here is the latest African news africa-wide Africa's donkeys are being stolen and slaughtered
for Chinese medicine Angola Angola declares seven days of national morning after Jose Eduardo dos
Santos death Somalia concerns as somalis get high on ants Ethiopia Ethiopian PM sorry for
failure over villagers death Kenya Kenya raises criminal age of responsibility to 12. DRC fresh
clashes in Dr Congo as Rebels Dash ceasefire hopes diaspora Court finds France negligent
in Caribbean pesticide case Africa's donkeys are being stolen and slaughtered for Chinese medicine
a popular period drama on Chinese TV has helped lead to the theft and brutal Slaughter of millions
of donkeys in Africa a media report has said it all started when fans of the show Empress
in their palace saw the erythrocrusted characters using a traditional Chinese medicine called agile
which is made from Donkey skin as a result of this program the demand for agile went through the roof
but China simply did not have enough donkey to meet demand the Chinese then started looking for
donkeys abroad particularly in Africa when locals didn't want to sell theft started with distrust
Farmers finding their precious donkeys cleaned and left to rot China needs about 5 million donkeys
a year to produce and meet the demand for AGL and about 3 million of these come from Africa
Angola declares seven days of national morning after the death of former president Eduardo
dos Santos Angola has declared seven days of national mourning following the death
of former leader Eduardo dos Santos president Xiao Lorenzo made the announcement describing
dos Santos death as a big loss to the country the former leader commonly known as Jose Eduardo dos
Santos died in Spain on the 8th of July where he had been hospitalized for several weeks
according to a presidential decree the national morning began at midnight on the 9th of July
consent as somalis get high on ants police in Somalia has classified a particular kind of ant as
a drug after finding out that people were steaming the insect and inhaling their Vapor to get high
odorous house aunts whose scientific name is tapinoma Cecile are known to contain formic acid
there are accounts of birds appearing drunk after eating large quantities of these ants doctors have
warned that coming into contact with formic acid can cause dizziness nausea and vomiting
ethopia PM sorry for failure of a village villager's death Ethiopia's prime minister ABI
Ahmed has said his government is deeply sorry that it would not protect civilian skills in
recent attacks farming villages in oromia region in the country's West were targeted in a wave of
attacks that claimed more than 300 lives Mr ABI however said the recurrence of violence was not as
a result of negligent by the authorities the Prime Minister was met with questions from lawmakers
on why security forces have repeatedly failed to prevent attacks Mr Abby additionally condemned a
named foreign enemies and domestic traitors for their countries were sending security problems
Kenya raises criminal age of responsibility to 12. Kenyan children have scored a big win
following the signing of children's Bill 2021 into law by President Uhuru Kenyatta on the 7th
of July the new law which now replaces the children's Act of 2001 is a huge reprove to
Kenyan children who come in conflict with the law to begin with the new law has raised the
age of criminal responsibility from the current 8 to 12 years the new law also states that children
accused of committing minor offenses will not be taken through the court system rather they
will be diverted to community-based systems for cases that are not minor the law states
that the Chief Justice May designate children's courts in counties and sub-counties and appoint
a magistrates to preside over the cases in which our child is a victim or complainant
fresh clashes in Dr Congo as Rebels Dash ceasefire hopes fresh clashes between M23
Rebels and soldiers have rocked Eastern Dr Congo officials have said as the militia declared that
it was not bound by a ceasefire agreement M23 spokesman William Goma on July 7 stated that
the deal broke out between the Congolese and Randy's president in Angola was irrelevant
talks between the DRC Congo's leader Phyllis to Shady and wonders Paul kagame in Angola on July
6 initially raised the prospect of a ceasefire between the M23 and Congolese government violence
between the mostly Congolese Tootsie Rebels and the Dr Army has flared in recent weeks the DRS has
DRC has repeatedly accused neighboring Rwanda of backing the M23 a charged the country has denied
Court finds France negligent in Caribbean pesticide case a court in Paris has found the
French government guilty of wrongful negligence involving the former use of urban pesticides in
the French Caribbean island of Guadalupe and Martinique but denied compensation to
those affected officials have said the ruling was bittersweet for activists and attorneys who who
argued that the French government authorization to use Glory Decon in those islands was illegal
and they sought damages for the defendants the lawsuit is one of at least two fights
against the French government involving the use of chloridicon in Guadalupe and Martinique the first
lawsuit filed in 2006 is still pending before the courts and accuses the French government or
failing to protect the health of its people and not doing enough to identify the limit
effects of chloridocon pollution in both Islands thank you for watching please subscribe follow
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