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Libya Lawmakers Pass No Confidence Vote For Transition Government

Zoe Maven
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Libya Lawmakers Pass No Confidence Vote For Transition Government

Libyan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in the country’s transitional government, casting further uncertainty on long-waited elections late this year.

Abdullah Ablaihig, a spokesman for the legislature said the vote took place in the parliament’s headquarters in the eastern city of Tobruk, in which 113 lawmakers attended the session, with 89 of them voting in favor of withdrawing confidence in the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

Ablaihig said Dbeibah’s government would work as a caretaker government without giving a timeframe for the appointment of another government three months before parliamentary and presidential elections on Dec. 24.

There was no immediate comment from the prime minister. A spokesman for the government said Dbeibah would issue a speech to the nation shortly.

Tuesday’s vote of confidence is another challenge to holding the December elections and impedes efforts to unite the oil-rich North African nation after a decade of turmoil.

Dbeibah, a powerful businessman from the western city of Misrata, was appointed last month to lead the executive branch of an interim government that also includes a three-member Presidential Council chaired by Mohammad Younes Menfi, a Libyan diplomat from the country’s east.

The transitional government replaced two rival administrations — one based in the country’s east and another in the west — that had ruled Libya for years.

Oil-rich Libya was plunged into chaos after a 2011 NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.

German Court Orders Removal Of ‘Hang The Greens’ Posters

Zoe Maven
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German Court Orders Removal Of ‘Hang The Greens’ Posters

A German court ordered on Tuesday the removal of election posters saying “Hang The Greens” placed by a far-right party with suspected links to neo-Nazi groups.

The posters festooning the city of Zwickau were put up by The Third Way, a small party monitored by security services, days before a vote that will set the course of Europe’s largest economy after the departure of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Greens, third in the polls, are likely to be part of a coalition government after the Sept. 26 vote.

German concerns about far-right violence were heightened two years ago when conservative politician Walter Luebcke was shot dead by a neo-Nazi for his pro-immigration views.

The top regional court in the eastern state of Saxony overruled a lower court that had said the posters could stay up as long as they were not displayed within 100 metres (109.36 yards) of Green posters.

the higher court said in a statement that the party’s freedom of expression must take a back seat to the protection of public safety,”, adding that the posters could be seen as inciting hatred and violence against members of the Greens.

The Third Way had argued that the slogan was ambiguous, especially in the context of an election as its campaign posters were green, and that there was a free speech justification for keeping the posters up.

Brazil’s President Tells UN He Rejects Vaccine Passports

Zoe Maven
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Brazil’s President Tells UN He Rejects Vaccine Passports

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his government was against health passports but backed drives to vaccinate against Covid-19.

Bolsonaro said, “We support the vaccination efforts,” However, my administration has not supported a vaccine or health passport or any other vaccine-related obligation,”.

Bolsonaro was the first world leader to speak at the high-level meet — tradition dictates that Brazil goes first — after UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the debate with an address of his own.

Bolsonaro has said he would be the “last Brazilian” to get vaccinated but told delegates that Brazil’s inoculation program was moving swiftly.

He reported that his government had distributed more than 260 million doses, with more than 140 million Brazilians — almost 90 percent of the adult population — having received at least a first dose.

Bolsonaro added that 80 percent of Brazil’s indigenous population is fully vaccinated.

He said By November this year, all citizens who have chosen to be vaccinated in Brazil will be duly covered,”.

He told delegates that since the pandemic started they have supported doctor’s professional autonomy in the quest for early treatment measures in line with recommendations issued by the Brazilian Federal Council of Medicine,”

Bolsonaro defied guidance to only attend the assembly if vaccinated.

UN Agencies Want Access To Asylum-Seekers Stuck At EU Border

Zoe Maven
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UN Agencies Want Access To Asylum-Seekers Stuck At EU Border

Two United Nations agencies requested access Tuesday to asylum-seekers stranded at Belarus’s border with Poland and Lithuania, after four migrants were found dead in the area.

The International Organization for Migration and the U.N. Refugee Agency called on the governments involved to be guided primarily by human rights and international law as they try to stop people from illegally entering the European Union from Belarus.

In a joint statement, the U.N. agencies called for an investigation of the four deaths and asked for “immediate access” to other refugees and migrants “in order to provide lifesaving medical help, food, water and shelter.

The governments of Poland and Lithuania introduced states of emergency that deny entry to certain border areas to anyone except border guards and security services.

They also are building razor wire fences along their border with Belarus.

Poland’s authorities said three people who were found dead Sunday close to the Belarusian border died from hypothermia and exhaustion. Polish border guards also saw the body of a woman close to the border, on the Belarus side.

The U.N. agencies, both based in Geneva, said the nationalities of the people who died has not been confirmed, but two of the victims who died of hypothermia were believed to be from Iraq.

The agencies said they were “following with growing concern, reports of pushbacks of people at these borders.

Groups of people have become stranded for weeks, unable to access any form of assistance, asylum or basic services. Many were left in dire situations, exposed to the elements, suffering from hypothermia. Some were rescued from swamps.”

Hundreds storm Namibia parliament ahead of German genocide deal vote

Henry Williams
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Hundreds storm Namibia parliament ahead of German genocide deal vote

Around 300 protesters stormed Namibia’s parliament on Tuesday, as the National Assembly was due to vote on a $1 billion compensation offer from Germany to atone for its 1904-1908 genocide against the Herero and Nama people.

Namibian authorities announced on May 28 that Germany had agreed to fund projects in the southwest African nation worth that amount over 30 years, to atone for the killings and property seizures in its then colony more than a century ago.

Germany apologised on May 28 for its role in the slaughter of Herero and Nama tribespeople and officially described the massacre as genocide for the first time.

Protesters led by the opposition and traditional leaders from the affected communities marched through the capital Windhoek before climbing over a fence to enter the parliament building, arguing the sum was too small and objecting that they were not involved in the negotiations with Germany.

S.Africa’s Zuma seeks to replace prosecutor in arms trial

Henry Williams
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S.Africa’s Zuma seeks to replace prosecutor in arms trial

A South African court on Tuesday resumed a trial that has dragged out for years over a $2 billion arms deal involving ex-president Jacob Zuma, whose legal team sought to remove a prosecutor they accused of bias.

The trial over the 1990s deal was meant to start in May, after being stalled by legal arguments, but was delayed again by Zuma’s request to replace lead prosecutor Billy Downer, who Zuma’s lawyers said was not impartial.
The case was adjourned until 1100 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Wednesday. read more

On July 7, Zuma was jailed for failing to cooperate with a separate corruption probe, precipitating some of the worst riots and looting the country has witnessed since the end of white minority rule in 1994.
More than 300 people were killed and thousands of businesses pillaged and burned

Sudan says coup thwarted, accuses Bashir loyalists

Henry Williams
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Sudan says coup thwarted, accuses Bashir loyalists

Sudanese authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing plotters loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019 and ushered in a transition to democracy.

Sudan’s military said 21 officers and a number of soldiers had been detained in connection to the coup attempt, and a search continued for others. All affected locations under army control, it said.

The coup attempt points to the difficult path facing a government that has reoriented Sudan since 2019, winning Western debt relief and taking steps to normalise ties with Israel, while battling a severe economic crisis.

A ruling body known as the Sovereign Council has run Sudan under a fragile power-sharing deal between the military and civilians since the overthrow of Bashir, an Islamist shunned by the West who presided over Sudan for nearly three decades.

Elections are expected in 2024.

UK Govt. Set To Launch Skills Programme In Nigeria

Rhoda Onuzulike
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UK Govt. Set To Launch Skills Programme In Nigeria

The UK government has announced the launch of Skills for Prosperity Nigeria (S4P-N), a two-year UKAid funded programme that aims to equip youth and vulnerable groups with skills that offer them a more attractive pathway into employment and meet employers needs for a more skilled workforce.

The Skills for Prosperity Programme is a global skills programme funded by the UK government and implemented across nine fast growing economies: Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa and Nigeria.

In Nigeria, S4P-N will support an improved, National Apprenticeship and Training System (NATS) that will help the private sector to meet workforce demands, help youth into decent jobs and ensure these benefits are shared equitably. It enables new and inclusive pathway to career oriented learning through an industry-led national apprenticeship and training system.

The official launch of the S4P-N programme will be held in Abuja, Kaduna and Lagos this September, and will bring key Government stakeholders at national and state levels, UK High Commission officials and skills development actors together, to formalise partnerships.

The UK’s Deputy High Commissioner, Ben Llewellyn-Jones said: “The UK has a global reputation for education and skills characterised by excellence and quality. We will support Nigeria to strengthen her skills development systems to produce a more competent technical workforce that increases productivity and economic development”

In Nigeria, the programme will be delivered through the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), a government agency under the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, with a primary goal to institutionalise formal apprenticeships linked to industry, facilitate traineeship opportunities for youth leading to paid employment and improve vocational enterprises for vulnerable women and Persons Living with Disabilities.

S4P-N will also work collaboratively with other relevant federal government agencies, the private sector, state focal agencies and public/private training providers to provide nationally recognised qualifications at level 2 to 5 of the Nigeria Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF).

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Goes On Trial For Incitement, Pleads Not Guilty

Koko Lawrence
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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Goes On Trial For Incitement, Pleads Not Guilty

Myanmar’s junta has put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on trial for incitement, her lawyer said Tuesday, the latest in a list of charges that could see her jailed for decades.

Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy were deposed by the military in a February coup that sparked a mass uprising and a brutal junta crackdown on dissent.

The Nobel laureate, 76, has been under house arrest ever since, with meetings with her lawyers and court appearances her only link to the outside world.

She pleaded not guilty to charges of incitement, her lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said, adding she “seemed to be in good health,” a week after she skipped a separate hearing because she felt unwell.

Each charge carries a maximum of three years in prison.

Ousted president Win Myint has also pleaded not guilty to incitement.

Tuesday saw the court hear prosecution testimony that Suu Kyi flouted coronavirus restrictions during elections her party won by a landslide last year, her lawyer said.

Next month she will face a new trial on corruption charges, and she has also been charged with violating a colonial-era secrecy law, although this has also yet to come to court.

Her NLD government was deposed by the military for alleged voter fraud during the 2020 polls, in which it trounced a political party aligned with the generals.

Security forces have killed more than 1,100 civilians since the putsch, according to a local monitoring group.

The military says the toll is much lower.

U.S. Securities Regulator Probes Activision Over Employment Matters

Koko Lawrence
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U.S. Securities Regulator Probes Activision Over Employment Matters

Activision Blizzard said on Monday that the U.S. securities regulator was investigating the videogame publisher’s disclosures regarding employment matters and related issues.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has also issued subpoenas to the company and several of its current and former employees, seeking information regarding the matter, the owner of “Call of Duty” and “Candy Crush” franchises said in a statement.

The investigation comes at a time when Activision is embroiled in a lawsuit that alleges equal pay violations, sex discrimination and sexual harassment at the company.

Shares of Santa Monica, California-based Activision were flat in trading after the bell. They closed down 4.2% after the WSJ first reported on the SEC probe.

The regulator has also issued a subpoena to Activision’s Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with the investigation and documents viewed by the newspaper.

The SEC declined to comment.

California’s anti-discrimination agency has accused Activision of suppressing evidence of sexual harassment and bias against female workers, alleging that the firm allowed a “frat boy” culture in its workplace.

The SEC has asked for documents including minutes from Activision’s board meetings since 2019, personnel files of six former employees as well as Kotick’s communications with other senior executives about sexual harassment or discrimination complaints by employees or contractors, the WSJ report added.

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