u. s. u. s. dest pretty wants to keep you on board with it, as trying to expand its reach in africa, which is why we've seen this kind of ethiopia is doing terrible things, but also all actors in the region, we're doing terrible things that even sometimes in the same breath, trevon weeks, the foreign affairs committee said what we're witnessing maybe crimes against humanity, quite possibly genocide, but a few seconds later then. well, he would say about prime minister is his legacy is in question. so you can see there's a balancing list, severe things about what's going on, but not wanting to a portion too much blame to the prime minister if you, because there's a balancing act. what role does ethiopia have to play in the u. s. a strategic outlook in africa, especially after what we've seen and take away over the last several months. the us has welcome to cease 5 by ethiopian government and encouraging all sides to allow humanitarian work to continue. this we call for calm restraint in appeal to all parties to the conflict, to abide by international law to protect civilians including people who have been displaced and to ensure that humanitarian workers can continue to exercise their duties and reach as many people as they can, which are in need of vital assistance right now. on to other news and the former south african president, jacob zoom has been given 5 days to hand himself in after a judge sentenced him to 15 months in jail. zoom has been found guilty of contempt failing to appear before an inquiry with investigating corruption during his time in office. from you to mila has our port. it's the 1st time a former south african leader is facing jail time. jacob zoom has been ordered to surrender hims

u. s. supreme court ruled american food giants, dest play, usa, and car gill, can't be sued for child slavery. this ruling has disturbing implications for future victims of human rights abuses, seeking justice against businesses in u. s. cords. this ruling also says a dangerous precedence, giving corporations impunity of a profiting from human rights abuses. it's an old and disturbing story that we've already reported on a group of african men demanded compensation from us corporations that get their cocoa in africa. they claimed they been trafficked from one country to another as children, and forced to work as slaves and horrendous conditions on coca farms. the activists are sounding the alarm over the ivory coast effect, to think of the country exports more cocoa than anyone else on the planet now providing about 2 thirds of the world's supply, which makes it very likely that the regular chocolate bar you eat tastes of illegal child labor, but what if these accounts are fake? well, only recently the u. s. department of labor funded a report which found that the cocoa industry in west africa was exploiting $1600000.00 charged laborers. i eat slaves without going into too many legalistic details. the nation's highest court pulled the brakes on the case pretty much because companies outside the us bear the responsibility for the mass abuse. you might want to ask why not at least look into the case? well, that's how things are. that's how the law works. the big businesses will probably keep repeating things like or i'm 99 percent. sure they will. child labor isn't acceptable. that is why we are working so hard to prevent it. cargoes work to keep child labor out of the cocoa supply chain isn't wavering. we do not tolerate the use of child labor in our operations or supply chains and we're working every day to prevent it expects even more emotional words from them, from the athlete. the activists and the president on june 13th. but those who have been following this particular case won't