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country has quotes no limits in its support for you to aid at our top russian security office. all of the me to minute video takes a my, the flags selling out the ramifications for front pick that iran is tv, and american or tanker and the retaliates remove against american functions. that this report at least set to unload the combo was an estimated $15000000.00 pads and bob would give slums be us allegations of corruption and human rights abuses. calling the claims on the phone basically says, washington has no business to impose functions against the african nation. the weather is odd to international reaching. you lived from moscow. welcome to the global updates as our i am michael porch, it desktop africa has initiated more legal proceedings. against these are all of

the united nations court accusing it of not facilitating him any to an aide. full gazda from africa believes but he's role is committing genocide against palestinian civilians. and now for more on this were now joined live by sub advocate and presidential spokesperson vincent my wing at vincent is good to have you join me right now. good morning. good afternoon. rather,

good evening to be from anywhere in the world or right now in your twits. you often criticize these old policies, sports together strip they again for see on the stand of. so i've asked god concerning this issue. now why do you think we should expect the conflict the end? and when we, when i was going to see the 1st results of the i, c j meeting? well, we would like to see the consumer end as soon as possible. we would like to see is royal, comply with the provisional measures that have been ordered by the court. that is why was going back to the cards to us for this threatening off of those orders so that we prevent what is now getting matching as a segment crisis, with a lot of people of projected to die from starvation. we would

live to see the association of hostilities. we would live to see the opening of humanitarian corridors to those who are in need of, of, of humanitarian aid. that is why we would always as a country, and this is something president, remo 4, so we'll continue to tempt you to use every legal means of instrument to ensure that we see an end to the genocide that's currently taking place in guys that we see. and to the brutal punishment and the team of, of people who are seeking age, like you saw recently in russia. now, the us has continued to support these roles since the beginning of the conflict is likely to change the us of africa relations. given that your country opposes us box is ready actions. we have

a very strategic political and trades relationship with the united states. within the concepts of that close political inside relationship, there is an appreciation that we defy on the number of issues. one of them is the issue concerning the palestinians as, as you particularly aged, we in engagement and in discuss ongoing discussions, ways of various counterparts within the united states. and we will continue to do so. um, the teachings that the president boston really fast to a former president, nelson mandela. i those that and coverage, ongoing dialogue and engagement and with those that you disagree with the most. and so within the context of that political and trade partnership with the united states,

we will continue to voice our displeasure and our discomfort ways and the stage of israel and its behavior towards the front of students. and to do so in a constructive manner, in a robust manner within the confines of the partnership and the trades relationship that we have with united states. now, how do you assess the media coverage? all the conflict in the gaza strip? what are your main problems that you see if you to see any, because it seems that the narrative that is in for licensing are the same as outside of the mid least start as we can see. but let me hear your view on this. well, you, you do have, obviously a quite a concentration of focus for boston media globally with respect to developments in the middle east, particularly where it has been happening. and guys that you do have some

international media outlets, particularly worse than outlets that has chosen to present to present a sort of more uh, quote is riley perspectives in the coverage and you've also, it has lows, a particular the media houses that originated from parts of the middle east and other parts of the world that has chosen to be balanced in the coverage as well as for trail. also that confidence that has allowed people around the world to then have the ability to inform the views and to inform distance with respect to what is happening on the ground in, in, in further study. we noticed is as when we presented our arguments, is that the in the 1st obligation that we made to the international courts of

justice. some of the most prominent global most in media outlets chose not to provide coverage. and i have coverage of that presentation to, to the court. and we observed that the next day when these well presented, it's adkins and they will have floated low to low coverage if you lot. and so those are some of the biases that you folks that at the end of the day, each media house as a is food rights and longitude to detect. and it's a total of decisions and to 10 main was perspectives for trade decisions. you observed that the kind of treatment that is given to the finest in in story, particularly 5 west and media houses is not to say

a treatment that you see elsewhere. where these, where the, these, as closely as they are, as a media houses are to better for example, on the coverage that they provided related to some incidents that are less just taking place in kaiser and, and there's the results also goes by us. so we are encouraged to go to the lights of the functions and add to add, reflect the situation as it is on the ground, disturbing and painful as it is. we still have those cottages, journalist, men and women of the news rooms that are committed in relating the truth and in delaying the facts as they are with respect to what is that right. uh that

is still talking get by the media because this is really very critical to understanding what the opinion and understanding what the issues really are on the spot of what we have been trying to lay back for the well to see even in now coverage archie coverage all of these issues wall to wall, like like you say about still talking about the media. why in your opinion are a number of advocate in crisis. which of most of that consequences down the you create in one ignored by the west and media. while the ukrainian prizes is on the fund pages, now the there are issues and so down the issues in somalia, the sets off a probably the comb go, even the ones that and molly and so on. but how does the advocate and public react to such westbound disregard as well? so, so the lowest time um listen media outlets have a search to portray the advertising content and in

a negative and kind of state or typical man. uh, when the menus falls, covert she hung uh um, as, as well as general perceptions of the inability to gather and excitedly, uh, portrayed as, as, as the sort of override in defining. so you choose, falls falls off of the african funding assessment, typical by period of time number o, as in a math, africans has thoughts to push batch of games that portrayal of all supposed to come to the end of sorts, to innovate and a lot of positive features as well as developments that are taking place on, on the african continent. and we've also observed that the coverage

uh that we've seen in some of the worst and media houses at lex, the appreciation of the complexities on the ground. and also in those complexities, you'll find behind or the clothes and some of the countries and the challenges that, that we face on the content. and i guess this is going to be an ongoing task and ongoing challenge that as africans, we will continuously confront and work on to add on to change the men in which our content is portrayed. where these conflicts always ensure that that conflict is presented in a balance mentor. so that both sides to that, the conflicts i presented but also that days, appreciation of the complexity and the issues behind that country. and so now that

the countries on the continent that are doing remarkably well, some of those countries have come out of a history of conflict and, and they've pulled themselves out of that history. and they lead to like the development of the own people. and that has an image that has an impact on regional communities across across the continent. and we would like to see more of that portrayal of the african continent as a growing, advancing continental continental that increasingly has embrace democracy and democratic principles. a content and said over time that showed a strong ability to govern itself and able to add resolve as phone issues. that's that kind of betrayal. we would like to see all of our content and what is

encouraging is the emergence of various phone line platforms that is allowed people to, to re, to the old stories that is allowed 2 people to read for themselves and the phone communities in the various sexes. where they operate and, and that's largely advanced to the imagines of the various digital and on demand channels. that allows people to be able to share the content from the hospitals to their neighborhoods and to the countries as old. and so that has created a diversity of, of content that can be consumed above the content that is a lot more positive than what we've seen right now today we, we, we see how in the countries of africa as to how redone the number of western media outlets are being shut down, which according to local authorities spread, towers propaganda. now,

where should we look for the line between freedom of speech and protective national security? yeah, it's a um, it's a very tricky abundance to, to mentee. but it's one that stuff and guided by each country is constitutional principles. i guess if i just sort of slides on my own country. so last week, a constitution guarantees freedom of expression that and sees the media and as well as access to, to information. we have a very robust and very engaging and media. so to where from the president to officials to business need is lowered is a problem is about a new formal school to needs all criticism for, for that matter. and that's something that we accept to be

a part of our democracy to be pods false. while quincy is no democracy or democratic features, if you like, and that's something that we appreciate as part of a growing and evolving democracy. some other countries will say differently based on, you know, that kind of constitutional guidelines that they have in place. but generally up to standards will say to have a society that's open that can engage openly. that can in gauge ways of criticism as much as it engages where it's positive issues that and reflects the performance of government. and that reflects the leadership off of the government. that's why you spoke earlier about the way western media covers the african continent. and how, assuming,

bye as this is always waved into the story lines and all of that. but basically, if, if the story has to change as to the new rules of engagement, what do you say needs to be done for that to change? well, we have to continue um, advocating full full furnace. we'd have to continue at pushing the boundaries with respect to how we, as africans reflected in various global platforms, we have to continue adding of voice with respect to positive developments that we're seeing on our continent. and we have to continue celebrating that humans and the advisements that we're witnessing across the continent. we cannot allow us else to just force to forwarded lined into

a narrative that does not aid uh or support or enable the attainment of a us be racially, is continental in individual countries across the continent. for example, um you have the recent adoption of the after the free trade agreement, which is going to be a major post to a number of efforts and calling them is that outrage of signatures uh to the past to that's a very positive development. it all goes well for us. we tend economies for domestic businesses just as it is positive for, for direct investments, as well as international investors that are due to the different parts of the profile content. and that's something we have to continuously talk about for dean was to celebrate. and something that we have a very strong conviction that it will deliver then research, economic benefits to millions and hundreds of millions of people and young people

in the continental. and it will lead to the industrialization of uh, coding and so those kinds of developments i was talking about over and over and over and escape. and over time, we will be able to, to change those negative perceptions about our continents as we continue to subsets to build resilient and sustainable equipment. all right, talking about mutually productive or beneficial, a alliances, to what extent of african news outlets involved in cooperation with russian media on some of this issues that means so much to south africa address of africans. well, generally they the levels of cooperation across the board, not just do it. russian media, they, they levels of cooperation with chinese media for example,

with the russian media. and they, uh, engagements with some media houses in, in, in the middle east. my coordinates in the media can give you more details than i'm able to gauge, but that is part and paso, for what we call cultural exchanges, people to people exchanges, as well as institutional changes that we encourage through the execution of foreign policy where we seek to build strong the bones of ways, our global trade and political partners, and it's something that we will continue to to encourage it offers opportunities for skills, acquisitions, and offers. it offers opportunities for strategic partners sheets, as well as various commercial facilities that include at be accessible, opened up as a result of those exchanges and will continue to encourage those exchanges. all right, now,

recently many african media outlets have been trying to focus on the war with a sedan which has been forgotten in the western media. how did you assess the interest. busy of the african public in topics that are not raised in the west, the media, the fight against new colonialism, for instance, the position of a climate agenda by the west. as well as coverage of local african conflicts and you get many to and prices a well, we have a own media houses and enough and we, we do loves as a note how was did media houses also and reflects our issues and often projects as there is developments that take place in continent, but it's equally important for me to stress that we have our own home grown media companies that cause the continental to extensively. the

platforms like radio, for example, still remain very popular, and they still reach a lot of people in every incentives in rural areas. and so we're not always concerned about how west and media houses that are flags paso project asked, because we do have our own channels, where we are able to exchange information, provide information, consume information, and be able to share perspective and views. and so we've very much in touch with the continent and not necessarily dependent on worst and media houses to tell us about assets. we know a story with new uh, sales and in the conflicts that you left friends. not all know we're interested in the past following at those conflicts, but they can't relax. so that's the case involved in,

in supporting donald in supporting for measures that can be put in place to ensure that those conflicts come to an end. recently present from a closer match, which one of the leading parties in incident which is the 2nd meeting and they'll be future and said i engage minutes that, that, that he will have with various role play as add to that conflict. as you will know . so that we could, is quite involved in, in the pursuing a peaceful and to the consumer to the dfcs. we are active in no, that was a big where was contributions at soups to the subject force quote, in the deep sea ended mozambique. so for me, so that's a 10 perspective. we quite engage with the quote. and so what listed media houses say, or not say, is not a major concern to us. what is important to us is that you are able to, as

a continent, to pull on our collective meetings and results is to, and show that we assist, will assist the countries and private countries with casa sees. and are they never meant to come out of those devastating conflicts so that we can save lives so that we can develop economies and we can advance as a content. all right, share with us here does the set advocate prohibit setting media outlets and, and besides that, how do you assess the policy of the you on the united states with the band? it's a national media like archie and all the rest of the media outlets. how does that fit with the west? suppose a desire to protect freedom of speech? what's your assessment as well? so i sort of design, it is a consistent or principle it's, it's in the constitution and it's imbedded in the constitution. and now of course i

say it's even embedded in now so side, so dna and so. so that's why we're not a band. and the media house, it would be a gauge the prescript both the constitution to do so. and so that's the kind of practice that we do not engage in. it is unfortunate that some countries in the region of the bronx have decided to do that. obviously, if is that we will always be open to engaging in with those that are critical to us, to engaging in with those with disagree with. and that's a fundamental principle that informs our constitutional democracy. and so we, we find it unfortunate that the media outlets that up and in some instances and in some other parts of the world just as was find it quite important to see

general is being killed in the manner that they've been killed in this conflict to gaza to see the man as a journalist, i intimidate and they prevented to do the work. that's because that's something that close gains um, upgrade as a nation and goes against the old constitutional principles. as i've said with believe in an ongoing engagement entitled, even with those that disagree with us and even with those that are critical of cases. and, and so the banning of the media house does not contribute to does not contribute to the wide understanding of issues. it does not provide for diverse said to voices on a sheet or matches and, and it's limited in terms of the perspectives that, that i should episode of the lease is bad. and the media anywhere in the world

needs to be allowed to offer rates to express itself as freely as possible, so as to allow that diverse search of views and, and to afford people as much choice as possible to a wide array of information. all right, now, how do you assess the fact that some provide as in south africa has stopped showing the r t news channel, for instance? well, part of that reason has to do with the, you know, commercial interest and, and how. and those commercial interest tied to with interest outside of philadelphia get and as well as a shareholder dynamics that, that could be debt coo bed legs. as i said, it is unfortunate that for example, your child is no longer available at all 18 by 10

and a. so that's a good company that, that carried a huge, i know, we would have to said that you each other still available. so that in the public has that diverse sets of voices and, and, and the day best sets of content that they can choose. it is rather unfortunate that that's been the past, but to also understand that they may have been some of the commercial interests that play, that is put price uh, and of let's to, to, to that decision while we have to living here now. so the 2nd presidential is post by st. vincent mcguire and yeah, thank you so much for your time and your insights. thank you. bye. are now back in january, the us international court of justice found that it is possible that these role has committed acts of genocide in gazda. a provisional order said he's role must ensure

that it's forces not commit any of the ask for him. it it, by the genocide convention he'd been while a policy in american dump does have called for immediate assistance for civilians and gaza fighting the dire situation to be fulfilled in order for it to indicate his tragic. i've been in different missions. this was for the most terrible and terrific that i've seen in my life. and i believe that the humanity of each one of us to do something to stop this every minute signifies the loss of a life the starvation of a child. and so we need an immediate and permanent not temporary permanent ceasefire. now in an attempt to mitigate the human nature in christ as the middle eastern nations of egypt and the united arab emirates have dropped 38 tons of food and medical aid in the gaza. and that's up to several western countries,

force their funding to the u. n. agency. responsible for providing assistance to palestinians. israel had to choose that by the agency of having staff members too closely involved in the policy and inside of the conflict. but we haven't heard from guys, or residents will say it's impossible to survive without more help from outside, miss gonzales. we demand the underwater to increase a during the month of ramadan, because the flower they provide is not enough. i didn't know. we have children who need milk and they cannot stand on their feet because they suffer from low blood sugar. but we're not provided with anything except flower know what, but sometimes we only get flower discipline. we do not get a usual food, a basket such as meat, cooking, oil, sugar and milk theater. all these things should be included because of poverty. people sailed the allotment of flower in order to buy other things, such as cucumber, tomatoes, onions and peppers because people want to use different things, as they cannot always consume flower alone. or the spot valve cry have spoke