Its good to have your Company African leaders say it is time for the continent to be given a greater role at the United Nations now in the un was formed 75 years ago only 4 african countries were part of the Organization Today all 54. 00 countries are among the 193. 00 Member States off which only russia the u. S. China and the United Kingdom and france all permanent members of the Security Council that is the uns highest Decision Making body. Now in their addresses to this years General Assembly which was moved mostly online because of the coronavirus pandemic the president s off south africa and nigeria called for africa to be given permanent seats on the Security Council on the 75th anniversary of the un we repeat our hold for greater representation of african countries on the Security Council and that this be taken up with urgency and that intergovernmental negotiations it is only through every form and inclusive you and Security Council that we will be able to connect to fully res
They use 27 members of find unity in the plant. And kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is released from a berlin hospital after treatment of poisoning his case triggered a diplomatic crisis between russia and the west that he do next. And play richardson welcome to the show were going to begin in the United States where protesters are demanding justice for Briana Taylor the black woman who was shot dead by police in march prosecutors have now charged one officer but only with one ton endangerment and not with her murder protests broke out in taylors hometown of louisville kentucky shortly after the charges were announced the mayor has announced a. Curfew for the next 3 nights taylor was shot dead when police raided her apartment on a socalled no knock warrant or killing it was one of several deaths of black people at the hands of police that set off months of antiracism protests in the United States. For more lets go to our Washington Bureau chief in as paul and as a tell us more about his
Beethoven in the middle of a pandemic the story of how one german composer brought. To south korea in these difficult times. I believe welcome to news asia glad you could join us talks to and of ghana sounds a long running war are expected to begin in the next few days in doha the capital of the Afghan Government has already sent teams to prepare the groundwork for peace talks with the taliban a group the government has fought for nearly 2 decades idea the government began to release the last batch of taliban prisoners to pave the way for talks with the militant group ill be asking an expert what one can expect from the talks but 1st a quick primer on how we got to this stage. Taliban prisoners greet one another as they prepared to leave this jail in afghanistans capital kabul. Freeing them has been a controversial decision. But its part of the deal the United States signed with the taliban insurgents at the end of february in order to try to bring peace to this war torn country. And g
A 2020 Academic Year has been cancelled. Then whats brewing in uganda well find out why coffee is a demand in the nation off teetering. Hello im kristie one to welcome to news africa its good to have you accompanied the European Union has said it will defend the International Criminal court against attempts to undermine it the e. U. Is the latest as situation to stand behind the courts off to washington sanctioned top officials in the hague now the i. C. C. S chief prosecutor 5 tubin sudha and her top aide bucky so much will have been blacklisted by the trumpet ministration over the coals investigation into the way the us forces committed war crimes in afghanistan now on wednesday the us navy. Just ate my own pail announced the sanctions on sudan accusing the i. C. C. Off huntin uing to talk its americans in june the trumpet ministration authorized the imposition of economic sanctions against foreign persons directly engaged in i. C. C. Efforts to investigate u. S. Or allied personnel
Over Police Violence violence against americans of color. E. U. Foreign ministers meeting in berlin have agreed to impose sanctions on senior bellaver senior officials accused of Election Fraud and cracking down on protesters they also urged russia not to intervene after russian president Vladimir Putin promised military support for the countrys leader alexander lukashenko. A corps in berlin has overturned a ban on a demonstration against coronavirus restrictions planned for saturday it said the protests could go ahead if organizers and here to strict conditions to stop the spread of the virus police are appealing the decision a similar event earlier this month drew tens of thousands of people. This is to have you news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram a t w news or visit our website to the top. Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to arts and culture so many of our normal activities were impossible during the weeks of corona lockdown but Computer Games were a welcome