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According to a report, the council of Europe, unlike the european council is distinct from the European union. The council which has the same flag and anthem as the eu was created in London and is a permanent observer of the u.n., having free access to most meetings and relevant documents.

The coe says it is the continent’s leading human rights organisation, its best known best body is the european court of human rights, located in Strasbourg, France. The council is involved in overseeing the rule of law, the term relates to a political situation or constitution, and oversees via a judiciary and observation in areas such as internet governance, biological safety and the use of animals, prison standards, data protection, international justice, the evaluation of money laundering and a committee of legal advisers on international law.

Main bodies listed are the committee of ministers and the parliamentary assembly. Reportedly, the comitteeof ministers, made up of ministers for foreign affairs of member states is the coe’s main decision making body and meets weekly. The coe’s parliamentary assembly is made up of 324 parliamentarians from the national parliaments of the 47 member states and has pleanary meetings four times a year.

According to reports, on Monday three Algerian truck drivers en route from Nouakchott, Mauritania were assassinated. Nouakchott is one of the largest cities in the Sahel. Reportedly, over forty trucks were set on fire during March and April. According to the report, international truckers suspended travel to south Sudan in April following increased attacks resulting in the death of more than fifteen drivers, and dozens injured. Reportedly, between July and August, a Ugandan and three Kenyan truck drivers died of gunshot wounds, dozens more were injured.

According to a report on the Sahel region, corporate capitalism, power transfer, historical injustices and ongoing coloniality needs to be acknowledged and redressed.

According to a report, a replica of the tent of meeting or Jewish tabernacle has been built in Timna park. The Timna valley is located in southern Israel, 30 km from Eilat. Reportedly, the area had ancient copper mines, called King Solomon’s mines, dated around 5th Century bc. According to reports, archaeological excavations have uncovered a temple dedicated to Hathor, the egyptian god of mining. Persia conquered Egypt in 450 bc. Reportedly, the temple serviced egyptian miners who worked in the area, possibly as slave labour during the neo Assyrian empire.

Reportedly, the tent of meeting was 13.72  metres long, 4.57 metres wide and 4.57 metres high. It consisted of an outer court with an alter, called the brazen alter on which lambs were cooked and a laver or washing bowl. According to the report, the fire on the alter was kept burning at all times. There was an inner alter for the burning of incense, a table and bread, new bread was brought twice a week. The inner sanctuary contained the ark of the covenant, said to contain god’s presence.

Reportedly, the earliest mention of the word Israel was carved on a 13th Century bc stone written in the name of the Pharoah Merneptah. In the stele, Merneptah, reigned 1213-1203 claimed to have laid waste to Israel and other cities and kingdoms in the eastern mediterranean

According to reports, during the 13th Century, tribes of Israel left slavery in Egypt intending to enter what was known as Canaan during the middle Assyrian empire, but there were many tribes living in the land and they spent forty years wandering in the desert. The ark of the covenant was constructed by Israel during the period in the wilderness to contain the tablets of the law, a pot of mana, symbol of God’s love, provision and care and the rod of Moses’ brother, Aaron, symbolizing guidance and correction.

Israel carried the ark to the city of Jericho where they destroyed every man, women and beast living there. In another battle Philistines captured the ark, but began to believe it was connected to a series of misfortunes, and gave it back. According to a report, battles were recorded with other tribes during the 13th Century, but no record of battles in central Canaan, which may have been inhabited by Israelites who didn’t go to Egypt.

According to a report, a group of ten european countries led by France have asked the european commission to recognise nuclear energy as part of the eu green taxonomy. Other signatories are Bulgaria, Croatia, Czec republic, Finland, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Romania.

According to reports, most of the five hundred commercial nuclear power reactors operating or under construction globally require enriched uranium for the nuclear chain reaction. Reportedly, the heat released from continual fission of atoms of the fuel produces steam to drive the turbines that produce electricity.

According to reports, France operated mines in Gabon for forty years after uranium was discovered in 1956. Reportedly, today the uranium deposits are exhausted and the mine no longer working. According to the report, land reclamation such as reforestation is ongoing. Uranium is an essential component of soil temperature, necessary for life.

Natural uranium consists of 99% Uranium-238 and about 0.7% Uranium-235. In conventional nuclear reactors uranium is enriched to contain up to 5% Uranium-235. Reportedly, plans in the u.s. are for uranium enriched with 5-20% Uranium-235. According to a report, uranium mining in the united states in 2019 represented 0.3% of anticipated u.s. uranium fuel requirements for the year.

According to reports Cameroon was a german protectorate, beginning around 1860 with the establishment of a company exporting coffee, sugar and other commodities. Reportedly, during ww1 Kamerun was occupied by british and french troops, a league of nations mandate around 1922 divided the land. According to the report, France administered most of the region, the british mandate was a small portion in the west, possibly Bakassi, administered as part of the protectorate of Nigeria. Reportedly, the british mandate in Nigeria was governed through the rulers defeated by the British. Following ww2 the districts were made u.n. territories.

Reportedly, in 1960 the mandates in french Cameroun and Nigeria terminated, french Cameroun became the Cameroon republic. According to the report, the mandate for uk controlled south Cameroon was soon to expire, but a british report insisted it would not survive alone economically. Reportedly, the u.n. organised a referendum in which english speaking Cameroons were asked whether they wanted to join the Cameroon republic or Nigeria. According to the report, 60% of people from the north were in favour of joining Nigeria whilst 70.5% of southerners were in favour of integration with the republic of Cameroon. Reportedly, northern Cameroon officially became part of Nigeria whilst southern Cameroon became part of Cameroon.

According to a report, the republic of Cameroon claimed the uk had violated the trusteeship agreement by creating such conditions that the trusteeship had led to the attachment of northern Cameroon to Nigeria. According to reports, an economic crisis in the republic during the mid eighties was due to oil prices, and the need to begin importing oil. Reportedly, the crisis resulted in acceptance of the intervention of the international monetary fund and foreign aid.

According to reports, the Bakassi peninsula was an area of large oil reserves, and was the subject of a border dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. Reportedly, in 1994 Cameroon took the matter to the international court of justice. According to the report, Nigeria claimed a pre 1913 border, and Cameroon in parity with the uk and germany referred to a colonial era anglo-german agreement. The verdict was Bakassi was handed over to the republic of Cameroon.

According to a report, oil production in Cameroon, once a major export is dwindling since the turn of the Century. Reportedly, in 2019 oil was both a major export ($1.89 billion) and import ($347 million). According to reports, conflict between english speaking seperatists, government troops and other groups have killed over 4,000 people and displaced over 765,000, of which 65,000 are refugees in Nigeria.

According to a report, boko harem, an anti western jihad group is active in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and possibly Mali. Reportedly, ideology is sunni Islamic revival.

According to a report, 47,600 social houses are to be provided over the next five years in an attempt to deal with homelessness. Reportedly, the housing crisis has contributed to emigration. According to statistics, 25-30,000 people emigrated in the years between 1997 and 2005, rising until 2009. Reportedly, 83,000 emigrated in 2012, decreasing to around 65,000 in 2017, and around 50-60,000 have emigrated per year since 2018. Reportedly, predominantly young; reasons given, employment and accommodation.

According to reports, Ireland became a destination for migrants from europe, many from eastern europe, and the rest of the world during the 1990s. According to statistics, in 2018, 90,000 people migrated to Ireland. Reportedly, from April 2020-21, 30,200 Irish citizens, 16,600 europeans, 4,300 uk citizens and 14,100 people from the rest of the world came to live in Ireland.

According to a report, a former British diplomat and lead Brexit envoy quit her job in 2019 because she was unwilling to peddle half truths on behalf of the uk government.

According to a report, at the end of the post brexit transition period, the uk government intend to implement the internal markets bill, passed in December 2020. Reportedly, the bill contains provisions to override parts of the northern Ireland protocol section of the Brexit deal in areas relating to state aid and the movement of goods from northern Ireland to the rest of the uk.

According to a report, a new northern Ireland poll to discover people’s attitudes to brexit and the new trade protocol showed 52% of respondents consider the arrangements to be a good thing.

According to a report, central banks around the world are now producing their own digital currency. Reportedly, after registering with a cryptocurrency, users create an ewallet to store, save and send money, a feature is instore transactions achievable by scanning a qr code on user’s phone. According to reports, the Nigerian central bank are piloting the first digital currency in Africa. Reportedly, the adoption of central bank digital currency and its underlying technology blockchain, a decentralised indelible and transparent data base could increase Nigeria’s gross domestic product over the next ten years.

According to reports, the uk colonised Nigeria during the nineteenth Century. Reportedly, the bombardment of Lagos was followed by missionaries in the mineral rich south, leading to the formation of the royal Niger company in 1879. According to the report, the uk paid the rnc £865,000, revoked their charter and allowed them 50% of mining rights in a large part of the areas, for ninety nine years.

Reportedly, uk military campaigns dealt with resistance. According to reports, the north and south Nigerian protectorates were administered seperately, the petroleum rich Niger delta became part of the southern territory. In 1954 the eastern region inhabited by Igbo, Isaw from the Niger delta and Ibibio from the south was divided from southern Nigeria.

Reportedly, northern Cameroon opted to join Nigeria in 1961. According to a report, imbalances and corruption of the electoral and political processes led to two military coups in 1966. Reportedly, Abubakar Belawar, prime minister of Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, premier of northern Nigeria and other officials were assassinated. According to a report, Belaware had been chosen to study at the university of London, Bello studied governance in England.

According to reports, a counter coup and anti Igbo pogroms led to many fleeing to the eastern region, the breakaway state of Biafra was declared. Reportedly, General Yakukbu Gowon of Nigeria declared war, listed as one of the deadliest in history. According to a report, Nigeria was backed by Britain and the soviet union. The thirty month war was described as a long siege, isolating Biafrans from supplies. The war ended in 1970.

According to reports,during the 1970’s Nigeria joined the organisation of petroleum exporting countries and received huge revenues but the people remained poor. Reportedly, two coups in 1975 and 76 were followed by a new constituent assembly. Reportedly, Shehu Shagari won the 1979 elections, but his government became viewed as corrupt. According to a report, in 1983 state petroleum inspectors began to notice a slow poisoning of the waters of the country.

Reportedly, Nigeria has 159 oil fields,78 in the Niger Delta and 1,481 oil wells. According to a report, conflicts first arose in the 1990’s between Nigerians who feel they are being exploited and international oil corporations. Reportedly, oil accounts for around 87% of Nigeria’s exports, yet oil revenue contributes only 9% to the gdp or total value of goods and services made in Nigeria.

According to a report, France will give back items taken by the french army during a war in Benin, then the wealthy African kingdom of Dohomey in present day Nigeria. Reportedly, the 26 items which include a royal throne and statues were taken from the former french colony’s royal palace. According to the report, members of the french national assembly, the lower house of parliament have voted unanimously to return the items, the matter is now heading to the senate.

Reportedly, the president of Benin told Jeune Africa magazine that he was not satisfied, though he recognised small steps on behalf of France. According to reports, the items are part of 70,000 African objects in the Quai Branly museum, Paris.

According to reports, the uk have faced calls to return artefacts such as the Elgin marbles to Greece and the Benin bronzes to the president of Benin. Reportedly, the Elgin marbles are a collection of classical Greek sculptures dating from the 5th Century bc., originally part of the parthenon and metropolis of Athens. According to a report, between 1800 and 1803 the seventh earl of Elgin removed some of the surviving sculptures and transported them to Britain, they are currently on display in the Duveen gallery of the British museum. According to reports, in 1887 British troops looted thousands of art works, known as the Benin bronzes. Reportedly the British museum holds around 73,000 Afrcan objects stolen during wars and colonisation.

According to a report, european state owned institutions require legislation to return their collections which has been innitiated in France and Germany. Reportedly, uk legislation does not allow British museums to do the same.

According to reports, quarrels between political factions caused the coup in Sudan, dissolving the joint civilian military government and causing mass protests.

Reportedly, protestors have blocked the main country’s port for weeks. According to reports, Sudan who experienced 70% inflation have been struggling with economic measures called for by international financial institutions.

Reportedly, from around 1500 bc Sudan had egyptian influences. According to reports, during uk rule in Egypt, Britain ruled Sudan through egyptian administrators until 1882 when sudanese and egyptian forces conjoined in an uprising, Britain won. According to reports, the 1952 revolution resulted in an end to colonialism in favour of pan-arab nationalism.

Reportedly, Sudan’s Islamic rule created a rift between the north which held the seat of government and the animist and Christian south. Political differences resulted in the south fighting for independence, creating two states, the republic of Sudan and the republic of south Sudan.

According to reports, Omar al Bashir who ruled Sudan from 1989-2019 is accused of directing a brutal campaign against residents in Darfur, 2003-present. Reportedly he is charged in his own country of corruption.

According to a report, following a coup in 2019 a joint military civilian council and chief justice was authorised. According to the report, the newly appointed prime minister, an economist worked for the u.n. economic mission for Africa.

Reportedly, Darfur is situated in the petroleum basin belt from the gulf of Guinea to Sudan.