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Trump apotosha kwa kutumia picha ya Congo na kudai ni ya mauaji ya kimbari ya Wazungu wa Afrika Kusini

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  Rais wa Marekani Donald Trump alionyesha picha iliyochukuliwa katika video ya shirika la habari la Reuters katika Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Congo na kuiwasilisha kama ushahidi wa mauaji ya halaiki ya Wazungu wa Afrika Kusini. "Hawa wote ni wakulima wa kizungu ambao wanazikwa," Trump alisema siku ya Jumatano, akionesha picha hiyo wakati wa mkutano katika Ikulu ya Marekani na Rais wa Afrika Kusini Cyril Ramaphosa. Picha hiyo ilitokana na video iliyochapishwa na Reuters Februari 3, 2025, inaonyesha wafanyakazi wa kibinadamu wakinyanyua mifuko yenye miili katika mji wa Goma nchini Congo. Picha hiyo ilitolewa kutoka katika video ya Reuters iliyopigwa kufuatia mapigano makali na waasi wa M23 wanaoungwa mkono na Rwanda. Picha hiyo iliyooneshwa na Trump lilichapishwa na American Thinker, jarida la kihafidhina la mtandaoni – likionesha migogoro na mivutano ya kirangi Afrika Kusini na Congo. Ikulu ya White House haikujibu maswali ya Reuters kuhusu picha hiyo. Andrea Widburg, mhariri ...
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Pentagon to 'rush' Patriot missiles to Ukraine in $6bn package

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  The Pentagon says it will "rush" Patriot air defence missiles and artillery ammunition to Ukraine as part of its new military aid package. However Patriot systems for launching the missiles will not be sent, Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Patriots were "urgently" needed to face a growing Russian air threat and "can and should save lives right now". On Saturday, Ukraine said Russia had carried out another massive air attack. Authorities in Kharkiv said a hospital was damaged. Energy facilities in three regions were attacked, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. Russia attacked with cruise missiles, S-300 surface-to-air missiles and Iskander ballistic missiles, Ukraine said, adding that 21 were downed using aircraft, air defence systems and jamming. Ukraine claimed to have hit two Russian oil refineries across the border. Footage from one in the Russian region of Krasnodar appeared to have caused a lar...
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Vita vya Ukraine: Marekani yatuma kwa siri makombora ya masafa marefu kusaidia Kyiv

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  CHANZO CHA PICHA, REUTERS Ukraine imeanza kutumia makombora ya masafa marefu yaliyotolewa kwa siri na Marekani dhidi ya Urusi, maafisa wa Marekani wamethibitisha. Silaha hizo zilikuwa sehemu ya msaada wa $300m (£240m) ulioidhinishwa na Rais wa Marekani Joe Biden mwezi Machi na ziliwasili mwezi huu. Tayari zimetumika angalau mara moja kulenga shabaha za Urusi katika eneo linalokaliwa la Crimea, ripoti za vyombo vya habari vya Marekani zinasema. Bwana Biden sasa ametia saini kifurushi kipya cha msaada cha $61bn kwa Ukraine. Hapo awali Marekani iliipatia Ukraine toleo la masafa ya kati la Mifumo ya silaha za Makombora (ATACMS) lakini ilikuwa ikisita kutuma kitu chochote chenye nguvu zaidi, kwa sababu ya wasiwasi wa kuhatarisha utayari wa kijeshi wa Marekani. Hata hivyo, Bw Biden anasemekana kuidhinisha kwa siri kutuma mfumo wa masafa marefu - ambao unaweza kurusha makombora umbali wa hadi 300km (maili 186) - mnamo Februari. "Naweza kuthibitisha kwamba Marekani iliipatia Ukraine ATA...
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