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Guterres called for increased engagement from the international community in the country, as “there is an opportunity to build a new Central African Republic that is peaceful, secure and prosperous.” Guterres endorsed the need to strengthen MINUSCA-the peacekeeping United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic-in order to allow it to better serve citizens. Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in the Central African Republic, where he met with President Faustin-Archange Touadéra and other members of government. She added that if delayed beyond 2018, the country would lose support from the international community. She also met with the president of the electoral commission, emphasizing that the Congo must hold elections in 2018. Haley’s next stop was the Congo, a country with which she has continued to be forceful in her language against its government’s “predatory behavior.” She visited the Mungote camp in Kitchanga, home to 15,000 internally displaced people. Haley had to be escorted out of the camp. camp, where her visit was cut short after hundreds of protesters showed up to protest Kiir, though the president was not present at the camp.
will consider withholding funds if the violence does not ease. She added that aid and other assistance are at stake and the U.S. had lost trust in the world’s youngest nation. Haley began her trip in South Sudan, during which she held a “very frank” conversation with President Salva Kiir, informing him that the U.S. operations on the ground and meet with South Sudanese and Congolese leaders in order to “deliver a strong message that their governments need to stop making the work of aid workers and peacekeepers more difficult.” Just before her departure, in an opinion piece on CNN.com, she stated that, during the visit, she would take a look at U.N. This week, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley embarked on her first Africa trip where she paid a visit to South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nikki Haley has strong words for South Sudan and DRC leaders, and Antonio Guterres calls for more international engagement in the CAR As George Kegoro, executive director of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, said, Thursday’s re-run “was more of a blow to democracy than it was a victory… It is a very, very significant legitimacy problem for whatever government might form.”įor up-to-date news on the election from the ground, see the Kenyan newspaper The Daily Nation. In addition, as Reuters reports, there are still many avenues through which opposition candidates can again call for an annulment. Notably, given the low turnout, if Kenyatta does win, his mandate will be unclear. Quartz Africareports polling stations reporting that “ot a single voter voted,” stating that they could not open due to “an attack by hooligans,” or confirming extreme low turnout, but “free and fair.” In addition, voting in four counties has been postponed until Saturday due to “security concerns.” Other polling stations have reportedly been blocked off by opposition supporters. As of Friday morning, turnout was estimated at only 34 percent-in comparison to August’s 80 percent. Reports have stated that the October 26 election has been marked by low turnout, largely due to the boycott by Raila Odinga’s coalition, the National Super Alliance. Five people have already been killed in the hostilities around the country. Some voters report attacks by opposition supporters for going in to vote. There have been reports of firebombing in Nairobi slums to which the police have responded with tear gas.
Since Thursday, violence and protests have continued throughout the country, though largely in opposition-supporting areas.