U.S. Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/u-s/ The low down on African affairs Tue, 25 Dec 2018 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 U.S. Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/u-s/ 32 32 Protests in Sudan escalate to call for the fall of President Omar Al-Bashir https://jjcornish.com/2018/12/protests-in-sudan-escalate-to-call-for-the-fall-of-president-omar-al-bashir/ Tue, 25 Dec 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/12/protests-in-sudan-escalate-to-call-for-the-fall-of-president-omar-al-bashir/ Protests continue in Sudan where demonstrations against the tripling of the bread price and food and fuel shortages have escalated to calls for the fall of President Omar Al-Bashir. He’s refusing to budge but promises to provide citizens with a dignified life. The governments of the United States, Britain, Canada and Norway say they’ve credible […]

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]]> Protests continue in Sudan where demonstrations against the tripling of the bread price and food and fuel shortages have escalated to calls for the fall of President Omar Al-Bashir.

He’s refusing to budge but promises to provide citizens with a dignified life.

The governments of the United States, Britain, Canada and Norway say they’ve credible evidence that Sudanese forces are using live ammunition against demonstrators.

At least 22 people have died  in a week of protests.

The two major oppositions parties – Umaa  and the Democratic Unionists – joined by independent and professional unions, say they’ll one again march on the presidential palace on the banks of the Blue Nile in Khartoum today.

Police used water cannon and batons yesterday to keep them at bay.

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]]> UN Security Council ambassadors visit DRC https://jjcornish.com/2018/10/un-security-council-ambassadors-visit-drc/ Thu, 04 Oct 2018 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2018/10/un-security-council-ambassadors-visit-drc/ Members of the United Nations Security Council are spending the weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They’re checking on conditions ahead of elections in that country scheduled for December 23. Ambassadors from the UN Security Council will spend their time in the Congolese capital Kinshasa. They’re due to see President Joseph Kabila and members […]

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]]> Members of the United Nations Security Council are spending the weekend in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

They’re checking on conditions ahead of elections in that country scheduled for December 23.

Ambassadors from the UN Security Council will spend their time in the Congolese capital Kinshasa.

They’re due to see President Joseph Kabila and members of the electoral commission.

They’ll also speak to role-players in the election which will be two-years late.

Dutch Ambassador Karel van Oosterom says they’re looking for a free, fair and transparent poll.

He’ll be joined by his counterparts from Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, the United States and France.

Kabila, who is standing down, has called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeepers from his country. 

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