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Indaba zesiNdebele Ekuseni - September 09, 2024
This is BOE News, I'm Tommy McNeil. An Israeli strike killed a senior rescue service official in Gaza, the OA's Christina Minente reports. An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jibalia on Sunday killed Muhammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family members, according to health officials. The Civil Service Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi's death phrased the number to 83 of its members killed by Israeli fire since October 7th. Residents said Israeli forces had also blown up several houses in the suburb of Gaza City. Medical teams said they were unable to answer desperate calls by some of the residents who had reported being trapped inside their houses. Later on Sunday, the Gaza Health Ministry said Israeli military strikes across the enclave killed at least 15 people. Christina Minenti, the OA News. U.S. House of Representatives Republicans will be releasing a long-awaited report Monday blasting Democratic President Joe Biden's administration for failures surrounding the chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021. The report contends the administration made its decision to evacuate noncombatants far too late, failed to communicate between departments in Washington and among officials in Afghanistan and botched the paperwork for the departure of Afghan civilians eligible to leave the country. It is the result of a three-year investigation led by Representative Michael McCall, Republican Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Democrats have insisted some blame for the messy end of the war, less than seven months into Biden's presidency, should be laid at the feet of former U.S. President Donald Trump, who began the withdrawal process by signing a deal with the Taliban in 2020. Joe Ramsey, the OA News, Washington. You'll find more at VOANews.com. This is the OA News. Passage of a six-month temporary spending bill would have spread widespread and devastating effects on the Defense Department, according to Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin in a letter to key members of Congress Sunday, Austin said the passing of a continuing resolution at cap spending at 2024 levels rather than taking action on a proposed 2025 budget will hurt thousands of defense programs. Two NATO members said Sunday Russian drones violated their air space, AP correspondent Karen Shamus. Romania has said that a Russian drone flew into its air space during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine. Meanwhile, another Russian drone crashed into eastern Latvia the previous day. Romania's Defense Ministry said it had deployed F-16 warplanes to monitor its air space and issued text alerts to residents of two eastern regions. Meanwhile, Latvia's defense ministers said that a Russian drone fell the day before near the town of Rizegne and had likely strayed into Latvia from neighboring Belarus. I'm Karen Shamus. The World Health Organization's Tedros Adonam Gabrielius urge the world to wake up and help sit down in its health crisis. We must focus on all people in need, all 25 million people. And this means additional resources are required to meet their needs. And we're calling on the world to wake up and help Sudan out of the nightmare it's living through. Civilians in Sudan are facing worsening famine, mass displacement and disease after 17 months of war, according to agencies. According to available data, Sudan's conflict has so far killed more than 20,000 people. This is an underestimate, by the way, displaced over 10 million people inside the country and forced another 2 million to flee to neighboring countries. This is the largest internal displacement of people in the world today. WHO Chief said that the people of Sudan were struggling through flooding and dam bursting diseases, including cholera malaria, dengue measles, the risk of epochs, conflict-related sexual violence and near collapse of the country's entire health system. Pope Francis arrived in a remote jungle of Papua New Guinea landing on the northwest coast of the country with a ton of humanitarian aid to be delivered to the missionaries and faithful who lived there. Nigeria's emergency response agency says a fuel tanker collided head-on with another truck causing an explosion that killed at least 48 people. Fuel tanker was also carrying cattle on the area in North Central Niger State Sunday, causing at least 50 cattle to be burned alive. The attack had got out of a truck in the bridge area and shot at security forces. The Nigerian industry is doing fantastic at the moment. I think it's actually following the trajectory of where Bollywood was some years ago. Today is Monday, September 9th, and this is Beoways International Edition. We are deeply concerned about the trajectory of Venezuela. Venezuela, an opposition presidential candidate, did Mundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum as the political and diplomatic crisis over Venezuela's disputed election escalated when an arrest warrant was issued for him. Reuters correspondent Lisa Bernard brings us up to date. Gonzales, who has challenged Maduro's declaration of victory, arrived at the Torehon de Ordos military base with his wife, Spain's foreign ministry, said in a statement. The exit of the 75-year-old, seen by the US, EU, and other major powers as the winner of the election, came a week after Venezuelan authorities issued an arrest warrant for him, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes. European Union foreign policy chief Joseph Burrell in a statement said it was "a sad day for democracy in Venezuela," adding that "no political leader should be forced to seek asylum in another country." Venezuela's opposition say the July 28 election resulted in a resounding victory for Gonzales and published a vote tally online that they say show he won. Maduro has dismissed all such assertions and says there was a right-wing plot to sabotage his government. Gonzales' move to Spain marked another jolting shift in the fortunes of the former diplomat who came out of retirement and took over the candidacy in March, initially as a placeholder after opposition leader Maria Corina Machado and then another replacement could not stand. Machado confirmed on X that Gonzales was now in Spain, adding he had fled to protect, quote, "his freedom, his integrity, and his life." She said he would continue to fight for the opposition from Spain and vowed that on January 10 of 2025, Gonzales would be sworn in as Venezuela's president. Reuters correspondent Lisa Bernhard, a gunman crossing from Jordan, killed three Israeli civilians at the Allenby Bridge border in the occupied West Bank. The way is veronic about Dennis Iglesias, this is a reaction from the Israeli government with swift. "Security was tight Sunday at the border between the West Bank and Jordan after a gunman fired against Israeli security forces at the Allenby Bridge crossing. Three Israeli civilians and the shooter were killed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack, believed to be linked to the Israel Hamas War." "It's a hard day, a despicable terrorist murdered three of our citizens in cold blood at the Allenby Bridge. On behalf of the government, I send my condolences to the families of the murders." Israeli troops continue their operations against Hamas targets in Gaza over the weekend, as Palestinian health authorities reported that at least 40,939 Palestinians have been killed since the war began. Unless a ceasefire deal is reached and implemented, the suffering on both sides is expected to continue. Warren Strix Stoll, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Rice University in Texas, spoke via Skype. "People will still be getting killed, I think hostages will not be released. I don't see a way that Israel can defeat Hamas and they would be better off trying to achieve some kind of a settlement now." A similar sentiment was expressed on Saturday in Tel Aviv by relatives of those captured in the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,200. It was the first time that the families protested alongside anti-government demonstrators. If at Calderon's cousin is one of the hostages. "If we want to do it to make a change here in Israel, we got to go out and shout to the President of the U.S. to help bring lasting peace to the region analysts," Stoll says. "I don't think we have a significant amount of influence over the parties. I think they are doing what they think is best for them." The head of the CIA, William Burns, did announce on Saturday that a more detailed ceasefire proposal will be made in the coming days. Veronika Valera-Silesia's VOA News. "In Sudan, the scale of the emergency is shocking." WHO Chief Tedros Adonam Geborese. "Sudan's conflict has so far killed more than 20,000 people. This is an underestimate, by the way, displaced over 10 million people inside the country and forced another 2 million to neighboring countries. This is the largest internal displacement of people in the world today." Tedros called for an immediate ceasefire that would lead to a lasting political solution to the conflict. Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan rallied on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad on Sunday, demanding his release. He's been imprisoned for more than a year in connection with more than 150 police cases. Khan, the main rival of current Prime Minister Shaba Sharif, remains a popular figure. Despite these cases, which critics and his party say are politically motivated. We're following these other stories from around the world. Bahrain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez kicked off a 3-day visit to China on Sunday with Beijing's anti-dumping probe into EU ports as a backdrop. Sanchez who landed in Beijing with his government deputy trade minister will meet with President Xi Jinping on Monday. President Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin sent greetings of Monday to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on the North Korea founding anniversary, according to the state media case DNA. Supporters of President Putin and his war in Ukraine were set to win gubernatorial races across Russia. According to early vote counts on Sunday, that's including in Kursk, where Ukrainian forces have seized control of some towns and territory. Russia's three-day local and regional elections came to an end Sunday evening with voters expected to elect Kremlin-backed candidates in all 21 gubernatorial races. In our continuing coverage of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, many Ukrainians are hoping the outcome of the election will help bring an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. While some worry that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will take a softer approach on Moscow, others are concerned that under the policies of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, aid while significant, will be slow to arrive. Kinda Chernikov will report through Kyiv. In the capital Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine, people wonder and worry about the outcome of U.S. elections and how it will affect their war-battered homeland. Some residents like Angelina express hope. "I have expectations that the future president will support us. Our politics, our military actions, the residents like Mitra, I'm worried." "I wonder who will win, and in general what will be the policy towards our country. This is what I'm interested in, and God grant that both of them will support us." "The biggest fear is that the new U.S. administration will end its support and abandon Ukraine in its fight against Russia," says political analyst Mukala Dawiduk. "Turning a once-democratic country into an autocracy costs millions of deaths, and this is what the country is afraid of." After two and a half years of war, a key factor affecting morale in Ukraine is the uncertainty of what is to come under a new White House administration. Trump promises to end the work weekly, and many fears that means Ukraine would be forced to make too many concessions if he returns to office. At the same time, Ukrainians remember that Trump as president approved the sale of javelin anti-tank systems that help Ukraine fight Russia at the start of the full-scale invasion. The Obama-Biden administration had rejected Ukraine's request for those weapons in 2014, when Russia invaded Crimea and took over much of eastern Ukraine's Donuts region. But feelings among Ukrainians are mixed, with some likes with Lana fearing a Trump victory. "Trump is such a strange man, and he has quite strange thoughts." And others, like Ivan, find reassurance based on past experience. "Trump was already president. His methods are known, and there's nothing to be afraid of, I think." "The US under the Biden administration has been generous with Ukraine. Having $175 billion to support it since the start of the full-scale invasion. But there is frustration among Ukraine's leaders who say the aid has been slow to arrive." "The Russian army is now trying to take advantage of a situation when we are waiting for supplies from our partners, especially from the United States of America, and that is exactly why the speed of deliveries means stabilizing the front." And allies say if elected Kamala Harris policies would likely be like Biden's and the prospect of continuities reassuring to some, but it makes others nervous that the war would drag on. A poll by the Razumkov Center in Kiev finds 44 percent of Ukrainians surveyed think Ukraine and Russia should start peace negotiations soon, but most responders see Putin's conditions as unacceptable. His fatigue building among Ukraine's top supporters in Europe many here see the US elections as more of a lifeline than ever. Albeit won, that is not entirely certain. An attorney called by view and used peeve. "American Benjamin Horber says he's discovered his calling. It's helping Ukraine's military. He initially helped transport humanitarian aid, and now he also volunteers at a forge making supports for trenches. Tatiana Kukareka has the story narrated by an arise." 33-year-old American Ben Horber came to Ukraine in the summer of 2023. "My mom died, so it was just my dad and me. I told him I'm going to Ukraine, and he said he knew he couldn't change my mind if I was set on it." Herber was a culture and history professor at the University of North Georgia and always dreamed of traveling through Europe. So when the war started, he shipped his car to Belgium, then to Poland, and finally to Ukraine, where he began using it to deliver humanitarian aid to the Parisia region. "Soon after he arrived, Herbert joined Raman Trenos' volunteer of og." We make about 800 staples, yeah, per day. "Stapels look exactly like the small ones used to hold documents together, but I'm much bigger and used to build military trenches and dugouts. Raman Trenos has been a blacksmith all his life. Twenty years ago, he built a forge in his yard. Since 2014, Trenos has been making small stoves for the Ukrainian military, and after Russia's invasion in 2022, he started making the staples. "There are so many requests coming in, and not just to us, to many volunteer blacksmiths. It's difficult to fulfill them all." Trenos works thanks to donations. He says he can afford to buy about a kilometer of the long-sing rods of metal called armature every week. That can manufacture enough staples for between eight and thirty-five dugouts. In the two and a half years since the start of the war, there's little forge has sent about 235,000 of the metal frames to the front lines. Herbert helps at the forge at least three times a week and delivers humanitarian aid on other days. He also helps assemble drones and teaches English to locals. And the more he helps, the more Ukrainian he learns. "I've been in Ukraine for a year, and my Ukrainian isn't too bad. I understand more and more each day. I can make myself understood." In February 2024, Herbert went to Florida to visit his father, but quickly returned to Ukraine. He says the war-torn country is the way he feels happy these days. "I think I'll stay even after the war is over. There will still be lots to do there. Yeah, I think I'll stay." "I think I'll stay even after the war is over." "I think I'll stay even after the war is over." Algerian authorities declared President Al-Dumajid Tibon the overwhelming winner of Saturday's election on Sunday. But a rival candidate alleged irregularities in the count with fewer than half of registered voters casting ballots. But preliminary results gave Tibon 95% of the vote enough to avoid a second round run-off. "Beaways, international edition continues. I'm Scott Walterman." Tibonahid declared a national emergency as one of the largest forest fires in the country this year continues to burn so far. The fire has consumed almost four million hectares of grasslands and forests. Same is true in the U.S. state of California, near Los Angeles, where wildfires threaten tens of thousands of homes and buildings force evacuations. "I showed up here with my dog in the evacuation center. He's going through stress too, dogs, you know, he wants to be right next to me." As of Sunday morning, the blaze had charred 70 square kilometers, leaving a thick cloud of dark smoke, blanketing the area. Russian mercenaries hired to provide security in Burkina Faso began leaving the country in late August. They say to resist Ukraine's recent incursion into Russia. As Henry Wilkins reports, Burkina Faso saw one of the deadliest militant attacks in recent years, the same week the Russians left. Militans killed between 100 and 300 people in this August 24th attack on a town in northern Burkina Faso. It was one of the deadliest in the Sahel by groups linked to the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda. It came the same week, a group of Russian mercenaries known as the Baer Brigade, and it adds to partial withdrawal from the West African country to help counter Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region. One expert told Vuei the mercenaries had been assisting with personal security for Burkina Faso's military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore and government officials. Their withdrawal raises a lot of questions about what will happen to the security of these Burkina Bay officials who, it must be said, are facing a number of challenges. Since September last year, Traore has fended off to attempted Kurs, according to baklorities. He came to power in a 2022 coup himself, claiming the previous military hunter had failed to turn tied in the country's war against Islamic militants. He also ended military cooperation with France and left the regional political bloc Ekoas enlisting the help of Russian mercenaries to aid in the war effort instead. Russian intervention has not stemmed the rise of Islamic terrorist groups in the Sahel, but he ensues. "It's true that the situation today continues to be bad since the Burkina Bay army is being pushed out of large swaths of land in many parts of the country, with a rise in power of JNAM and ISIS." In recent years, Russia has also sent mercenaries to Mali and Niger deaths from conflict to increase by 26 percent in the three countries in the last year. Data from the non-profit armed conflict location and event data project show. Can we Wilkins Vuei news? Kenya hosted Harmony for Haiti in Nairobi on Sunday, concert and cultural festivaling that raising awareness and money to support humanitarian initiatives in Haiti. "When we talk about issues of security and peace, we must take it a notch higher. We must graduate from national security to regional security, to international security, and then ultimately to human security." Kenya's prime cabinet secretary, Masalia Udavadi, the concert featured performances by top artist with proceeds going toward protecting vulnerable populations providing food and health care and addressing Haiti's severe hunger crisis. And finally, the Nigerian industry is doing fantastic at the moment. I think it's actually following the trajectory of where Bollywood was some years ago. "MIP Africa, an event that matches African film and TV creatives to the people in countries that produce their work, has wrapped up with several signed deals. Everybody members and legislators from film mecha's worldwide attended the event, part of the larger theme week Africa Conference for Creative Professionals." Reporter Vicki Stark has the story from Cape Town. U.S. superstar comedian and producer Steve Harvey was a headliner last week at the Africa, a networking event that brings African TV and filmmakers together with the business people and countries that help bring their dreams to the screen. Harvey shared insights about his career in a hosted conversation. Harvey has also partnered with the Botswana government to set up a training academy called Botswana Ignite to advance the country's TV and film industry. "Look, South Africa and Nigeria have a jump on everything, you know, they're doing quite well. There are a lot of countries on this continent who could use some help." In 2021, UNESCO reports found that Africa's film and audio-visual industries employed about 5 million people and accounted for $5 billion in gross domestic product across the continent. The study said the industry could eventually grow to employ 20 million and contribute $20 billion to the GDP. Nigerian Indian filmmaker Amisha Duryani Ahuja is one of the creatives making a mark. Her debut form Namaste Oaxala brings two of the world's movie-producing hotspots, India's Bollywood and Nigeria's Nollywood together. When it was released on Netflix in 2021, the interracial romantic comedy was ranked number six on the platform worldwide. "The Nigerian industry is doing fantastic at the moment. I think it's actually following the trajectory of where Bollywood was some years ago. We have similar issues that Mumbai and the Bollywood industry faced, such as internet issues, Wi-Fi, and all of that has changed." Several attendees VOA spoke to said streaming platforms like Netflix and Showmax, which by work from African creatives have been a game changer. Lord Wabo Mavuso, co-founder and executive director of research company Andani Africa spoke about transformation on a panel that promoted building ties with Atlanta, the American city boasts a proud history of black entrepreneurship. Mavuso's firm did a study for South Africa's National Fullman Video Foundation, in which they compared data on industry employment for the country from 2004 to 2021. "There's been a 300% increase in terms of black employment in the Fullman TV industry. However, of that state, a lot of those jobs still set within low-ranking jobs and with very limited influence in terms of decision-making." Our FameWeek Africa marketing manager Stephen Pickett wouldn't say how many deals were signed during lip Africa. He said the event was bigger than last year. "Just over 7,000 recorded meetings taking place at North Africa. And obviously, this is just a sign of the growth and the necessity within the industry." FameWeek Africa also includes the Musiki Africa Music Industry event, the Cape Town International Animation Festival, the Shorts Forum Festival and the Africa Fashion Forum. Biggie Stock, VOA News, Cape Town of South Africa. culture.