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africa wide new zimbabwean president in pan african parliament the pan-african parliament pap
the african union's consulate assembly has elected a new speaker zimbabwean member of parliament mp
fortune sharombira has won a one-horse race to become the president of the pan-african parliament
succeeding cameroon's rojang kododang delegates have said the assembly has been meeting since
june 25th at its headquarters in midrand and industrial town halfway between johannesburg
and pretoria charumbira was expected to win ahead of two other candidates from south sudan
and malawi the zimbabwean is the first delegate from south and africa to be elected as its head
after several presidents from west and east africa created in 2004 the pap is composed
of more than 200 mps representing some 50 au members appointed by their respective parliaments
mali un maintains peacekeepers in mali as russia and china abstain the un security council voted on
june 27 to maintain the un peacekeeping mission in mali while russia and china abstained on the
french drafted resolution that extends the mandate of the mission until june 30th 2023
with its current ceiling of 13 289 military personnel and 1920 international police mali has
been in turmoil since a 2012 uprising prompted mutinous soldiers to overthrow the president
the power vacuum that resulted ultimately led to an islamic insurgency and a french-led war that
ousted the jihadist from power in 2013. mali's current ruling military government which seized
power in august 2020 has grown closer to russia as moscow has looked to build alliances and gain sway
in africa amid tensions with mali's military rulers france announced in february that its
military forces would be out of the country by the end of july 2022 but france proposed continuing to
provide aerial support to the un peacekeepers who need the capabilities of attack helicopters
mali strongly objected to a continued french air presence however and the french offer was dropped
from the resolution the resolution authorizes the un mission to assist malian authorities
in promoting and protecting human rights it also authorizes u.n peacekeepers to carry out
other priority tasks including supporting implementation of a june 2015 peace agreement
and the current political transition supporting the restoration of state authority to central mali
and stabilizing the region protecting civilians and creating safe environments for delivery of
humanitarian aid on june 13th mali's junta leader signed a new law paving the way for
elections and a return to constitutional rule in 2024 the law would allow colonel asimi goita who
is president of the transitional government and other military members to be candidates libya
20 people found dead in desert near border with chad 20 people have been found dead in the libyan
desert following a vehicle breakdown near the border with chad and were presumed to have died
of thirst rescuers have said the vehicle had come from neighboring chad and reached some 120
kilometers 75 miles into libyan territory before breaking down the service published a video on
facebook showing decomposing bodies in the desert sand near a pickup truck the sparsely populated
region regularly seized summer temperatures above 40 degrees celsius 104 fahrenheit libya
was plunged into lawlessness following the 2011 uprising that toppled and killed then-president
muammar gaddafi and its southern borders with chad niger and sudan have become notorious for people
trafficking and smuggling thousands of people cross them every year in attempts to reach the
mediterranean coast and ultimately europe but many die on route including in the harsh sahara desert
kenya kenya weighs in on melilla brutality against african migrants kenya has said the incident
last week in malila at the border of morocco and spain where dozens of african migrants
attempting to cross into europe were crashed to death signals further the inequality in the
treatment of refugees from the continent at the u.n security council kenya said the incident is
the latest reminder that african refugees are still treated differently in europe despite
countries signing global refugee laws on june 23rd hundreds of migrants from africa attempted
to scale the border fence between morocco and melilla the spanish enclave in mainland africa
reports show that the imagined chaos after moroccan guards fired tear gas at them
led to a stampede and crash killing at least 24 migrants rights groups in the area reported
seeing 37 bodies with several dozens of migrants injured the african union commission chairperson
musafa ki mohammed condemned the incident and said the au demanded an adequate investigation into the
incident which he labeled as degrading to african migrants the incident has stained both morocco's
credentials as an african country as it's their border guards who fired on the migrants and
spain's record of treating migrants the erected fence is six meters high and is meant to keep away
illegal immigrants in 2014 several migrants were killed after spanish border guards fired tear gas
on their boat the flow of migrants from africa has been a subject of international debate recently
two years ago the un human rights council passed a resolution on the fundamental freedoms of
africans and people of african descent against brutality by law enforcement officers kenya
said moroccan guards violated that resolution thanks for watching please subscribe follow
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