Nkoana Mashebane Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/nkoana-mashebane/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 06 Apr 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 Nkoana Mashebane Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/nkoana-mashebane/ 32 32 Kenyan warplanes strike Al Shabab bases in Somalia https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/kenyan-warplanes-strike-al-shabab-bases-in-somalia/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/04/kenyan-warplanes-strike-al-shabab-bases-in-somalia/ Kenya’s defence force says its planes have destroyed two Al Shabab bases in Somalia following last week’s terror attack on Garissa University that left 148 people dead. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta’s warned of the severest possible response to the massacre for which Al Shabab claims responsibility. It hasn’t been possible to verify Kenyan reports that […]

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]]> Kenya’s defence force says its planes have destroyed two Al Shabab bases in Somalia following last week’s terror attack on Garissa University that left 148 people dead.

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta’s warned of the severest possible response to the massacre for which Al Shabab claims responsibility.

It hasn’t been possible to verify Kenyan reports that its warplanes destroyed the bases in Gedo from where Al Shabab militants cross into Kenya.

The jihadis have declared war on Kenya, demanding that Nairobi’s troops are withdrawn from the African force AMISOM helping to maintain the government in Mogadishu.

Observers say the air strike was designed to show Kenyans that their government is responding to the outrage.

There were similar airstrikes after Al Shabab killed 36 quarry workers in Kenya’s Mandera region last December.

 

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]]> Hutu rebels in DRC fail to meet surrender ultimatum https://jjcornish.com/2015/01/hutu-rebels-drc-fail-meet-surrender-ultimatum/ Sun, 04 Jan 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/01/hutu-rebels-drc-fail-meet-surrender-ultimatum/ President Jacob Zuma says Hutu rebels hiding out in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not meeting an ultimatum to surrender. So, regional leaders will meet in Angola next week to decide on what steps to take. Speaking as chairman of SADC’s defence arm, President Jacob Zuma says only 337 rebels from the Democratic Forces […]

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]]> President Jacob Zuma says Hutu rebels hiding out in the Democratic Republic of Congo are not meeting an ultimatum to surrender.

So, regional leaders will meet in Angola next week to decide on what steps to take.

Speaking as chairman of SADC’s defence arm, President Jacob Zuma says only 337 rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda known as the FDLR turned themselves in by last Friday.

That means less than a quarter have complied with the January 2 deadline set by regional leaders.
Zuma says SADC leaders will meet in Angola on January 15 and 16 to decide on how to respond.

He adds the regional body’s ready to play its fullest
part.
Fourteen months ago the Congolese army backed by UN soldiers from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi forced the surrender of M23, another rebel group in the area.

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]]> AU thumbs up for Namiba’s election https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/au-thumbs-namibas-election/ Sun, 30 Nov 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/au-thumbs-namibas-election/ The region and the continent have given their seals of approval to Namibia’s elections held last Friday. They commended the peaceful nature of the operation  but both call on the Windhoek authorities to simplify the process that led to long delays. ends intro Heading the SADC observer mission in Namibia, Minister of International Relations and […]

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]]> The region and the continent have given their seals of approval to Namibia’s elections held last Friday.
They commended the peaceful nature of the operation  but both call on the Windhoek authorities to simplify the process that led to long delays.
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Heading the SADC observer mission in Namibia, Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane says despite the delays there was high voter turnout and Namibians should respect the outcome that gives SWAPO another mandate and puts Hage Geingob at the helm as president.
African Union mission head Fatuma Ndangiza gives the process the thumbs up but says it should be simplified. Operators of the electronic voting and security scanning systems – a first for Africa – must be better trained, she says.

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