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Talk at this year's General Assembly about reforming the UN has gathered pace. Meeting in the shadow of war: Sudan, Ukraine and the Middle East, the idea of changing the makeup of the Security Council took on more urgency. Support for Africa to get two permanent seats on the Council has grown. We asked Kenya's former UN ambassador, MARTIN KIMANI, if and when that's likely to happen. Ambassador Kimani, now Executive Director of NYU's Centre on International Cooperation, explains the responsibilities of being a Security Council member, and questions whether any African country is sufficiently prepared.
Galamsey has become a byword for corruption in Ghana. The word 'galamsey' is derived from the phrase 'gather them and sell' and refers to the increasingly widespread practice of illegal gold mining. Thousands of hectares of farmland have been destroyed, reducing Ghana's cocoa harvests dramatically. The country's waterways are being polluted to the extent that some have predicted that Ghana may soon have to import drinking water. And people are getting sick, poisoned by the heavy metal bi-products of irregular mining. Ghanaians have been protesting against what they see as the connivance of politicians in galamsey and just weeks before the next presidential election. We speak to DR YAO GRAHAM, Coordinator of Third World Newtwork-Africa.
During the years of apartheid, many South Africans were forced into exile abroad from where they continued their fight against the racist regime. And many of them died abroad, unable to return to the homeland for which they had so tirelessly fought. Now, in a joint operation between the governments of South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe the remains of almost 50 freedom fighters have been repatriated. DUMA NOKWE, a lawyer and former ANC Secretary General, died in Zambia more than forty years ago. his daughter, NOSIZWE NOKWE, tells us about the emotional return of her father's remains.