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government demands unconditional
repatriation of looted benin works from
germany the federal government has
instructed
germany to ensure a full and
unconditional return
of the 1130 benin artifacts
that were looted from the country in the
19th century and domiciled
in german museums minister of
information and culture
alhaji lai mohammed made the demand on
wednesday during meetings in berlin with
german prime minister with german
minister of state
for culture prof monica gretzes and
foreign minister mr hayek omar
he insisted the return should be whole
rather than substantial on the heel of
remarks by greta's that the european
nation was ready to make
a substantial return of the 1130 looted
artifacts he also said
the issue of provenance which has to do
with the place of origin of the
artifacts shouldn't actually be allowed
to unduly delay the repatriation
of these artworks
ghana anger in ghana over pay for the
president and vp's
wife ghanaians have expressed
outrage at the decision by mps to
approve salaries for the wives of the
president
and vice president for the supportive
role that they play
the first lady and the second lady have
always been given allowances over the
years as part of executive privileges
but ghanaians are unhappy because they
will now receive
cabinet level salaries at a time of
economic hardship
they could be receiving about 3
500 u.s dollars a month which is
expected to be
back dated all the way to 2017. some
have also argued that there is no
provision
in the constitution for this arrangement
the youth wing
of the largest opposition party the
national democratic
congress has threatened to file a
lawsuit
at the supreme court to challenge the
mp's decision
south africa jacob zuma could be freed
on parole in four months
former south african president jacob
gellier
zuma could be freed from prison in just
four months the justice minister said
this on thursday a day after the
ex-leaders stunned his compatriots
by turning himself in to the police to
start a 15-month
sentence zuma had initially indicated he
saw his sentence as
biased and illegitimate as his move on
wednesday
was seen as a victory for the
post-apartheid state's efforts to
enforce
the rule of law in the country justice
minister
ronald lamola told journalists outside
escort correctional center where zuma is
being held
that the former leader would be eligible
for parole
in four months botswana
botswana diamonds second huge stone
unearthed
in just one month an exceptionally large
and
white 1100 carat diamond stone has been
unearthed in botswana trumping another
huge precious stone that was found
in the african country in june the
latest find which fills the palm of a
large hand
was also discovered in june on the 12th
it was found by the canadian diamond
firm lucara
and presented to the country's cabinet
in
gaberon on wednesday being the second
largest gemstone
ever discovered last month
botswana diamond firm debswana said it
had
recovered the third largest stone in the
world at one 1098
carats zimbabwe china in trouble with
zimbabwean unions over systematic abuse
chinese diplomats are embroiled in a
vicious war of words with zimbabwe's
labor unions
over allegations that business people
from the asian country
are abusing their local employees unions
say
the zimbabwean government often looks
the other way
when they report chinese for employers
for violation of labor laws
the zimbabwe congress of trade unions
zed
ctu the largest labor center
representing private sector
employees in the country recently
torched a storm when it used social
media to expose
what it described as slave-like working
conditions
at a chinese-owned tile manufacturing
factory on the outskirts of
harare unionists claimed some workers
had even
died at the factory and their deaths
were concealed by the chinese
the chinese embassy in harare however
reacted
angrily to the accusations and warned
they might damage
relationships between the country and
zimbabwe
diaspora first african american wins u.s
scripps national spelling bee
zyla avant-garde a 14-year-old from new
orleans won the 2021 scripps national
spelling bee on thursday nights
becoming the first african-american
winner in the competition's nearly 100
year history
zaila and the avant-garde sealed her
victory by correctly spelling the word
mariah a type of plant after having to
reset on another botanical
word nepata in a previous round the 14
year old girl will receive
50 000 cash prize
zimbabwe you can't lecture us on
democracy
edie tells the west president emerson
nangangwa
has again warned western countries to
desist from lecturing zimbabwe
on the need to uphold human rights as
the same states were involved
in the worst abuses against their
citizens
nagangwa was speaking wednesday at the
state house where he was bidding
farewell to zimbabwe's ambassador to
the united nations albert chimbindi an
ambassador
designate to mozambique victor mata
madanda
nangangwa also said zimbabwe waged a
protracted liberation struggle to bring
majority rule and ensure human rights
flourishes
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