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madagascar foils assassination bid on
president
rajulina two frenchmen and some locals
are among several people arrested in
madagascar
following a failed assassination attempt
on president andre
rajulina attorney general bertine
razafia rivoni said on thursday
the arrests took place on tuesday as
part of an investigation
into an attack on state security raza
fia rivoni
addressing reporters also said the
foiled plot
included the killing and neutralization
of senior political figures other than
the president too
the extent of the plan or how far
advanced it was
was not immediately clear rajolina was
sworn in as the president of the indian
ocean island country in 2019
after a hard-fought election and a
constitutional court challenge
from his rival ethiopia
ethiopia celebrates second filling of
dam
thousands of ethiopians gathered at
mezcal square in addis ababa on thursday
to celebrate the second filling
of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam
gerd those joining the rally also made a
show support for the ethiopian military
while also denouncing rebels in the
country's tegra region
the dam has caused needless controversy
with egypt and sudan
being in dispute with the building and
the filling of it the issue
is due to be discussed by the un
security council
the demonstration organized by the city
administration of adi sababa
is the first public rally after the
national election held
in june mayor adeneck
spoke at the rally congratulating
ethiopians resolve at getting the dam
refilled nigeria tributes pour in for
veteran nigerian singer
sound sultan nigerians
entertainers and fans have taken to
social media to pay their condolences to
the popular musician and actor
popularly known as sound sultan the 44
year old died of throat
cancer unfortunately sound sultan became
a delight for nigerians early in the
2000's with his debut song
jagbajantis following the success
of the single the singer went on to
release other hit songs and also
collaborated
with some of his label mates the ace
musician
remained relevant in the industry and in
may 2020
he released his eighth album eighth
world wonder
he was buried in new jersey in the
united states on the same day he died a
cause
according to muslim rights
africa white israel to join african
union
as an observer israel is going to join
once again as a member with observer
status of the african union
the foreign ministry has since announced
israel's ambassador to addis ababa
alai alali adamso has submitted israel's
charter as an observer member to the
african union
until 2002 israel was an observer member
of the organization of african unity
until it was dissolved and replaced by
the african union
israel has diplomatic relations with 46
of the 55 nations in the african union
israel has regulations relations with 46
of the au member states
israel re-established relations with
guinea in 2016
and with chad then in 2019 the foreign
ministry said the development
would allow for better collaboration on
fighting the covet 19 pandemic
and on combating terrorism
the drc conservationists urged congo to
reverse the pay to poach decision
environmentalists in the democratic
republic of congo on thursday urged the
government
to reverse a move to tax rather than
forbid poaching
saying the move endangered millions in
conservation funds
in a joint decision this month the drc's
environments and finance ministries
said that killing owning or selling
protected species would be allowed
on payments of a tax it now costs 2.88
dollars to kill a forest elephant while
the amount to kill eat or sell
a mountain gorilla is 1.9
this decree does away with
illegal trafficking of protected species
and also does away with the crime
of illegal trafficking of protected
species
according to environmental
conservationists
environmentalists also argued that the
comparatively low tax payments would
create
a profit incentive approaching with
elephant ivory commanding up to
hundred thousand dollars per kilogram on
the local markets and a baby gorilla
worth a hundred thousand
dollars just this month unesco's world
heritage committee
removed the drc's vast san longa
national park from a list of threatened
sites praising the conservation efforts
including for forest elephants and
bonobo
apes africa in the olympics guinea
reverses games exit
after a rapid u-turn guinea's government
has reversed its decision
to withdraw from the tokyo olympics a
day
after saying its delegation should not
attend the games
which officially open today
on wednesday so had issued a statement
announcing guinea's late withdrawal
which came with the small
delegation yet to fly the country cites
it the reason
being the rise in cases of covert 19
variants
the general delegation features five
competitors
one a piece in athletics judo wrestling
while two are swimmers one of them
mariama torre
is the first in action as she is due to
race in the women's 100 meter
breaststroke heats on sunday with judoka
mammal samba is scheduled to compete
on the following day after that south
africa
south africa loses to host japan in
opener japan edged past south africa
won nil in their main soccer open and
the tokyo olympics
on thursday the match going ahead after
enough south african players cleared
the covet 19 protocols before the game
at an
empty tokyo stadium ban on african
competitors
continues the ban on african athletes
who refuse to alter their natural
hormones is one of the many
controversies
regarding the tokyo 2020 olympics
that continues to affect africans
chances
at gold following south african kenyan
and namibian athletes now niger athlete
ami matou saini has been targeted it
broke my heart when i was told i
couldn't run my favorite 400 meter event
because i had higher testosterone levels
she said in an email
sent by her athletic federation in niger
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about these bands that seem to be
targeting african athletes
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