here is your latest african news africa and the diaspora u.n urges end to exploitation
on the day of remembrance of slave trade on the ghanaian coast where many of the slaves set off on
their journeys of no return the so-called slave castles are a vivid reminder of the barbarity
of the practice in 1997 unesco established the 23rd of august as international day for the
remembrance of the slave trade and its abolition the day was inspired by events of the night of
august 22 to 23 1791 the day aims to memorialize millions of people who were the victims of
the transatlantic slave trade one of the most frightening chapters in the history of humankind
each year the united nations invites people all over the world including educators
students and artists to organize events that center on the theme of this particular day unesco
direct general audrey azolian a statement called for the total abolition of human exploitation and
advocated for respect of human rights ethiopia ethiopia to develop its own social media platform
the ethiopian national communication security agency said on monday that ethiopia has begun to
develop its own social media platform to compete with facebook twitter and whatsapp but it does not
intend to block global services security agency insert director general shumete gizor stated that
the government wants its local platform to replace facebook twitter whatsapp and zoom shimete accused
facebook of deleting posts and user accounts he said these posts and user accounts spread
the real situation about ethiopia uganda uganda suspends operations of 54 ngos the ugandan
government announced on friday it had halted the activities of 54 non-governmental institutions
a major escalation of its efforts to tighten control over civil society one of the groups
affected is the country's most prominent rights organization chapter four the national bureau for
ngos parts of the ministry of internal affairs said in a statement the shutdown was ordered
with immediate effect it said the decision was made because of the groups having failed to comply
with legislation covering their activities including but not limited to operating with
expired permits failing to file accounts or failing to register with the authorities
africa wide call for experts to join scientific advisory group for the origins of no novel novel
rather pathogens the world health organization who had issued an open call for experts to serve as
members of the new who scientific advisory group for the origins of novel pathogens
the sega s-a-g-o will advise the world health organization on technical and
scientific considerations regarding the origins of emerging and re-emerging pathogens of epidemic
and pandemic potential and will be composed of a wide range of experts acting in their personal
capacities s-a-g-o will also guide world health organization on next steps for the understanding
of the sars kovi origins thus critical to helping world health organization member states
and partner institutions to prepare for future spill over threats and to minimize the risk of a
disease outbreak growing into a pandemic the sago will be multidisciplinary with members who have a
range of technical knowledge field experience skills and experience relevant to emerging and
re-emerging pathogens up to 25 experts may be selected africa-wide fast fashion in western
world is driving pollution in africa's rivers in a new report on global inequality in water pollution
fast fashion brands in europe the united states and the united kingdom were highlighted as major
drivers of water pollution across africa's rivers while also a source of revenue and job creation
for the continent analysts at water witness say that lacks environmental enforcement over the
textiles industry is already having devastating consequences on critical natural resources
africa in recent years as a result of trade agreements tax incentives
and cheaper labor costs in lesotho researchers documented a river that had turned visibly blue
due to the waste water from dying denim jeans in tanzania's simba zee river where a textiles
factory situated nearby samples of the water were highly alkaline with ph levels at 12 equivalent
to bleach aside from causing environmental devastation the reports highlights the failure
of the industry to ensure safe working conditions and access to clean water for their workers
west africa ecowas demands reasons for the arrest of former mali leaders the economic community
of west african states ikoas has demanded that mali justify the alleged attention of ex-leaders
mokta oywani and bandao who were deposed in aku te at da at in may 2021 as leaders of a
post-coup transitional government they were taken or tasked rather with steering the troubled sahel
state back to civilian rule by february 2020. but in may 2021 a semi-goetta deposed oywani and dao
after a government reshuffle following a second coup goethe was later declared interim president
himself the current whereabouts of oyawane and dao are currently unknown but they are believed to be
under house arrest in mali mamadou ismaili konate a lawyer representing the former leaders shared on
social media a court order demanding that the mali government explain the violations of the rights
and freedoms of oiwani and dao by august the 28th of 2021 east africa unhcr celebrates
trailblazing team of refuge para athletes at tokyo 2020 paralympic games unhcr the u.n refugee
agency has sent its best wishes to the refugee paralympic team ahead of the opening ceremony of
the paralympic games in tokyo today the team sends a message of hope to the more than 82 million
displaced people around the world including an estimated 12 million living with a disability
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