Angelina Jolie Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/angelina-jolie/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Angelina Jolie Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/angelina-jolie/ 32 32 AU summit takes a star turn into controversy https://jjcornish.com/2015/06/au-summit-takes-a-star-turn-into-controversy/ Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/06/au-summit-takes-a-star-turn-into-controversy/ Preparations for the African Union summit on Sunday have taken a star turn with the arrival of humanitarian actress Angelina Jolie. They’ve also been dogged with controversy as Sudanese President Omar al Bashir prepares to attend the continental gathering. Angelina Jolie will be speaking on a panel at the Sandton Convention Centre on violence against […]

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]]> Preparations for the African Union summit on Sunday have taken a star turn with the arrival of humanitarian actress Angelina Jolie.
They’ve also been dogged with controversy as Sudanese President Omar al Bashir prepares to attend the continental gathering.
Angelina Jolie will be speaking on a panel at the Sandton Convention Centre on violence against women in conflict.
She’s been invited by AU Commission head Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
The actress who’s a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says there’s a global epidemic of violence against women which can no longer be tolerated, and must be addressed. Every individual in society has a role to play in achieving this change.
Human rights watchdog groups are urging South Africa to meet its obligations as a signatory of the International Criminal Court if Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir arrives.
He’s been indicted by that court for alleged war crimes in Darfur and must be arrested by signatories of the Rome Statute. South-AfricaAU

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]]> Angelina Jolie to speak at AU summit https://jjcornish.com/2015/06/angelina-jolie-to-speak-at-au-summit/ Wed, 10 Jun 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/06/angelina-jolie-to-speak-at-au-summit/ In preparations for Sunday’ s African Union summit in Sandton, humanitarian actress Angelina Jolie is speaking at a panel tomorrow on violence against women. Jolie is a special envoy of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees and speaks vociferously on women’s issues. Angelina Jolie arrived in Johannesburg this from France where she surprised holidaymakers […]

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]]> In preparations for Sunday’ s African Union summit in Sandton, humanitarian actress Angelina Jolie is speaking at a panel tomorrow on violence against women.
Jolie is a special envoy of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees and speaks vociferously on women’s issues.
Angelina Jolie arrived in Johannesburg this from France where she surprised holidaymakers by cramming into the tourist class seats with her husband and children on a flight to Nice.
Tomorrow sees a jam packed programme ahead of the summit with a number of non governmental organisations making their point as African foreign ministers complete their programme.
If Jolie will be among them, nervous security officials will presumeably force her to use the back door with other members of civic society and the media

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