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corner Creek after opposition called for anti-military government protest
Mali Mali calls for emergency security council meeting on French acts of aggression
Algeria at least 26 dead in Algeria forest fires southern Africa Democratic Republic of
Congo president shakidi takes over from chaquera to lead the southern African development community
Ethiopia Ethiopian government proposes plan for peace in war-tone Tigre
Angola Southern Court Awards custody of Dos Santos body to Widow diaspora U.S gun laws and
South Florida ports helped fuel Haiti's escalating gang violence diaspora African-American parents
accuse La Elementary School of traumatizing their daughter with cotton picking projects
Guinea opposition called for anti-military government protest dozens of young men clashed
with security forces in Guinea's Capital Conakry on August 18th after an opposition alliance called
for protest against the ruling military government demonstrated in a Flashpoint suburb reportedly
held stone at police who replied with tear gas police were said to have been heavily deployed
around the city and in many districts markets and shops were closed in the morning as Traders
feared violence demonstrations had been called by the national front for the defense of the
Constitution fndc a coalition of political parties trade unions and Civil Society organizations which
the military government ordered to be shut down earlier this month Guinea has been ruled by the
military since the coup last September that ousted President Arthur Conde who held power since 2010
in May the military government banned all protests and on 6th August decreed the dissolution of the
fndc the alliance staged rallies on 28th and 29th July in which five people were killed and called
for peaceful demonstrations for 17 August the fndc's spearheaded protest against Conde while
he was in power especially targeting his bid for a third time in office that its state was
unconstitutional dombuya has pledged to hand over power to elected civilians within three
years a timeline that the economic community of West African States want to be shorter
Mali Mali calls for an emergency security council meeting on French acts of aggression Mali has
asked the U.N security Council for an emergency meeting to stop what he describes as acts of
aggression by France in the form of violations of its sovereignty support for terrorist groups and
spying a letter serving this purpose was presented to journalists by the Malian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs on August 18th addressed by the head of diplomacy Abdullah Diop to the Chinese presidency
of the security Council the letter read that Mali reserved the right to use self-defense if
French actions persist in accordance with the U.N Charter the letter dated August 15th the
date of the departure of the last French soldier in Mali after nine years of military occupation
the military government in power in Mali since August 2020 has turned away from France and
its allies to Russia Mr Diop denounced in the letter the repetitive and frequent violations
of the national airspace by French forces and the flights of French aircrafts engaged Nativity
is considered as espionage large and attempts to intimidate Malian authorities have several
pieces of evidence that these flagrant violations of Malin airspace were used by France to collect
intelligence for terrorist groups operating in the Sahel and to drop arms and ammunition
to them the text added French authorities are yet to respond to these accusations
southern Africa Democratic Republic of Congo president shakadi takes over
from chaquera to lead Southern African development community
took the Helm of the Southern African development Community during the 42nd ordinary Summit of
headso state and government of the organization which was held in King Shasta from August 17th and
18 2022. He succeeds Lazarus chakora president of the Republic of Malawi the outgoing South African
development Community president called upon member countries to be independent of external
influence especially the Democratic Republic of Congo the king shasa Summit which hosted a
dozen South African development Community headso State reviewed progress in Regional integration
in line with South African development Community aspirations which envisioned an industrialized
peaceful inclusive competitive middle to high income region where all citizens enjoy
sustainable economic well-being the Congolese head of state is also the current president of
the economic community of Central African States the question of the rondan presence on Congolese
soil was also raised knowing that it is Angola in the name of the icrgl and the African Union also
number of the sadc which is leading part of the negotiation between King shasa and Kigali Ethiopia
the Ethiopian government proposes a plan for peace in Tigre the Ethiopian government has called for
formal tigrises by agreement to be reached as soon as possible to enable the resumption of
basic services to the northern region a committee established in June to explore the possibility
of talks with tigraine Rebels said on August 18th it had drawn up a peace proposal to try
to end the war that erupted in November 2020. the announcement came on the same day that the head of
the World Health Organization and tplf operative firstly described the situation integri as the
Western militarian crisis in the world in which the government called the statement unethical the
tplf has long insisted that basic Services would have to be restored to the region of 6 million
people before dialogue could begin fighting has eased in Northern Ethiopia since a truce
was declared at the end of March allowing the resumption of Aid convoys to Tigre after a break
of three months Ethiopia's northmost region has suffered desperate food shortages due to the TPL
left terrorist theft and control of Aid which was used to force tigrants to fight in its military
the Ops peace committee meanwhile said it would submit its peace proposal to the African Union
Angola Spanish courts Awards custody of Dos Santos body to Widow
a Spanish court has allowed the body of Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos to be
repatriated it has also awarded custody of the body to his widow Anna Paula dos Santos dos
Santos 79 died on July 8 in Barcelona where he was seeking medical treatment the former first
lady Anna Paula was married to Dos Santos in 1992 and together they have four children meanwhile
Charles dos Santos one of Dos Santos daughters said she will appeal the decision she argues
that the custody of the former head of state's body should be awarded to his son because Anna
Paula was not with their father from 2017. the Spanish Court maintained that Anna Paula dos
Santos has legitimacy because she did not divorce the former leader last month dos Santos children
agreed to have their father buried in Luanda but only after the August 24th general elections
diaspora U.S gun laws in South Florida ports helped fuel Haiti's escalating gang violence
Haitian gangs are buying unprecedented quantities of high-powered rifles at shops in Florida and
smuggling them out of the U.S fueling a wave of violence that is destabilizing the Caribbean
Nation U.S law enforcement officials have said in the last few months federal agents
have seen a surgeon arms being sent illegally from Florida to Haiti a United Nations report
estimated in 2021 over 370 000 illicit Firearms circulated in Haiti while the national commission
for disarmament dismantling and reintegration in Haiti estimated that number to be as high as 500
000 as the world's largest firearm suppliers the United States is a major source of illegal
weapons muggled into Haiti due to its lenient gun purchasing laws and its proximity to the Caribbean
the State of Florida is a top supplier case in point in 2019 a Florida gun shop owner was accused
of conspiring with Haitian government officials including a senator to smuggle 166 semi-automatic
Firearms into the Caribbean country in another recent example in early 2021 a former U.S marine
was convicted of smuggling guns into Haiti in his luggage as part of a foiled plot to train members
of the Haitian army and become the country's president he too used fake papers to pass
himself off as a colonel the proliferation and expansion of gangs in Haiti is likely increasing
the internal demand for weapons these groups demand for weapons was seen in a June gang raid of
six police stations and poor prawns in which gang members allegedly sought to steal police weapons
diaspora African-American parents accused La Elementary School of traumatizing their daughter
with a cotton picking project an African-American mother has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles
Unified School District the LAUSD in State Court last week over an elementary school project that
she says involves students picking cotton to learn about slavery in the lawsuit rashunda Pitts calls
the project culturally insensitive and says her daughter has suffered extreme emotional
distress as a result of the assignment which Pitt says terrified her daughter filed in La Supreme
Court the lawsuit alleges that the LA U.S and Laurel span School the elementary school Pitt's
daughter was attending but has since closed and been replaced by Laurel cinematic Arts
Creative Tech magnet humiliated her by having her participate in an antebellum project the
project led to her child experiencing anxiety attacks and other symptoms of post-traumatic
stress disorder the suit says Pitt says she first noticed her daughter showing signs of
distress when she became very quiet and reserved for a two-week period in September 2017 when the
project was underway according to the suit about a month later Pitts noticed a cotton field had been
planted at her daughter's school while dropping her off and brought it to the attention of the
associate principal associate principal explained that students in her daughter's class were reading
an autobiography by Frederick Douglass in which Douglas discusses picking cotton and
the field was planted for students to have a real life experience of what it was like to be
an enslaved person the suit says Pitt said in the lawsuit that she should have been informed about
the cotton picking project beforehand and that the process brought the daughter great trauma
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