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Ok lets start with some breaking news the Prime Minister the ivory coast im going to wrong has died suddenly he fainted during a Cabinet Meeting on wednesday afternoon he was then taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead he was being lined up as the president ial successor for the Upcoming Elections in november as the Ruling Party Candidate lets go straight to nicolas whos on the phone from us from senegal is capital dhaka nick if you can just give us an idea of what the legacy of the promise is going to be. Well you know this was the main candidate for the. Party and she was supposed to be the one that was going to take the president wants to eat the country in the upcoming president ial election in november and just to give you an idea of his vision to 6 5 years ago he tweeted on looting that you know we shouldnt think in terms of shorter Economic Growth the decision that he will take you said that i will take. That would be for decades to come unfortunately. That you were inside a Cabinet Meeting going to during Cabinet Meeting. And then he was going down that runs team. Receiving treatment for his ill health so you think its a great help or that. The ruling party and the start was counter to take of the group as the next president to campaign in this president ial campaign thats highly anticipated rob we have. Leaders that are going to campaign what are. Candidates about the and as well as the announcement by the international. To go that. Would be allowed to come back to the country. That didnt provide rico she was held for National Criminal against humanity to. The situation in the political hell. Creates a great threat ivory coast which is one of the. Most was at stake in the candidacy of the Prime Minister barak who knows who is just pronounced dead and were waiting for the announcement from the president himself. From the party and from the opposition to see how they react to the political fallout there will be to his death brought. The line that where listening to you on is breaking up a little bit but i do want to ask you what the impact within the country within the voters of the country is going to be because as you were saying he was expected to be taking over the presidency now there is a gap and how upsetting is that going to be within the country. Well one of the main issues with whatever and this time in power according to members of the opposition is that he hasnt addressed the deep grievances that led to previous civil previous civil wars and what water on his candidate was supposed to do less those those grievances and those differences are divisions. Within ivory coast divisions that were created by the previous civil war people who supported at that time who felt that they have been ostracized from the political system part of the population that has been enjoying this blue economy that ivory coast has been enjoying theres allegations of corruption against the government and want to rise again and so once i was counting and was probably. The Prime Minister to really take over to people that would use all ivorians that would bring that that would be the one that would bring. A huge thing that this country so much needs and so. Instability in his death in the instability in the political world in the political help will have an effect for ivory coast that is still very deeply divided in still trying to shield from previous civil wars probably looking at the political situation that there is there at the moment is there anybody that is likely successor to call obama a somebody who could step in. Well you have this course is very quickly because. The main issue is that one juror has could cover an ad for his Political Party has really put all its effort towards the bowtie and of course there is soros who is the president of the National Assembly and who has the legal who live things a lot of. It in the party itself but what about the side they move in wrinkly body you know jim sorrell will also be a candidate at the president ial election and then he poses a great threat to watch around. You know during the. During the civil war he also has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes during the civil war and killing opposition members but he was not to be implemented interNational Criminal court to this political situation of course is the recent really moving out of the interNational Criminal court that allowed his little back with the former president. To come back d to the country just act head of this president ial election that supposedly please look under what were going to expecting to see even more divisions within the political system but among i phone in themselves who are trying to find a leader that can unite all ivorians and thats going to be the challenge for want to let you try to find a replacement to try to find someone who has the political comedians to do so and the problem is that he has could all of his effort under this Prime Minister who seems to have had also enjoyed the support of friends i mean during the coronavirus our great great the borders were shut he was allowed to go to france for treatment and given exceptional circumstances to do so and so that show is the proximity of the real. Lieschen ship between the leadership of ivory coast and france not only that it seems the proximity between coulibaly and friend so his struggle but just how big a Cabinet Meeting is really going to be shaking up the whole political system in ivory coast and that certainly is going to have an effect for the future of this president ial campaign in the end all the candidates are supposed to handle their their candidacy their official candidate for the parties in the weeks to come so thats really going to have an effect on the campaign ahead and it looks like its going to be the only easy in unstable president ial campaign and this is something that is going to be challenged only for what europe but for all ivorians who are again looking for stability for their country thats necklace hack our correspondent talking to us from senegal our boate the death of Prime Minister of a close amadou gone quickly body he died suddenly after fainting joining a Cabinet Meeting on wednesday afternoon he was then taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead he was being lined up as the president ial successor for the Upcoming Elections in november as the Ruling Party Candidate the u. N. Secretary general has warned that the conflict in libya has entered a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels until you go south as was addressing a virtual session of the Security Council on the violence there head of the session russias foreign minister said hes in talks with his counterparts in turkey about a possible ceasefire this isnt the 1st time that a cease fire has been proposed while of Khalifa Haftar said he would consider one after his forces began losing their major strongholds libyan conflicts been fueled by a number of International Backers the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli is being backed by turkey while after has had support from russia egypt and the u. A. E. Time is not on our side in libya the conflict is enter the new phase with its foreign interference reaching and dissident at levels you have very concerned about the a lot of the military buildup on the city and the eye level of that its foreign interference in the conflict in violation of u. S. Arms embargo un Security Council resolution and the commitments made by Member States in bali ok lets go to our diplomatic editor james bays at the United Nations until he retired is saying that time was running out as far as libya was concerned what do you think was the tone of the meeting. Well i think youve got everyone publicly stating that its time for peace in libya the problem with this is theyve been publicly stating that for a very long time ago back to the beginning of the year and germany was the country that was the host for the conference on libya leaders from all Key Countries came to berkeley and for that conference they all signed up to a communique and the uns plan and yet they went home and they continued many of them what they had been doing before and that i think is the problem germany now wanted to reboot this because it just happens to have the current presidency of the European Union and of the u. N. Security council it felt at this moment it was a good moment to try and push efforts towards police peace because we have had very important developments in the last few weeks and that is defeat in many ways for general haftar for over a year hed had his forces right near tripoli trying to take tripoli and with the help of turkey the government of National Accord the internationally recognized government has pushed general have to push his forces all the way back to sirte that potentially creates a moment of opportunity for the International Community if those countries that have been involved directly decide to back down now but its not clear whether they will take for example the countries that are supporting general have to countries like the u. A. E. Like egypt like russia also france not directly supporting general have to but certainly close ties with the u. S. And seems to have more sympathy for general have to than many of the other European Countries while they may all think that now if you do support general haftar its not a good time for negotiations when hes doing so badly militarily and it might be a good time to bolster him militarily and. Head of negotiations on the other side if youre the government a National Accord which is supported mainly by turkey you may think well we got weve got general have to push back to sirte yes if we took sirte it stephanie going to be difficult and bloody battle but once youve taken you just have to look at the map of the coast and theres basically an open road that takes you to the part of libya where large parts of the Oil Infrastructure based and obviously thats a big prize so you know i think even though everyone here is pronouncing that theyre back on the path towards peace theyve said that before theyve said it publicly their actions have not matched match their words james its increasingly apparent from the coverage in the interviews that weve been doing over the last few months as the libya conflict has been going on that the recurring theme seems to be that Khalifa Haftar is a stumbling block its a status a stumbling block for the d. N. A. But its also its and some analysts would suggest a stumbling block to a cease fire even though he has said hes willing to get one because nobody would actually enter into an agreement with them do you get a sense from the United Nations there that there is that if he becomes too much of a block to a cease fire block to a solution that they might actually sideline him and find somebody else. I think privately youll even hear u. N. Officials will tell you that he is a stumbling block and you might well even hear it from some of those countries that are supporting general hafta im told that hes very unpredictable to deal with he has a personality thats been described to me as being a megalomaniac but they havent found a suitable alternative to him to take take on the role of the general have to put performs for those countries which clearly do have their own ambitions with regard to libya and its probably worth adding libyas a vost oil wealth the Security Council meeting continues and speaking now is the ambassador of libya itself he is aligned with a government of National Accord hes talked sonny and hes speaking now in the presence of the signal. And i would like that also to. The secretary general for his briefing and thirds of all smoke by Stephanie Williams during those difficult times i also wanted to deliver the speech on behalf of my foreign minister the other and i thank you for accepting our request to speak last because we needed to listen and reflect it to all these statements which stopped up to 38 you know all that we wanted speaking of it so i hope the secretariat will fix this issue in the future terms of translation. Mr president i take this opportunity to thank germany and miss and of america for her efforts to reach and when asked and sexy. Find a peaceful solution to the libyan crisis we are going to need a government comes in an important time and sense of our country and. Ringback its a good chance to officially announce the failure of the adventure led by the aggressor which he named. And open compassed i hereby announce today the folks who meant our previous promise that the invader wont ever enter tripoli and he didnt thanks to our National Army and our very own armed forces we announced the trunk of our operation but kind of other which represents the victory of those who call for a civil and Democratic State over the defeated scheme of state militarization the resilience of tripoli as a symbol of resilience against all plots of contra revolutions and those who supported them not only in libya but on behalf of the entire region ladies and gentlemen as i have previously stated in my early briefings since 2011 my country has witnessed attempts by several states to extend their control over libya blunder its not clear its national and social fabric those states benefited from the events to create chaos and settle scores on our lands they took advantage of opportunists to achieve their agendas by suppressing the dream of a democratic transformation that the libyans aspire to today while listening to your briefings libyans are wondering now you are talking about a political settlement and dialogue. Where were you more than a year ago when bombs were falling on innocent people and thousands of civilians including children and women were killed where were you when our civilian infrastructure was being bombed and hundreds of thousands were displaced all these violations and war crimes occurred before your eyes what did you do to stop them and what have you gained from this bloody adventure launched by a rebel obsessed with power today we are hearing calls for reasoning wisdom and dialogue but by whom by states that where and are still supporting the aggressor secretly and publicly called for is an end by states that deliberately destructive the path of your own dialogues and the efforts of its former employee. Who spoke an interview a few days ago which see x. T. And after being freed from the restrictions of your own bureaucracy he expressed his anger and the prophecy of some states and i called i was stabbed in the back by the majority of the members of the u. N. Security council i no longer had any role the day after launched his attack on tripoli he got the support of most of them while we were being criticized in libya because we didnt stop some major states not only supported but they concluded deliberately against holding the National Conference and and of course then we hear states talking about to nominate your solution here if these are the words of the 6th u. N. Envoy to the how can we trust the intention of International Community for reaching a peaceful solution and its credibility in the future. Libyans and the people of the world are tired of double standards unfortunately the un which is 75 years old has became strained and helpless and the Security Council has become just an area for arguments and empty statements therefore i real and fundamental reform is another thing. What are the evidence of crimes and violations by the aggression and his supporters are you waiting for all of which are documented in your reports and in the reports of the i. C. C. What about the mass graves recently revealed in the city after bodies of Children Women a new thing where up to 220. 00 victims were found so far among those were buried alive what about the explosive and mines planted in the homes of citizens south of tripoli resulting as of today and the death of 80 innocent victims with the testimony of the United Nations mission this was nothing but a cowardly act carried out by the militias of after and his mercenaries reminding us of the atrocities of isis terrorists and said and yet some still consider this war criminal a partner for peace in this regard we thank i. C. C. And Human Rights Council for accepting our request to investigate these violations and hopefully they will be bringing the perpetrators to justice what other evidence and proof are you waiting for to see that there is an international formation of mercenaries whether t