraphic agents reported that his motorcade would likely pass under the huge billboards during
the three-day trip that ends on thursday it is not clear what exactly the adverts are referring to
mr tishakadee has not commented uganda uganda to reopen schools after almost two years
uganda's president has announced that schools will be reopened in january almost two years
after they were closed because of the covet 19 pandemic president joharim 70 say this
would happen regardless of how many people were vaccinated while under 10 percent of uganda's
population have been jabbed and almost 70 said there will be enough doses by the end of the
year to quadruple numbers he said that if anything went wrong with the uptick the public would bear
moral responsibility many teachers have left for other jobs to make ends meet and some say they
will not be returning nigeria nigeria warns of digital currency fraud the central bank of nigeria
has warned of attempted fraud related to a fake distribution of the newly launched inira digital
currency in a statement the bank said criminals have been sending fraudulent messages to people
claiming that it was distributing inara worth 90 billion naira or an equivalent of 122 million
dollars or 88 million pounds to citizens it denies making such a handout the e naira a
digital version of the naira is issued by the central bank and is held at an electronic wallet
a first of its kind in africa to be issued through a government entity there have been concerns about
its security the wallet is available to download from an app store onto a smartphone the digital
currency was developed by a barbados-based tech company and came eight months after the central
bank warned local banks that facilitating payments for cryptocurrency exchanges is prohibited kenya
how british soldiers flout rules of engagement in kenya evidence has shown that the british
ministry of defense has been violating human rights and flouting military paths signed with
various nations the revelation that a young woman was murdered and her body thrown in a septic tank
by a british soldier in 2012 adds to the long list of atrocities allegedly committed by soldiers
particularly those attached to the british army training unit kenya in samburu and nanuki
the soldiers have in the past been accused of carelessly leaving unexploded ordinances in the
and fence fields of samburu killing and maiming herders and their livestock they have also been
accused of rape murder assault and environmental crimes rights groups working around the areas
where the british army trains have for years raised concerned about human rights violations
the british government have twice been compelled to pay 1 300 people who were seriously injured
or killed by exploding bombs the payments were done in 2003 and 2004 after a british law firm
lay day negotiated their settlements while the rules of engagements have been similar to those
in previous defense corporation agreements the rate of prosecution of uk soldiers in kenya
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