Shingai Nyoka
Appearances
Global News Podcast
EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
The prosecution and the police say that you were talking about protesting, about holding protests. And that's essentially why they arrested you, because as they say, you were trying to incite violence.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
How would you characterize the opposition right now? Some would say it's an absolute disarray. And really the way it looks to many people is that there's no hope of revival. How would you characterize the opposition?
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
So what happens now with the opposition? We have the ZANU-PF party that is emboldened. It's pushing for the extension of the presidential term of office, but the opposition is flailing.
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EU retaliates as Trump tariffs expand globally
So what happens now? How would you characterize the political environment?
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Higher US tariffs on hold but China trade war grows
It's being hailed as a momentous occasion. Zimbabwe, which has struggled to honor its 2020 compensation agreement signed with local white farmers, today announced the first payout, 3.1 million dollars, which will cover close to 400 farms. It's a tiny fraction, just 1% of the total compensation value for these properties. The remainder will be paid through US-dollar-denominated treasury bonds.
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Higher US tariffs on hold but China trade war grows
Artificial Intelligence can predict all manner of things, from the weather to traffic jams to health risks.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
From what we understand, rescuers are racing against time, working under really difficult conditions to try get to some of those places that have been cut off in the wake of the devastation. The Cyclone Chilo, we understand, hit Largely the poorest areas. So these were shanty towns that were built on the hillside, built with very flimsy material like corrugated sheeting.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
And so the rescuers are working to try to find survivors. But people were swept away. They were buried under the rubble. Trees were uprooted. Buildings were destroyed. And so the infrastructure has also been destroyed. The roads were damaged. So it's made it incredibly difficult to try to access some of those places. And so we've heard that so far the death toll is in the dozens.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
But as you mentioned there, it could rise to several hundreds and even several thousands, as suggested by local authorities.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Yes, it is. And they've arrived there with support. They've brought firefighters as well as soldiers. We understand that there's a lot of help that is still trying to get to Mayotte via ship and via air. Hundreds of support of rescuers are on the ground and there's an expectation that Up to 800 will be deployed to that area, but it's under really difficult conditions.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
As you point out there, the airport equipment was destroyed. And so the primary focus right now is not just to provide medical assistance, shelter and food, but also to restore some of those critical services, including communication, electricity and water.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
It's a territory which had a lot of challenges, one might say. It is actually the poorest overseas territory under France, but it also was plagued by a lot of problems. There's a lot of illegal immigration. It's a small population, about 300,000 people, and there are about 100,000 illegal immigrants. There was a lot of gang violence. There was also a lot of social unrest.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
It's a territory that's very reliant on support and assistance from France. And so even under the best of conditions, it was a territory that was struggling.
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French ministers arrive in Mayotte after devastating cyclone
Yes, it is. And it's weakening, thankfully, for a lot of people as it's moved westwards. It made landfall in Mozambique, caused a lot of flash floods, uprooted trees, destroyed buildings, and is now making its way towards southern Malawi and Zimbabwe, where we're really bracing for a lot of flooding.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
It didn't come as a complete surprise given the current circumstances. This mission was deployed in 2023 for a year and that mandate was renewed last December. And for many months it looked as if it was working. The troops held the front line to prevent the fall of the key city of Goma. But then that all changed in January.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
when that front line came under attack from the M23 rebels and Goma fell a few days later. And this mission, as you mentioned, has suffered casualties and that also resulted in backlashes back home. But I think what tipped the scales was a meeting of defense chiefs of those three contributing countries, which described the situation as untenable.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And as we speak, hundreds of troops are essentially trapped in rebel-controlled areas. And so in this emergency summit hosted by Zimbabwe today and the third emergency summit, there was a decision announced to terminate the mission, but also to begin a phased withdrawal of the troops.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
It's a significant blow. And I think the major issue is that for all of these 18 months or so, or however many months that was, Kinshasa had SADC on its side. It had a very strong mandate to support the DRC forces, but now they've essentially been defeated.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And some analysts I spoke to earlier said that now SADC will probably be forced to adopt a more neutral position, working with other regional groupings. The military support has been withdrawn. It's a blow, but the The SADC had also pledged to deploy more forces, thousands more troops and more equipment to help in the fight. But now they've been forced into a rather embarrassing retreat.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And so that definitely puts President Felix Tshisekedi on the back foot.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
Well, there have been talks about the U.S. possibly filling the gap. It's all talks at the moment. A Congolese government official told the BBC that they wanted to bring the U.S. on board to supply them with critical minerals. But also they said that they might talk about security. But there's nothing concrete right now.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And so the burden has fallen back on the U.N., which has had a mission there for years. And South Africa also contributes about a thousand or so troops there. But I think really the focus now was on trying to negotiate a peace deal.
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Putin responds to Trump's ceasefire plan
And the fact that SADC has withdrawn might actually help a president or might force and pressure a president, Felix Tshisekedi, to make more concessions when it comes to peace.