Jean-Jacques Cornish

270 #Burundian soldiers appealing their 22 to 30 year jail sentences for refusing to fight the #Tutsi #M23 rebel groip supported by #Rwanda in the #DRC. In my #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#Mozambique weathers the heaviest demonstrations against irregularities in last month's election that put #Frelimo into it's sixth decade in power. SADC in emergency meeting on the crisis east of ##SouthAfrics. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#EquatorialGuinea anti corruption official disseminates more that 400 tapes of himsrlf having sex with top officials' wives and a siblling of #PresidentTeodoroObiangNgeuma. In my #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#NigerianPresidentBolaTenubu orders release of 76 charged with treason for prticipating in cost-of-living protests in August. Authorities probing alleged abuse of 52 minors included in accused. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#Africanpouchedrats are being trained sniff out rhini horn, ivory and pangolin scales being trafficked. The giant rodents, four times the size brown rats, alreafy sniff out landmines and tuberculosis pathogen. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#WagnerGroup have blotted their copybook in #Mali. Their defeat by #Tuareg rebels showed them as poorly coordinated. Mali wants more professional and disciplined security partners. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#Botswana's #UmbrellaForDemocraticChange ends the 58-year hold on power by the #BotswanaDemocraticParty. New premier will be human rights lawyer #DumaBoko. Vindication for #IanKhama, who risked death and imprisonment to oust #MokgweetsiMasisi. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk

#Spain's premier #PedroSanchez says immigrants "represent weakth, development and prosperity." Spain's central bank says the country need 25 million immigrants over the next 30 years to sustain pensions and the social security system. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#UNSecurityCouncil calls for an end to 18 month war in #Sudan that has displaced 10- million people and put the country on the brink of famine. The UN powerhouse is unable to send peacekeepers because warring parties not ready to call a truce. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

With youth unemployment topping 45% and diamond revenue, which makes up four fifths of #Botswana's gdp, halved, #PremierMokgweetsiMasisi is hoping the #BDP will win Wednesday's election, giving him a second term at the helm. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

Oddly no final communique from meeting between #MoroccanKingMohamed and #FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron overshadowed by #EUSupremeCourt ruling that Morocco has no right over #WesternSahara it has illegally occupied since 1974. Did something go wrong? My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#UNbossAntonioGuterres says he hopes the world body's historical imbalance will be fixed soon when #Africa gets #twopermanentseats on the #UNSecurityCouncil. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#BRICS summit in #Kazan, Russia draws leaders from #SouthAfrica, #India and #Egyot away from #Commonwealth summit in #Samoa where delegates from 56 member states are discussing reparations for #TransatlanticSlavery. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#Kenya court rules new #DeputyPresidentKeturaKindiki can't be sworn in till predecessor #RigathiGachagua's legal dispute over his impeachment is exhausted. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

With new security agreements signed with #Turkiye, #Egypt and #Eritrea, #Somalia is working at eradicated the threat from #AlShabaab responible for 90% of terrorism in that #HornofAfrica country. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

The summit in #Kazan of the enlarged ##BRICS pulls together #Egypt and #Ethiopia who are at loggerheads over rights to waters of the #Nile will see host #RussianPremierVladimirPutin with his work cut out. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#InternationalCriminalCourt renews probe into war crimes committed by 120 armed groups waging political and economic violence in eastern #DemocraticRepublicofCongo. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#Zimbabwe to compensate farmers, foreign and local, whose land was seized more than 20 years ago. Locals will be paid mostly in treasury bonds. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#Sudan and #Egypt, that have enjoyed total control of the #Nile waters since 1951, reject a cooperative framework agreement now in force with upstream riperian countries, led by #Ethiopia. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.

#CanaryIslands now the most popular and dangerous landing point for #Europe -bound #African migrants. Canarian #PremierFernandoClsvijo calls it a blood bath. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.