here is your latest african news about 100 african students are pleading for help to
leave the ukrainian port city of curson they have been sheltered for days in underground bunkers on
campus in bitterly cold temperatures with no heating or supplies of medicines the students
have say they are traumatized and desperate to leave the salted city russian soldiers have also
fired shots at people protesting against their occupation the nigerian students have applied
to their government to help evacuate them before it is too late nigeria's government says it is
working tirelessly to help them get out last week its ambassador to moscow was told by a russian
official that plans were being put in place to get the students out through russia but that
has not happened yet and in any case the students say they were very wary of being taken to russia
in the meantime the students some of whom are from other countries including cameroon ghana
egypt tunisia and morocco say there's still some food available at the university but that some
supermarkets had run out of supplies tanzania is allocating wildlife hunting blocks through auction
in a bid to raise more revenue tourism minister damas dumbarrow state successful hunters will
be allowed to kill aged elephants lions and other big game considered unproductive the east african
countries aiming to raise 30 million dollars from the auction about 25 of the proceeds will be spent
in helping communities living near the hunting blocks the rest will be used on anti-poaching
programs game protocols transportation surveillance and prosecution of offenders
tanzania is africa's leading country for big game hunting in unfenced areas it has approximately
half of the world's wild alliance population and the third largest elephant population in africa
protesters in the country want the government's intervention to end violence against foreign
nationals about 100 people marched to parliament on human rights day to ask the government to
intervene in ongoing xenophobic attacks and campaigns against foreign nationals
the march was organized by the concerned citizens of the western cape and according to their memo is
endorsed by 15 organizations the group is calling for the immediate arrest and prosecutions of those
who use threats and violence against foreign nationals working mostly in the informal sector
they also demanded an assessment of actions by people under the banner of operation dudula which
is a group that hopes to drive out undocumented african migrants from their communities the group
believes by doing this they can ensure that jobs and business opportunities go to south
africans the joint anti-indundullah movement also called for immediate free opening of the
refugee reception centers pickers say this will allow home affairs to issue and process documents
for salem seekers and refugees the democratic republic of congo will officially be admitted
to the east african community next week adding a 19 million market for the block the east african
community secretary general dr peter matuki in a letter to ministers in charge of the east african
community docket in member states confirmed that the heads of state would approve their admission
on march 29th kenya's president uhuru kenyatta who is the current chair of the east african community
is expected to preside over the summit that also includes president samia sulu hassan of tanzania
iowa kaguta mustafi of uganda paul kagame of rwanda everest dashimir of burundi and salvakir
of south sudan the east african community currently has 193 million citizens democratic
republic of congo's admission would raise that to 280 million people spanning the indian ocean
to the atlantic ocean the mineral-rich country already has established trade ties with most
of the east african community member states through bilateral deals and at a multilateral
level where it is affiliated to southern african development community where tanzania is a member
dozens of well-known leaders in jamaica including professors and politicians
are demanding an apology and slavery reparations as the duke and duchess of cambridge prepare for
a trip to the former british colony the group is rejecting the visit of prince william and
kate which will be part of a larger trip to the caribbean region that coincides with the 60th
anniversary of jamaica's independence on the 70th anniversary of the coronation of queen elizabeth
ii local opposition also forced the royal couple to cancel a visit to a cacao farm in belize the
upcoming trip to jamaica has angered some who say they are still waiting for an apology and slavery
reparations jamaica lawmaker mike henry who has long led an effort to obtain reparations that he
estimates at more than seven billion pounds say that an apology is only the first step of what
he described as abuse of human life and labor hundreds of thousands of african slaves toiled
in jamaica under more than 300 years of british rule and faced brutal conditions the group say
that it will be celebrating 60 years of freedom from britain adding that it is saddened that more
progress has not been made given the burden of colonial inheritance thanks for watching please
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