here is your latest african news africa
wide afghan highlights over the weekend nigeria gained a place in the next round of the
africa cup of nations beating sudan 3-1 and are now leading group d also in group d egypt beat
guinea bissau one nil after having lost nigeria in the opening match in the group on sunday
gambia played mali which resulted in a draw tunisia defeated mauritania four nil in group f
sarah nyon grabbed a 2-2 draw against ivory coast equatorial guinea stunned algeria one-nil to lead
the defending champions on the brink of a group stage exit today’s matches are burkina faso
vs ethiopia while cameroon take on cape vedde mali former president ibrahim bubakar keta dies
in bamako ibrahim bubakar keta mali’s former head of state who was toppled by the military in 2020
has died at his home his family has saved ibrahim bubakar keta led mali from 2013 to 2020.
Mr
keita who was elected president of mali in september 2013 was overthrown by the military in
august 2020 the cause of death was not specified mr keita who claimed to be a leftist had a quick
rise under alpha omar canary the first president from 1992 to 2002 of the democratic era of mali
who was prime minister from 1994 to 2000. he was re-elected in 2018 against somalia then leader
of the opposition who died in december 2020. the coup that toppled him in august 2020
was followed by a second one in may 2021 ethiopia ethiopia says world health organization
chief has links to rebellious degrading forces ethiopia’s foreign ministry has called on
the world health organization to investigate its leaders for supporting terrorist groups
fighting the ethiopian government world health organization general tedros adenom gabriel asus
who previously served at the ethiopian health minister and foreign minister under the tplf said
earlier this week that aid was being blocked from getting through to his home region of tigre where
rebellious forces are fighting the government the government has denied blocking aid and
has accused the terrorist forces of the tigris people’s liberation front tplf of requisitioning
trucks sent in previously ethiopia’s army chief has previously accused tedros of trying to procure
arms and diplomatic backing for the tplf ethiopian foreign minister said tedros failed to show
integrity and professionalism and was a member of the tplf which dominated ethiopian politics
for nearly 30 years before prime minister abi ahmed’s appointment in 2018 ethiopia has also
withdrawn its support for his candidacy in the next world health organization elections sudan
sudan revokes al jazeera tv license sudan has revoked the license of the live streaming channel
of al jazeera’s television network al-jazeera’s mobasha said its team has been barred from working
in sudan which had accused them of unprofessional coverage of opposition rallies in november al
jazeera’s khartoum bureau chief was arrested and held for three days activists say more than 60
people have been killed in a series of protests held against october’s military coup last week
sudanese doctors protested against what they said were attacks against medical personnel by
the security forces during pro-democracy rallies uganda uganda plans to amend the law system of
government in what seems to be a repeat of the 1980s constitutional framework there are plans
in uganda to amend the constitution and adopt a parliamentary system in which parliament forms the
electoral college that elects the president this would be a departure from the practice by other
members of the eac that have a presidential system in which a president is elected through universal
suffrage the plans to amend the law recently made public by a pro-ruling party group also brings
back a seven-year term for parliament as a quid pro quo inducement to the lawmakers to pass the
amendment and give themselves a longer stay in the house the 1995 constitution makers rejected
the westminster system of government for one in which the president is elected by popular votes
president joharim 70 77 has been on the job for 36 years and the last presidential election revealed
the reality of the generational gulf as he faced candidates several decades younger west africa
new pan-african payment system means business the long-awaited pan-african
payments and settlement system p-a-p-s-s has been launched the wamz is a west
african economic and integration body with six member countries gambia ghana guinea liberia
nigeria and sierra leone the new system allows a buyer in one country to make a payment in his
or her national currency and the seller in another country receives payment in their local currency
the system is a cross-border financial market infrastructure that will instantly connect payment
transactions across africa this will eliminate the need to root such payments through third-party
banks usually located outside the continent south africa another seismic survey
legal battle looms for south africa environmental activists are preparing for another
legal battle against a planned seismic survey this comes less than a month after makanda
high court granted an interdict against oil giant shell over its intended exploration of
the wild coast of the province of eastern cape now searcher seismic a geoscience data provider
serving petroleum and mining companies seeks to conduct a 2d and 3d seismic rectification
project between the namibian border and cape argalas the australian data supply was granted a
reconnaissance permit by the petroleum agency s ap in may 2021 according to pasa a reconnaissance
permit allows the holder to undertake geological geophysical or photo geological surveys and
any remote sensing techniques following their victory against shell environmentalists
are preparing for another legal battle thanks for watching please subscribe share and
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