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[00:00:00] African and international news stories
[00:00:01] stories focus on Africa.
[00:00:13] Coming to you live from
[00:00:15] Nairobi. This is Focus on Africa,
[00:00:17] Africa, on BBC News on the programme
[00:00:20] programme today 36 African migrants migrants deported from the United
[00:00:23] United States to Cameroon have gone gone to court to stop their removal
[00:00:27] removal to their home countries, countries, challenging a controversial
[00:00:30] controversial US Cameroon migration migration agreement and seeking legal
[00:00:33] legal permission to remain in Cameroon.
[00:00:35] Cameroon. For Cameroon to have accepted
[00:00:38] accepted to get them to Cameroon.
[00:00:42] Cameroon. That was presupposing two two things that one, that Cameroon
[00:00:44] Cameroon was safe enough for them
[00:00:46] them to be there. Elsewhere. CAF's
[00:00:49] CAF's executive committee meets today
[00:00:51] today in Egypt as Fifa president
[00:00:54] president Gianni Infantino continues continues to seek African backing
[00:00:57] backing and Uefa maintaining its
[00:01:00] its opposition despite Fifa's apology. Football has never been
[00:01:04] been so divided and you can't be
[00:01:07] be president of an organisation or
[00:01:09] or 3 million people, which is divided.
[00:01:13] divided. And also coming up on the
[00:01:16] the programme. BBC focus on Africa's
[00:01:19] Africa's Conversation podcast speaks speaks to Nigerian Grammy nominated
[00:01:22] nominated artist Yemi Alade about
[00:01:24] about her Nigerian green passport
[00:01:26] passport and how it carries stigma stigma during her international tour.
[00:01:30] tour. And you see other Nationals Nationals going through immigration immigration easily until your green
[00:01:34] green passport comes up and then then the official sits up suddenly.
[00:01:37] suddenly. Now work has started.
[00:01:54] Many thanks for joining us on
[00:01:56] Focus on Africa. I'm Rhoda Odhiambo Odhiambo let's begin the programme
[00:02:00] programme in Cameroon where 36 African
[00:02:03] African migrants deported from the
[00:02:05] the United States have launched legal legal action against the Cameroonian
[00:02:08] Cameroonian government. They are are seeking the right to remain in
[00:02:11] in the country legally and prevent prevent any attempts to send them
[00:02:15] them back to their respective countries. countries. The migrants argue that
[00:02:18] that they were previously protected protected by US immigration courts
[00:02:22] courts from deportation because they they faced a risk of persecution
[00:02:25] persecution or torture if they returned
[00:02:28] returned back home. Now the migrants migrants are from the Democratic
[00:02:32] Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola,
[00:02:33] Angola, Ghana. Others are from Ethiopia,
[00:02:36] Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Senegal,
[00:02:40] Senegal, Zimbabwe and Morocco. Now Now their case challenges a controversial
[00:02:44] controversial US policy of transferring transferring migrants to third countries.
[00:02:47] countries. Cameroon is one of several several African countries that has
[00:02:51] has signed such an agreement with with the United States. Other African
[00:02:55] African countries include the Central
[00:02:57] Central African Republic, Equatorial
[00:02:59] Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, Ghana,
[00:03:01] Ghana, South Sudan, Eswatini and and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
[00:03:05] Congo. Not forgetting Sierra Leone.
[00:03:07] Leone. Well, joining me now to talk
[00:03:09] talk more about this is the BBC's
[00:03:12] BBC's Paul Jay, who joins us live live from Yaounde. Many thanks for
[00:03:15] for joining us on the programme, programme, Paul. So for how long
[00:03:18] long have these migrants been in in Cameroon, and what has been the
[00:03:22] the condition of where they are staying?
[00:03:28] staying? Rhoda, these migrants have
[00:03:29] have been in Cameroon for about seven
[00:03:32] seven months now, and their lawyer lawyer has said that their conditions
[00:03:35] conditions are not quite the best best and that although they are free
[00:03:38] free to move around the neighbourhood neighbourhood where they are in the
[00:03:41] the capital Yaounde, they are restricted
[00:03:43] restricted in terms of their movements. movements. So some of them, as the
[00:03:47] the lawyers said, are currently ill, ill, others are traumatised and having
[00:03:51] having to live with the reality that
[00:03:53] that they are in a third country country or against their own volition.
[00:03:57] volition. Now has the government government been able to make public
[00:04:00] public this agreement that it signed signed with the United States to
[00:04:03] to have these migrants deported to
[00:04:06] to Cameroon? The government has not.
[00:04:10] not. In fact, they've been secretive secretive about this agreement or
[00:04:14] or deal, if you could call it that.
[00:04:17] that. And most people are doubtful doubtful about why it is that they
[00:04:20] they do not want to reveal the details details of what they agreed with
[00:04:23] with the United States government government in February, when a batch
[00:04:26] batch of deportees came into Cameroon, Cameroon, we did reach out to the
[00:04:29] the US State Department to inquire
[00:04:32] inquire about any possible bilateral bilateral agreement in terms of a
[00:04:35] a third country Nationals between between the US and Cameroon, the the US State Department told us at
[00:04:38] at the time that they did not comment
[00:04:41] comment on the diplomatic communications communications with their allies.
[00:04:44] allies. Now, Paul, you've been following following this story for the last
[00:04:47] last few months when the first batch batch and other people arrived in
[00:04:51] in the country, when were these people people expected to go back to their
[00:04:54] their respective countries before before their lawyers decided to file
[00:04:58] file this lawsuit against the government?
[00:05:03] government? That's a very good question, question, Rhoda. In fact, there is
[00:05:06] is uncertainty surrounding this very very matter because according to
[00:05:10] to the lawyer, the government is is not clear about the legal status
[00:05:13] status of these deportees and they they are not sure what the next step
[00:05:16] step for them will be. And the lawyer
[00:05:18] lawyer is insisting that these migrants migrants are not persecuted here
[00:05:21] here in Cameroon, but also are not not sent to another country where where they may face persecution.
[00:05:25] persecution. One thing is clear, clear, according to these migrants,
[00:05:28] migrants, they do not want to return return home where some of them said
[00:05:30] said they faced persecution and had had to make them leave to the United
[00:05:33] United States of America. It's a a very difficult situation for most
[00:05:36] most of them to grapple, and many many observers are criticising both
[00:05:40] both the US and Cameroon on such such a deal. It's true that the United
[00:05:44] United States government signed this this deal with several other governments, governments, and it's some sort of
[00:05:47] of an Africa wide policy that people
[00:05:50] people are seeing. But it's highly highly critical at this time. Well. Well. Many thanks for joining us
[00:05:54] us on the programme. That's the BBC's
[00:05:56] BBC's Paul Jay giving us an update
[00:05:58] update on the US and the African African migrants who are deported
[00:06:01] deported to Cameroon from the United United States. Now, the migrants
[00:06:05] migrants argue that Cameroon cannot cannot be used as a transit destination
[00:06:08] destination in a way that undermines
[00:06:10] undermines its constitution and international international obligations, setting
[00:06:13] setting the stage for a legal battle battle that could test the future
[00:06:17] future of the agreement and the rights rights of migrants caught up in it.
[00:06:20] it. Now, earlier I spoke to Barrister
[00:06:23] Barrister Joseph RFU, who is a human human rights lawyer in Yaounde, and
[00:06:26] and I started by asking him about
[00:06:28] about the current legal status of
[00:06:31] of the 36 deportees and what outcome
[00:06:34] outcome they are seeking. This goes
[00:06:36] goes against international the international
[00:06:38] international law, the sacrosanct
[00:06:41] sacrosanct principle of non-refoulement. non-refoulement. OK, these are people
[00:06:44] people who in the United States,
[00:06:46] States, United States courts have
[00:06:48] have adjudicated that they had some
[00:06:51] some kinds of protections. All right.
[00:06:53] right. These are people who qualified
[00:06:56] qualified for asylum. But just because because of some technicalities, they
[00:06:59] they could not be granted asylum
[00:07:03] asylum outrightly, but they qualified qualified for or they met a standard
[00:07:06] standard that was higher than the the standard for granting asylum
[00:07:10] asylum in, in saying that they could
[00:07:12] could not be returned to their countries
[00:07:14] countries of origin because of race,
[00:07:17] race, religion, national origin, origin, political opinion and membership
[00:07:21] membership in a particular particular
[00:07:23] particular social group. And so to
[00:07:27] to for Cameroon to have accepted
[00:07:30] accepted to get them to Cameroon.
[00:07:33] Cameroon. That was presupposing two two things that one, that Cameroon
[00:07:36] Cameroon was safe enough for them them to be there and two, that they
[00:07:40] they were not going to be persecuted persecuted in Cameroon. Now, if we
[00:07:42] we look at some of those protections protections that you say they have
[00:07:46] have from US courts, the protection protection rights that they have,
[00:07:49] have, and also this litigation that that has now started in Cameroon
[00:07:53] Cameroon does that in any way bring bring any legal hurdles that you
[00:07:56] you would face in this particular particular case? Definitely. I mean,
[00:07:59] mean, each time that you go to court,
[00:08:01] court, you know, you should be ready
[00:08:04] ready to be able to, to, to face face an opponent, which in this case
[00:08:07] case is going to be the state of of Cameroon, right? To be able to,
[00:08:11] to, to, to come up with, with, with with their arguments. Those are the
[00:08:15] the hurdles that I expect. And I
[00:08:18] I am ready, willing and able to be
[00:08:21] be able to, to argue those or to,
[00:08:24] to, to give counterarguments to those.
[00:08:25] those. So yes, I expect hurdles,
[00:08:28] hurdles, but those hurdles would would not I mean, we gauged it in
[00:08:32] in the first place before bringing bringing this suit to say that we
[00:08:35] we think that this bilateral agreement
[00:08:39] agreement between the United States States and Cameroon was illegal in
[00:08:42] in the first place and that it was
[00:08:45] was opening this up, opening up these
[00:08:49] these people to Refoulement or even even chain refoulement. And that's
[00:08:52] that's why we filed the suit in the the first place. We are asking the
[00:08:55] the government of Cameroon to be be able to, to bring this to light.
[00:08:59] light. OK. To be able to publish
[00:09:01] publish this so that we can see the
[00:09:04] the details of this because even
[00:09:07] even if we assume that the details
[00:09:10] details are published and that everything everything is out there, then there's
[00:09:14] there's still something wrong because
[00:09:15] because we think that these people
[00:09:19] people were not the they didn't have have individualised screening to
[00:09:22] to the point where they shouldn't
[00:09:25] shouldn't have been here because because we have members of a particular
[00:09:29] particular social group, the LGBT
[00:09:31] LGBT Q Group that is in here, whereas
[00:09:34] whereas Cameroonian law, the penal
[00:09:36] penal code. 347 sub one criminalises
[00:09:42] criminalises same sex relationships relationships with up to five years
[00:09:45] years imprisonment. And if we could
[00:09:48] could have members of this social social group in Cameroon, then it
[00:09:52] it means that Cameroon did not pre-screen
[00:09:54] pre-screen them or if they did, then then they knew or had reason to know
[00:09:58] know that these people were not supposed supposed to be here because their
[00:10:02] their own very laws were going to
[00:10:04] to persecute them elsewhere. The
[00:10:07] The Confederation of African Football Football Executive Committee is holding
[00:10:10] holding a meeting in the Egyptian Egyptian capital, Cairo. The officials
[00:10:13] officials could discuss Fifa's president, president, Gianni Infantino, apology
[00:10:17] apology for errors he made in controversial controversial plans to sell off stakes
[00:10:21] stakes in competitions to private private investors. Now, while Fifa's
[00:10:24] Fifa's top officials have offered offered him their support, some regional
[00:10:28] regional bodies like Uefa say they
[00:10:30] they still have no confidence in
[00:10:32] in Infantino. Here in Africa, football
[00:10:35] football officials from Malawi and and Uganda have said Fifa's investment
[00:10:39] investment has transformed the game game both on and off the pitch, arguing
[00:10:42] arguing the proposed funding is vital
[00:10:44] vital given the financial realities realities facing many African nations.
[00:10:48] nations. Now, earlier I spoke to
[00:10:50] to Sekou Patel, who is a former CAF CAF Vice President, and I started
[00:10:54] started by asking him what CAF is
[00:10:56] is likely to decide over Infantino's
[00:10:59] Infantino's presidency at their meeting.
[00:11:01] meeting. I think everyone is aware
[00:11:03] aware of the relationship between
[00:11:06] between CAF African federations rather
[00:11:08] rather than CAF and Infantino. They
[00:11:10] They are a solid foundation for his his presidency right from the beginning.
[00:11:14] beginning. The issue now is the resources
[00:11:19] resources that that Africa doesn't doesn't have and this is the grip
[00:11:22] grip that Infantino has had over
[00:11:25] over CAF in the past. So I can't can't expect them to come up with
[00:11:29] with any other decision. But to say
[00:11:32] say that they support Infantino going going forward. So Mr Patel, what
[00:11:35] what are you likely to expect as
[00:11:38] as the outcomes of this meeting?
[00:11:41] meeting? Well, as far as is concerned, concerned, they are going to continue
[00:11:44] continue supporting Infantino. They
[00:11:47] They have to and it's purely financial. financial. I would I prefer that
[00:11:50] that they would for once stand for
[00:11:53] for principles of African of football
[00:11:56] football basically because what has
[00:11:58] has happened here is that Infantino
[00:12:00] Infantino has bypassed every structure
[00:12:03] structure within football. It's been been created over years and years
[00:12:06] years to make a decision on his own.
[00:12:10] own. Primarily he's disrespected disrespected his own council. The
[00:12:13] The decision that has to be made
[00:12:15] made that or that he wanted to make make could have been him. Then he
[00:12:19] he went directly to the federations,
[00:12:22] federations, eliminating the council council in the process and the letter
[00:12:26] letter he wrote to all associations.
[00:12:28] associations. It's basically an inducement
[00:12:33] inducement financial inducement for for national association to support
[00:12:37] support him directly in return of
[00:12:40] of certain amount of money. Now,
[00:12:41] Now, if I was to do that a national
[00:12:46] national association pre-election pre-election saying I will give you
[00:12:48] you more money vote for me, I'll
[00:12:52] I'll be dragged along to the ethics
[00:12:55] ethics of Fifa. And I think this
[00:12:57] this is where it's gone wrong, that
[00:13:00] that if the idea is a good one, why
[00:13:03] why not discuss it in the council council where the representatives
[00:13:07] representatives of all national associations
[00:13:08] associations sit? The council is
[00:13:11] is appointed by CAF, is appointed
[00:13:13] appointed by Uefa and all the national
[00:13:16] national associations so that they they can discuss what's good for
[00:13:19] for football. Not one individual. I mean, you just talked
[00:13:22] talked about the ethics of Fifa. Fifa. So how does Infantino build
[00:13:25] build trust even after he issued
[00:13:28] issued an apology after he did away away with the stake sale proposal
[00:13:32] proposal that he had put in place place that brought about all this
[00:13:35] this divisions that we are seeing seeing within the association? Well,
[00:13:38] Well, look, football has never been been this low. Even when we worked
[00:13:42] worked with Mr Blatter and other other people, football has never
[00:13:46] never been so divided and you can't
[00:13:49] can't be president of an organisation
[00:13:51] organisation of 3 million people, people, which is divided. How do
[00:13:55] do you now get the confidence or
[00:13:57] or the sponsors of the footballers footballers themselves? Because it's
[00:14:01] it's akin to say let's play, we're we're playing football. You get a
[00:14:05] a red card and you tell the referee, referee, I'm sorry. That doesn't
[00:14:07] doesn't mean the red card is going going to go away. You have done something
[00:14:11] something wrong. Eventually there there has to be a price to pay for
[00:14:14] for it, not only in Fifa but in any any major corporation. This is what
[00:14:18] what would happen. So how does Infantino Infantino rebuild the trust? I mean
[00:14:21] mean you've just talked about some some of the issues that arose. But
[00:14:25] But now divisions are already there. there. He's yet to seek a fourth
[00:14:28] fourth term next year in March 2027.
[00:14:30] 2027. But how does he ensure that
[00:14:33] that there will be unity again, even even if it will be on a scale of
[00:14:36] of five out of ten or even six out
[00:14:38] out of ten. But that's not unity,
[00:14:41] unity, is it is a majority which
[00:14:43] which will then rule over the minority.
[00:14:46] minority. And here you might have
[00:14:48] have a situation where the minority
[00:14:50] minority who produces very little
[00:14:52] little in terms of wealth of football football dominating the ones who
[00:14:56] who really do produce the resources.
[00:14:59] resources. So that could create another another problem, not at Fifa level,
[00:15:02] level, but within the national associations
[00:15:05] associations and confederations themselves
[00:15:08] themselves but definitely we have have Uefa, for example, has been
[00:15:12] been very clear and I can't see them
[00:15:15] them ever going back on, on their
[00:15:17] their position. The other two associations
[00:15:21] associations also the confederations
[00:15:24] confederations Africa Europe Asia
[00:15:27] Asia and vulnerable in Concacaf they
[00:15:31] they all there are divisions there there also about this issue in their.
[00:15:35] their. You're watching focus on Africa, Africa, on BBC News and here's what's
[00:15:38] what's still to come on the programme.
[00:15:41] programme. Africa's richest man Aliko Aliko Dangote outlines his massive
[00:15:44] massive new oil project to power
[00:15:46] power the continent. We'll find out
[00:15:49] out more after the break.
[00:17:27] MUSIC
[00:17:38] Welcome back to Focus on Africa
[00:17:40] now Africa's richest man. Business
[00:17:43] Business leader Aliko Dangote has has told the BBC about his plans
[00:17:46] plans to build a new oil refinery refinery here in Kenya, which he
[00:17:50] he says will have a massive impact
[00:17:52] impact and help African countries countries become energy self-sufficient.
[00:17:56] self-sufficient. The new plant will will serve much of East Africa and
[00:17:59] and Mr Dangote said that work on
[00:18:01] on the site is due to begin by October
[00:18:04] October and should take less than
[00:18:05] than four years. Aliko Dangote spoke spoke to Nancy Kacungira near his
[00:18:09] his Lagos refinery in Nigeria, and
[00:18:11] and she started by asking him how
[00:18:13] how advanced the plans are for the
[00:18:16] the Kenyan refinery. The plans have
[00:18:18] have actually gone very far. We're
[00:18:20] We're with Kenya and because what
[00:18:23] what we are trying to do really is
[00:18:24] is to try and make sure that, you
[00:18:27] you know, most African countries
[00:18:30] countries we make them self-sufficient
[00:18:33] self-sufficient in their own, you
[00:18:36] you know, energy needs, energy needs
[00:18:38] needs fertiliser. And so going back
[00:18:42] back to your question, how far we've
[00:18:43] we've gone, we've gone very far.
[00:18:46] far. And I think by latest by October
[00:18:51] October we'll be doing groundbreaking
[00:18:54] groundbreaking once we break ground,
[00:18:56] ground, we will start the construction
[00:18:59] construction very soon. We are really really planning something very big
[00:19:03] big within the African continent continent and a lot of people say,
[00:19:06] say, well, does the refinery in East East Africa, does it make sense?
[00:19:09] sense? It makes a lot of sense because
[00:19:11] because the refinery is not only
[00:19:14] only for Kenya. That's why we are
[00:19:16] are calling it East African refinery,
[00:19:19] refinery, you know, so that can serve
[00:19:22] serve a lot of countries up to even even Egypt. How much do you expect
[00:19:25] expect the East African refinery refinery to cost? We thought it was
[00:19:29] was going to cost 17 billion, but but it's going to cost much. It will
[00:19:31] will cost less than that. We are
[00:19:33] are looking at about 15 and $16 billion.
[00:19:36] billion. Why will it cost less than than you originally anticipated?
[00:19:40] anticipated? Because this one will
[00:19:42] will be faster. So in terms of financing
[00:19:44] financing costs will be less. And
[00:19:47] And then also you know, we are wiser
[00:19:52] wiser as a company then that when
[00:19:53] when we built this one because we we are just learning when we built
[00:19:57] built the one here. So that is really
[00:19:59] really what is helping us. So in
[00:20:02] in terms of timing, we'll be able
[00:20:04] able to build in less than four years. years. So the location is decided.
[00:20:08] decided. What about the financing. financing. Are you looking at cash cash debt equity. Yeah, we're looking
[00:20:11] looking at. All that you know looking
[00:20:14] looking at equity and debt. So 30%
[00:20:18] 30% is going to be equity and then
[00:20:22] then 70% will be debt. But we know
[00:20:23] know we don't have any problem raising
[00:20:26] raising the money. So what do you
[00:20:28] you see as the impact that this refinery refinery could have on energy security?
[00:20:32] security? It's just. To have a massive
[00:20:34] massive impact really. And then also
[00:20:36] also it guarantees the countries countries getting their own products
[00:20:40] products that are not going to live live hand to mouth. You know, this.
[00:20:44] this. And then, you know, the refinery refinery is there. It's for them.
[00:20:47] them. No more of that interview will
[00:20:49] will be shown on a new business programme
[00:20:51] programme on the BBC News channel
[00:20:53] channel in October. Elsewhere, Nigerian
[00:20:56] Nigerian Grammy nominee Yemi Alade
[00:20:59] Alade is an Afrobeats trailblazer, trailblazer, global powerhouse and
[00:21:02] and the first African woman to smash
[00:21:05] smash the 100 million YouTube views views milestone from collaborating
[00:21:08] collaborating with Beyonce to selling selling out global stages, she's
[00:21:11] she's now touring Africa with her her brand new music now Focus on
[00:21:15] on Africa podcast host Nkechi Ogbonna
[00:21:17] Ogbonna spoke to her about the hurdles hurdles women face in the music industry
[00:21:21] industry and the struggles of touring touring with an African passport.
[00:21:25] passport. There is an unwritten rule
[00:21:27] rule that we have to work double double the time, double the hours
[00:21:31] hours and put in double the effort
[00:21:34] effort to rise above all possible
[00:21:38] possible doubts. And these are rules rules that were not written anywhere.
[00:21:41] anywhere. It's just in the atmosphere, atmosphere, the the systems of the
[00:21:45] the world are structured in a way way that it limits the woman and
[00:21:48] and makes the woman to push herself
[00:21:51] herself beyond her own boundaries.
[00:21:53] boundaries. Just to prove one point.
[00:21:56] point. And then now you say, But
[00:22:00] But I'm doing it. And I think that that is the secret that even when
[00:22:03] when as a woman, you find yourself yourself in a world that seems to
[00:22:06] to be against you, you just have have to do it. How are you able to
[00:22:10] to stay relevant all these years?
[00:22:12] years? First of all, I've heard a
[00:22:14] a few fans say, you know what? This
[00:22:16] This is our new mama Africa. So if
[00:22:18] if you've taken up like the Mama
[00:22:21] Mama Africa persona. Is that how
[00:22:23] how you still stay relevant or it it goes beyond the names that fans
[00:22:27] fans have come up with? Oh, that
[00:22:28] that is an everyday job. And I feel
[00:22:32] feel like because my focus is not
[00:22:33] not just to stay relevant, it's just
[00:22:36] just to be me. So I'm just continuously
[00:22:38] continuously being myself. I'm a
[00:22:40] a creative at heart and creation
[00:22:43] creation is my actual job, right?
[00:22:45] right? And so I'm just doing me and
[00:22:48] and getting by. How is the identity
[00:22:52] identity of a passport a barrier
[00:22:56] barrier or an entry into. I know know I'm entering uncomfortable zones,
[00:22:59] zones, but yeah, how would you say
[00:23:02] say that is impacting people like
[00:23:05] like you and your ability to do what what you love to do, especially young
[00:23:09] young up and coming artists who may
[00:23:11] may not necessarily have that clout
[00:23:14] clout to break into certain markets. markets. I feel like the struggle
[00:23:17] struggle and stigma of the green green Nigerian passport has been
[00:23:21] been passed on from generation to to generation, and in my generation
[00:23:24] generation I also have to face the
[00:23:27] the bias that I did not have any
[00:23:29] any hand in. To be on a queue at
[00:23:33] at immigration with other Nationals Nationals and you see other Nationals
[00:23:37] Nationals going through immigration immigration easily until your green green passport comes up and then
[00:23:41] then the official sits up suddenly.
[00:23:43] suddenly. Now work has started, you you know, because you are coming
[00:23:46] coming with the Nigerian passport passport and they want to know why why you're here, what you're looking
[00:23:50] looking for, who's going to be there. there. And at some point they even even say you don't even look like
[00:23:53] like your picture. Go to the back. back. We need to do more examination. examination. Yes. Have you experienced
[00:23:56] experienced that? Oh, yes I have. have. Oh because I travel a lot.
[00:23:59] lot. They're like why did you land land in London today and you're going
[00:24:02] going to Paris tomorrow? I'm going going to come back to London tomorrow.
[00:24:05] tomorrow. You are up to something. something. Get the customs. Unfortunately Unfortunately for you, the customs
[00:24:08] customs is a fan of me so he knows knows that this girl is on tour.
[00:24:11] tour. What are you talking about?
[00:24:13] about? You know, but like the stigma
[00:24:16] stigma of just having an African African passport, specifically a
[00:24:18] a Nigerian passport, it precedes precedes itself. And I find myself
[00:24:22] myself fighting battles that I did
[00:24:24] did not start. Well, you can watch watch that full interview and the
[00:24:28] the BBC Africa YouTube page. Just
[00:24:31] Just search the conversation now. now. Uganda's parliament has approved
[00:24:34] approved a government backed motion motion authorising the deployment
[00:24:38] deployment of the country's troops troops to Gaza following an invitation
[00:24:41] invitation from the United States States under the Donald Trump Board
[00:24:44] Board of Peace Initiative. Now, the the approval marks Uganda's first
[00:24:48] first public indication that it is is willing to contribute troops to
[00:24:52] to the proposed International stabilisation
[00:24:54] stabilisation force for Gaza. In
[00:24:56] In July, Uganda's state owned newspaper
[00:24:59] newspaper reported that US President President Donald Trump had asked
[00:25:02] asked his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Yoweri Museveni to provide military
[00:25:06] military support under the Board Board of Peace initiative, which
[00:25:09] which seeks to establish international international stabilisation force
[00:25:12] force to help maintain order in Gaza.
[00:25:14] Gaza. Presenting the motion to Parliament, Parliament, the country's Defence
[00:25:18] Defence Minister said the deployment deployment is consistent with the
[00:25:21] the UN Security Council's framework framework and follows diplomatic
[00:25:25] diplomatic engagements between Trump Trump and Museveni. He added that
[00:25:28] that Ugandan troops would operate
[00:25:30] operate in full compliance with international
[00:25:33] international law and humanitarian humanitarian standards. Well, that's that's a story that we'll be following
[00:25:37] following for you tomorrow here on
[00:25:39] on Focus on Africa and in other platforms platforms on the BBC. Feel free to
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