here are african news highlights africa wide africa hails the return of benin bronzes but
questions remain ivory coast ivory coast ages mali to free its detained soldiers diaspora trump ex
official john bolton admits he helped plan foreign cruise rwanda randy's ex-governor sentenced to
20 years in prison for complicity in the 1994 genocide ethiopia ethiopia asked u.n to rebuild
its infrastructure integri south sudan south sudan suspends dredging of nile tributaries zimbabwe
the bamboo government to start punishing retailers for selling goods in u.s dollars
diaspora thirteen-year-old girl gains admission to a u.s university said to become a doctor
by the age of 18. africa hails the return of benin bronzes but questions remain priceless
artifacts taken from african nations during german colonial period will be permanently returned
after a century of restitution claims germany is transferring ownership of 1130 bronzes to nigeria
a groundbreaking step in the return of looted art the valuable artifacts sculptures and reliefs
made of bronze and brass as well as wax made of ivory coral and wood was stolen from the former
kingdom of benin by the british in the brutal punitive expedition in 1897. the royal palace
from pre-colonial times was raised to the ground and benin city is what is now northern nigeria
was almost completely destroyed although there is excitement about the return of cultural artifacts
to africa they are still questioned surrounding the payment of monetary compensation for damages
caused ivory coast urges mali to free to detained soldiers ivory coast national security council
on july 13 called on the malian authorities to immediately release 49 ivorian soldiers detained
in mali mali's military government in a statement said that its forces had captured 49 soldiers who
had come in into the country from its neighboring ivory coast with the intent to stay jakku timing
the soldiers as mercenaries the malian authorities said they had landed in bamako the capital on july
11 without permission the soldiers were carrying weapons ammunition and other military equipment
according to the government statement however ivory coast contested mali's claim it is said
no ivorian soldiers from its contingent was in possession of weapons and ammunition when he got
off the plane trump ex-officials on bolton admissi admits he helped plan foreign cause
former u.s national security adviser john bolton has admitted on television that he has helped
he has helped plan co in other countries while arguing that the january 6 2021 riot in washington
fell short of such efforts bolson who served as trump's national security
advisor from 2018 to 2019 did not specify which government he had helped to overthrow
but while in his post he advocated for u.s military intervention in venezuela
bolton served in the u.s department of justice and state during three republican administration
starting with ronald reagan in the 1980s he served as the u.s ambassador to the united nations
under former president george w bush bolton unrepeatedly pushed for the u.s invasion of
iraq and has voiced support for bombing iran and north korea an intervention on
this approach to foreign policy that put him at odds with trump who fired him in 2019.
rwanda ex-governor sentenced to 20 years in prison for complicity in the 1994 genocide
former rondis governor laura busibaruta has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for
complicity in genocide the verdict comes more than 28 years after the tutsi genocide of 94
when he was head of the kikongorov prefecture in western rwanda after nearly 11 hours of dela
deliberation at the court overseas in paris the 78 year old was acquitted as a perpetrator of
genocide but found guilty as an accomplice to genocide and crimes against humanity for former
suckers busibaruta whose trial began on may 9th was the highest ranking randis official ever tried
in france for crimes related to the tutsi genocide he has always denied his involvement in the
genocide laurel has been in france since 1997 and was under judicial supervision he has 10 days to
appeal his conviction ethopia asks u.n to rebuild infrastructure integri the ethiopian government on
july 12 commissioned a u.n agency to rebuild some of the destroyed infrastructure integri
a region in conflict with adisa baba and controlled by rebel authorities as part of
a project funded by the world bank the world bank awarded a 300 million dollar grant to ethiopia in
april finding a project to help conflict affected communities in their country the project aims to
rebuild infrastructure destroyed by the conflict and improve access to basic services and make
it easier for victims of gender-based violence to access assistance programs
south sudan suspense dredging of nile tributaries south sudan president salvakir has suspended all
dredging activities on the nile tributaries following a position within his government
mr kier's order put put to end weeks of public debates packed by the arrival of
months ago over 21 truck convoy from cairo with dredging equipment which brought to
led the agreement signed in april last year he noted that after following the argument keenly
he realized the outcry from both sides came because his country had not conducted informed
public consultation that addressed their concerns the 30 kilometer canal project involves trading
an aquatic weed control in the bahar el gaza basin and creating landing spots along the canal
while some argue it will mitigate the perennial floods that displayed thousands in thousands in
unity states others say the projects will only benefit egypt at the expense of the south sudanese
zimbabwe government starts punishing retailers for pricing goods in u.s dollars retailers in
zimbabwe are further rejecting the zimbabwean dollar by pricing their goods and services in
u.s dollars amid a demand by government workers that their salary be pegged to the u.s currency
the first to fall fall over government crackdown on the practice of shrubs holding africa
through its belt bridge juicing company which produces the popular mazoi orange drink on july
11 the government dealt dealt the manufacturer a heavy blow by penalizing the company for allegedly
pricing and selling their drinks in u.s dollars in a letter to the company the finance minister
secretary george gover matanga said his office had been informed about the claims this happens at a
time when ziba's economy was already in recession and had contracted by six percent output dropped
because of economic instability and the removal of subsidies on maize meal fuel and electricity as
well as suppressed foreign exchange earnings the african development bank economic outlet has said
thirteen-year-old girl gains admission to a u.s university said to become a doctor at 18. an
exceptional girl named darlina alaine has set her new record as the youngest african-american girl
to be admitted in a medical school in the u.s after gaining admission into university
of alabama banging her school of medicine at the age of 13. elena had previously gained admission
to the arizona state university to study engineering at the young age of 12 years old after
one year of studying engineering she decided to switch her career path to become a medical doctor
she took a full course load in arizona state university and oakland university and after just
one year she has already finished two and a half years of college studying engineering you go girl
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