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Ukusukela ngoNovemba 6 ukuya kowe-18 2022, iNkomfa yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yoTshintsho lweMozulu yamaQela angama-27 — iCop27 — iyaqhuba e Sharm el-Sheikh, eYiputa. Zonke izikhombisi zikhomba kwinto yokuba oorhulumente base-Afrika bazibeka kwimeko yokufuna ukuba amazwe ase-Afrika avunyelwe ukuba axhaphaze ubutyebi bawo bamalahle, i-oyile negesi. Iinkokeli zase-Afrika zithi i-Afrika idinga ukujongana nentlupheko yamandla kunye nokukhuthaza uphuhliso lwentlalo-ntle, ngoko ke imfuno yokuba ilizwekazi lisebenzise amalahle, i-oyile kunye negesi.

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