#BREAKING Emergency meeting of AU Foreign Ministers in Addis Ababa condemns extrajudicial executions by US police and urges President Donald Trump to exercise restraint and avoid escalating the situation. Envoys also deplore crackdown on CNN journalists covering the protests.
#BREAKING AU envoys reportedly compiling a list of US officials to face visa bans as punishment for obstructing the the fight for racial equality. Highly placed sources say these include high-ranking members of the right-wing, white nationalist, ruling Republican party.
#BREAKING Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, urges the UN Security Council to urgently convene to discuss the situation in the US. The once proudly self-declared "leader of the free world" is today riven by disease and tribal hatreds, with its long-suffering people in open revolt.
#BREAKING With the country overflowing with arms and boasting a dismal human rights record characterized by frequent extrajudicial killings both at home and abroad, there is growing concern the current unrest could unleash waves of refugees which would destabilize its neighbours.
#BREAKING Most African journalists are barred from entering the troubled, oil-rich nation of over 330 million people, but unverified reports from local journalists as well as amateur video posted on social media indicate more casualties as protesters are met with brute force.
#BREAKING AU Chairperson, President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, has urged US authorities to exercise restraint in responding to demonstrations. He warned the country's aging, corrupt, populist leader, Donald Trump, not to deploy military troops against civilian protesters.
#BREAKING President Cyril Ramaphosa has also expressed South Africa's willingness to assist the ethnically divided US address the plague of white supremacy, noting that the troubled nuclear-armed nation could learn a great deal from his country's historical experience.
#BREAKING Several arrested as pro-democracy protests spread across the US. with people demanding an end to persecution of the minority black ethnic group. Analysts warn it may be the start of an #AmericanSpring revolt that could topple the oil-rich nation's corrupt, aging ruler.
#BREAKING The US regime has been accused of fueling anti-foreign sentiment by blaming "outsiders" for political unrest plaguing the vast N. American state. Speaking anonymously for fear of retribution, protesters say it is a ploy to avoid addressing their demands. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Populist authoritarian, Donald Trump, accuses local media outlets of being sympathetic to protesters who want to overthrow the president. The septuagenarian's legitimacy has been challenged since he took power following a suspicious win in disputed elections in 2016.
#BREAKING WHO officials express concern police and pro-democracy #AmericanSpring demonstrators are spotted neglecting social distancing rules and not wearing masks. This comes after the troubled nation's populist right-wing leader promised to withdraw from the global agency.
#BREAKING Sources say the AU Peace and Security Council to meet later today to consider deploying peacekeeping force to the US to protect pro-democracy #AmericanSpring protesters from the hard-line Donald Trump regime, which has threatened to unleash the military on them.
#BREAKING First African journalist to report from the ground inside the US confirms there have been deaths and arrests from days of #AmericanSpring pro-democracy protests. We cannot reveal their identity or location for their own safety as US police are targeting media personnel.
#BREAKING Fresh reports indicate casualties are strewn across a number of battleground states as ethnic tensions come to a boil in this deeply divided former colony, with a history of tribal genocide, enslavement, discrimination, corruption and civil strife. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Kenyan Foreign Minister, Monica Juma, is en route to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin who is thought to be close to US strongman, Donald Trump. Aim is to get Trump to agree to speedy deployment of AU troops to protect #AmericanSpring protesters.
#BREAKING The AU has called on America's neighbours not to shut their doors to US refugees as violent pro-democracy protests continue to spread. This comes after Mexico belatedly accepted President Donald Trump's 2016 proposal for a wall across their joint border. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Sources close to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nairobi say Kenya is making plans to evacuate citizens from crisis-torn USA which has been ravaged by inept and corrupt government, disease, economic collapse and now, widespread political violence. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Speculation is growing that US strongman Donald Trump may have fled the country in the wake of #AmericanSpring pro-democracy protests. The aging former reality show star and his family have not been seen nor heard from despite numerous calls to his official residence.
#BREAKING #AmericanSpring pro-democracy protesters surround the White House, a hated symbol of the country's slave-owning past, following a rumour that President Trump is holed up inside. The demonstrators are demanding the despot step down and not seek another term in November.
#BREAKING Trump and his family are widely perceived as incompetent and suspected of abusing the powerful Presidency to enrich themselves, undermine the system of checks and balances and to subvert the democratic will of the people through meddling in the election. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING AU Peace and Security Council agrees to retrofit the #BLACKSTOP mission, which was created to keep peace in the tribal regions of the UK during the #Brexit talks, and deploy it to the US under the codename Operation #SITHOLE, after a famous Zulu warrior. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING A press statement from the AU PSC urges US strongman Donald Trump to cooperate with the AU peacekeeping mission, whose troops are drawn from across the continent, and notes that America would now have the honour of being "the first #SITHOLE country". #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING The whereabouts of aging US dictator, Donald Trump, remain a mystery after #AmericanSpring pro-democracy protesters surrounded the White House in defiance of his threat to unleash "vicious dogs" and other unspecified "ominous weapons" should they enter the compound.
#BREAKING The first and so far only African journalist reporting from inside the US (identity and location withheld for safety reasons) says rumours abound of secret talks between the aging embattled dictator and his older rival from the leftist Democratic Party. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta calls for calm as violence sweeps across ethnically divided, nuclear-armed USA; threatens to refer situation to the International Criminal Court if US govt continues to brutalize pro-democracy protesters and journalists. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING After acrimonious debate, the AU's Peace and Security Council declares "premature" a Libyan proposal to impose a no-fly zone on the USA in order to protect pro-democracy protesters in the oil rich, crisis-torn north American nation. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga reveals that African judiciaries are looking into the doctrine of universal jurisdiction to determine whether they can try US public officials for crimes committed against African-Americans and pro-democracy protesters. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Extraordinary summit of AU heads of state calls for calm across the troubled, strategically located United States, urging dialogue to address the concerns of pro-democracy and human rights protesters and to prevent further violence. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING African leaders also noted that "political instability in the US could destabilize North and Central America" and declared that that must be prevented "at all costs". They urged the former colonial power, the UK, to take the lead in helping secure peace. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Africans were "horrified" by images of police beating protesters and journalists, the statement says. "This cannot be allowed in the 21st century" it adds, concluding with an offer to conduct human rights training for the "notoriously brutal" US police. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING AU calls for calm as demonstrators once again clash with police in cities across the troubled United States. Though aging autocrat Donald Trump has yet to be seen in public, his Twitter account has been active, threatening to proscribe citizen groups. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING AU Chair, Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed speaking to both US strongman Donald Trump and his main rival, Joe Biden, in an attempt to broker a truce that would allow for deployment of #SITHOLE peacekeepers and end the protests wracking the oil-rich nation. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Highly placed sources say the AU has opened a back channel between Trump and Biden and is working towards a first face-to-face meeting with appropriate social distance. However, "it is like a snail meeting a tortoise. It takes a while," said the source. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Pressure continues to mount on aging US dictator, Donald Trump, as citizen uprisings that have brought the disease-ravaged, economically-blighted north American giant to its knees drew closer to his official residence in the capital, Washington DC. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Beseiged US strongman, Donaĺd Trump, who has been confined to his presidential palace in an upmarket district of the capital, Washington DC, by a nationwide citizen uprising, has reached out to local government leaders in a bid to stabilize his regime. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Despite brutal tactics, police in the oil-rich nation of nearly 350 million have failed to contain protests over extrajudicial killings which have been inflamed by anger over economic collapse blamed on Trump's incompetent handling of a global pandemic. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING The AU has stepped up mediation efforts between the aging ruler and his rival, opposition leader Joe Biden, an influential and powerful former vice-president. It is believed that a meeting between the two could calm ethnic tension fuelling the protests. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING There are growing fears that the citizen uprising rolling across crisis-wracked US, sparked by anger at police killings, could degenerate into inter-ethnic clashes. Many are calling on President Donald Trump to come out of hiding and address the nation. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING As its rulers struggle to quell a popular revolt, analysts are asking whether, after many false starts, this is the moment America joins the league of democracies. However, many are skeptical whether there is political will to carry out needed reforms. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Speaking during national celebrations in Nairobi, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated his pledge to contribute Kenyan troops to the AU's #SITHOLE peacekeeping mission which is due to be deployed in the coming weeks in strife-torn USA. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING President Kenyatta also announced that he had invited the beleaguered US autocrat Donald Trump and opposition leader Joe Biden for peace talks at Camp Sagana under the framework of the Group of 4, with Kenya, Uganda, the AU and the EU as guarantors. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Kenyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns that it will impose travel bans on US politicians who continue to further inflame ethnic tensions in the troubled North American country or who obstruct the Camp Sagana peace process. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING As disease and violence continue to wrack the US, debate is raging in Kenya over President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to contribute troops to the AU's #SITHOLE peacekeeping mission destined for the troubled nation, with many opposed to foreign adventures. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING "In Somalia our young soldiers are already policing the wastes of one gun-strewn, violent country. We should not be sending them to another," says Kenya's opposition chief, Raila Odinga, rejecting the decision to send troops to conflict-ridden America. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING AU Chair Cyril Ramaphosa issues tough warning to US dictator Donald Trump hours after the latter appears to say the military would lead the response to pro-democracy protests. "It is an unnecessary escalation that crosses a red line," Ramaphosa said. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Over 4,000 demonstrators have been arrested in a draconian nationwide crackdown on pro-democracy and human rights protests in crisis-hit US. More violence is expected after beleaguered despot, Donald Trump, urged local governors to "dominate" protesters. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING The death toll from a ruthless nationwide crackdown on pro-democracy protests continues to mount in crisis-torn US after military reserve troops in Kentucky gun down an unarmed man. At least 5 have died with many more, including journalists, injured. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING "No one in the world is laughing at you," says AU Chair Cyril Ramaphosa, reacting to beleaguered US despot Donald Trump's characterization of the international response to clashes that have left many dead and injured in the fragile North American nation. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Heavily armed troops rushed to official residence of beleaguered US ruler, Donald Trump, after pro-democracy protesters surround the compound. The strategic North American nation is facing a multifaceted health, economic, security and political crisis. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Armed police attack peaceful protesters using rubber bullets and tear gas outside the official residence of US ruler Donald Trump moments before the aging dictator delivered an address to the nation on his regime's response to countrywide protests. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING AU condemns unprovoked attack on peaceful protesters by police and military units in US capital. Beleaguered dictator, Donald Trump, orders "thousands and thousands of heavily armed troops" to quell popular uprising demanding respect for human rights. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Shocking scenes as the US continues its slide into militarized dictatorship with despotic ruler Donald Trump declaring himself a "law and order president" and ordering heavily armed troops to attack peaceful protesters and stop nationwide demonstrations. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING As events take a worrying turn in oil rich, strategically located US, the AU Peace and Security Council will meet in emergency session tomorrow and is expected to fast track deployment of #SITHOLE peacekeepers to the troubled North American nation. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING With US dictator Donald Trump all but declaring martial law, and protesters and journalists assaulted and killed daily in city streets, many within Africa are questioning the wisdom of sending troops to defend peace in the ethnically polarized nation. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING As political violence dramatically escalates in the US, it is increasingly dangerous for African journalists to report from the white supremacist North American enclave, with most forced to rely on unverified reports from local media and tribal fixers. #AmericanSpring
#BREAKING Aging US dictator, Donald Trump, urges his supporters to target Operation #SITHOLE peacekeepers should the AU troops deploy to the economically depressed, conflict-ridden North American nation, which has borne the brunt of the global COVID-19 pandemic. #AmericanSpring
