violence Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/violence/ The low down on African affairs Sun, 29 Sep 2019 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 violence Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/violence/ 32 32 Prince Harry was urged not to meet Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/prince-harry-was-urged-not-to-meet-malawis-president-peter-mutharika/ Sun, 29 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/prince-harry-was-urged-not-to-meet-malawis-president-peter-mutharika/ Malawian human rights activists say they’ll be insulted if Britain’s Prince Harry does not talk to them after meeting is being urged not to meet President Peter Mutharika.  The president accused of rigging his election win last May and ignoring violence by his supporters. The Duke of Sussex has concentrated on conservation during his tour […]

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]]> Malawian human rights activists say they’ll be insulted if Britain’s Prince Harry does not talk to them after meeting is being urged not to meet President Peter Mutharika. 
The president accused of rigging his election win last May and ignoring violence by his supporters.
The Duke of Sussex has concentrated on conservation during his tour of Southern Africa with, his wife Megan and son Archie.
He has written of the need to overcome greed, apathy and selfishness to make real progress in protecting our natural heritage.
Controversy was unavoidable in Malawi .
He was urged not to meet President Peter Mutharika.
Britain has cut budgetary assistance to Malawi because of corruption, but still gives R1,3 billion a year to aid projects in that country.

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]]> Call to bolster MONUSCO for fear of violence over DRC election delay https://jjcornish.com/2016/10/call-bolster-monusco-fear-violence-drc-election-delay/ Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/10/call-bolster-monusco-fear-violence-drc-election-delay/ Leaders of the Great Lakes region say fears of increased violence because of delayed in elections in Democratic Republic of Congo mean the UN peacekeeping force in that strife-torn country must be beefed up. They say the troops must come from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the Southern African Development Community. […]

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]]> Leaders of the Great Lakes region say fears of increased violence because of delayed in elections in Democratic Republic of Congo mean the UN peacekeeping force in that strife-torn country must be beefed up.

They say the troops must come from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and the Southern African Development Community.

Two days of talks in Luanda, at which South Africa’s Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana Mashebane was present, ended with a statement that the goal is to strengthen the operations of the UN force MONUSCO in fighting the negative forces in the DRC.

11 countries participated in the talks.

MONUSCO currently has more than 20,000 troops in the DRC protecting civilians and disarming dozens of rebel and splinter groups after two decades of conflict in the east of the country.

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]]> Gabon’s constitutional court confirms Ali Bongo’s presidential election win https://jjcornish.com/2016/09/gabons-constitutional-court-confirms-ali-bongos-presidential-election-win/ Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/09/gabons-constitutional-court-confirms-ali-bongos-presidential-election-win/ The Bongo family’s  extend its 50-year rule over Gabon after the country’s constitutional court ruled Ali Bongo was the rightful winner of last month’s contested election. His chief opponent and former ally Jean Ping, the one-time African Union commission head, persists in saying the result was rigged. ends intro The constitutional court says it retallied […]

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]]> The Bongo family’s  extend its 50-year rule over Gabon after the country’s constitutional court ruled Ali Bongo was the rightful winner of last month’s contested election.

His chief opponent and former ally Jean Ping, the one-time African Union commission head, persists in saying the result was rigged.

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The constitutional court says it retallied all the votes from the poll. However it couldn’t do a full recount because all the ballots  were burned immediately after they were counted at the polling stations.

It’s changed some of the results, but declared Bongo still has the lead.

The streets of Libreville have been quiet since the court decision.

At least seven people died and more than 1,000 were arrested in violent protests following the initial announcement of the election result earlier this month.

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]]> Counting underway in Zambian elections https://jjcornish.com/2016/08/counting-underway-zambian-elections/ Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2016/08/counting-underway-zambian-elections/ Counting is underway in the fifth election Zambia has had this past decade. The results from this closely fought race are expected tomorrow ends intro Both the incumbent Edgar Lungu and his challenger Hakainde Hichilema have expressed confidence about the outcome of the elections which saw a good turnout in a calm, peaceful environment. 28 […]

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]]> Counting is underway in the fifth election Zambia has had this past decade.

The results from this closely fought race are expected tomorrow

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Both the incumbent Edgar Lungu and his challenger Hakainde Hichilema have expressed confidence about the outcome of the elections which saw a good turnout in a calm, peaceful environment.

28 000 votes separated them when they competed for the top job last year after the death of President Michael Sata.

Lungu’s Patriotic Front was hit by splits and defections to Hichilema’s United Party for National Development ahead of the vote.

About 6.7 million people were registered to vote. Violence marred the campaign so there’s concern about the loser accepting the result.

The winner will need 50 percent plus one to avoid a run off

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