Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 2am in zimbabwe, where ecstatic crowds, cheering and singing, have greeted Emmerson Mnangagwa returning from south africa. Hes expected to be sworn in as zimbabwes new president later this week. Hes promised what he called a new democracy. Our africa editor, fergal keane, reports from harare on the return of the man they call the crocodile. This was a man who owned the moment, in front of a crowd that greeted him as a conquering hero and with a message of contempt for those hed vanquished. Down with the traitors, he chanted. He said the zanu pf train would keep rolling, but tempered that politicking with an affirmation of this extraordinary moment in zimba bwes history. Today, we are witnessing the beginning of a new unfolding democracy in our country. Cheering. The crowd had gathered since early. The crocodile is coming, they chanted. All day they waited for Emmerson Mnangagwa, he of the legendary ruthlessness, reinvented now as an apostle
Its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 3 00am the morning in zimbabwe, where ecstatic crowds have greeted emmerson mnangagwa, returning from south africa. Hes expected to be sworn in as zimbabwes new president later this week and promised what he called a new democracy. Our africa editor fergal keane reports from harare on the return of the man they call the crocodile. This was a man who owned the moment, in front of a crowd that greeted him as a conquering hero and with a message of contempt for those hed vanquished. Down with the traitors, he chanted. He said the zanu pf train would keep rolling, but tempered that politicking with an affirmation of this extraordinary moment in zimba bwes history. Today, we are witnessing the beginning of a new unfolding democracy in our country. Cheering. The crowd had gathered since early. The crocodile is coming, they chanted. All day they waited for emmerson mnangagwa, he of the legendary ruthlessness, reinvented now as an apostle of libert
Coming up the old guard zimbabwes president. Who helped. Write. The first japanese. Libya has agreed to the emergency evacuation of refugees and migrants facing abuse in his detention camps the plan has been drawn up at a joint African Union summit in ivory coast its not clear how the deal be enforced but migrants are expected to be sent back to their home countries but the reports from. The theme of this summit was huge but there is no doubt the from the outset it was dominated by the issue of the refugee slave trade in libya and by migration we heard from. The president of the ivory coast in the beginning who said that everyone had a collective responsibility to do something but at the end of the summit leaders decided is that they would try and repatch. Migrants and refugees that are trapped in libya and want a task force to try and crack down on people smuggling and we spoke to many people here who said that that is just a case of firefighting and what is really needed is a Long Te
Six hundred thousand mahindra are now living having fled violence in the and more he said to meet some of those refugees later today also coming up just on the machall needs a potential partner as germanys president tries to break the countrys political deadlock can the former coalition become the new coalition government. Plus the countdown to next years world cup in russia begins with excitement growing ahead of todays draw for the tournaments groups. Im brian thomas welcome to the show pope francis is in bangladesh where hes praise the south asian nation for giving shelter to reinjure refugees fleeing in mar the pontiff but an open outdoor mass for some one hundred thousand roman catholics in. Bangladeshi capital dhaka but he did not directly mention the ethnic identity of the me and my muslim Group Francis is stayed away from allegations that me and mars army is waging an Ethnic Cleansing Campaign against the road the pontiff will meet some brilliant refugees later today and follow
Has passed biting new sanctions on north korea that will cut oil supplies vital for pyongyangs missile and nuclear programmes. With chinas backing, the council in new york voted unanimously to adopt the us drafted resolution. The sanctions also force north koreans working overseas to return home cutting off another revenue stream for kim jong uns regime. The bbcs nada tawfik is at the un. This is the 10th Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on north korea. None before it has convinced kim jong un to abandon his nuclear programme, but diplomats hope this resolution will bite hard enough to change the regimes calculus or at the very least, restrict its ability to carry out Additional Nuclear and missile tests. President trump specifically asked president xi of china to cut oil to pyongyang, believing it would be a pivotal step. According to the united states, north korea imported 4. 5 Million Barrels of Refined Petroleum in 2016. This resolution now caps it to 500,000 barrels