#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