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equatorial guinea six french soldiers
held at bata airport
six french soldiers were held at the
airport of bata
on thursday the economic capital of
equatorial
guinea after landing their helicopter
the day before
to refuel the french army and the state
radio of the small
central african country has confirmed
equatorial guinean public radio tvge
said on the evening of july the 28th
that the helicopter had landed without
authorization
the french soldiers were then taken to
the central police station in
bata the national authorities stated
that they do
not exclude the military incident as
being
an operation of espionage and
provocation
by paris mozambique
south africa sends 1 500 troops to
mozambique to fight jihadists
south africa has is sending 1 400 troops
to mozambique
to help its neighbor battle jihadist
wreaking havoc
in the gas rich cabo delgado province
north of the country
soldiers will be part of a growing
mult-african
force there in a statement on wednesday
the parliament said
president cyril ramaphosa had authorized
the deployment to support mozambique
in its fights against acts of terrorism
and
violent extremists the mission is part
of a deal agreed in june by the 16
nations of the southern
african development community sadiq
burundi burundi says it is ready to take
kovacs vaccines
burundi one of the last african
countries in the world
to start inoculating its population
against covet 19 said it has agreed to
take covex vaccines
but with a condition health minister
tadi
di kumana announced on wednesday that
burundi
would accept kovacs vaccines offered by
the world bank but would refuse to sign
a waiver he said
was demanded by pharmaceutical companies
burundi along with eritrea and north
korea
are the only countries yet to stop
covert 19 immunization campaigns
after tanzania begin rolling out their
vaccinations
on wednesday until now the government
had refused to be part of the kovacs
initiative
saying it did not want vaccines that was
still
at the experimentation stage
kenya kenya uk signed new five-year
defence pact
kenya and the uk have signed a five-year
defense cooperation agreement
dca to tackle shared threats across east
africa
the two countries signed the agreement
in a side event during president uhuru
kenyatta's
three-day guest of government visit to
the uk
kenya's cs for defence dr monica juma
and uk defense secretary ben wallace
signed the new dca on tuesday evening at
the ministry of defence offices
in london the agreement will anchor the
defence priorities between the two
nations over the next
five years rwanda rwandan model
floated as answer for understanding
for underfunding to african national
parks a well-meaning observation by
kenya's cabinet secretary for tourism
and wildlife najib balala
on newer models of financing national
parks has acquired a life of its own
with some of it some in conservation
circles urging the rwandan way
in rwanda a number of parks are managed
by private
entities this is coming at a time
governments in east africa
are at a crossroads over raising between
90 billion dollars to
225 billion dollars to manage their
parks
while mr balala has denied calling for
the privatization of national parks
he says just six or seven of the 58
national
reserves and parks generate 85 percent
of revenue to the kenya wildlife service
he said the private sector already
partners with the government
to provide infrastructure such as roads
and facilities such as restaurants which
are already being managed
by the private sector kenya wildlife
conservancies
association kwca which is opposed to
privatization as a means of raising
funds
to manage national parks prefers a
private public partnership
arrangement gabon gabon's
evindo park given world heritage status
by unesco
gabon et national park was listed on
wednesday as a unesco world heritage
site it is the second national site to
be
natural site to be listed in the central
african country 90
of which is covered by forests and known
for its efforts to preserve
its national heritage the first was
lopee park
in 2007. the park covers nearly 300 000
hectares
a crossed by a network of picturesque
black water rivers
it includes rapids and waterfalls
bordered by
intact water from rainforests making it
a landscape of great
aesthetic value according to unesco
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