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Aug
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Ugandan presidential hopeful says police used bullets to disperse supporters

Ugandan presidential hopeful says police used bullets to disperse supporters

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA  UGANDAN pop star and presidential hopeful, Bobi Wine, said some of his supporters were injured on Saturday after police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse a crowd in the country's east. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, is seeking to end the 34-year-rule of ageing President Yoweri Museveni in polls due to be held early next year. Police spokesman Fred Enanga did not reply to Reuters' repeated calls seeking comment. In a post on his Facebook account, Wine said he had travelled to the eastern Ugandan town of Mbale to appear on a radio talk show…
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Aug
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings, TV shows, as Beirut blast protests grow

Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings, TV shows, as Beirut blast protests grow

WORLD
MICHAEL GEORGY  LEBANESE protesters have stormed government ministries in Beirut and trashed the offices of the Association of Lebanese Banks, TV footage showed, as shots were fired in growing protests over this week's devastating explosion. A policeman was killed during the clashes, a spokesman said. A policeman at the scene said the officer died when he fell into an elevator shaft in a nearby building after being chased by protesters. The Red Cross said it had treated 117 people for injuries on the scene while another 55 were taken to hospital. A fire broke out in central Martyrs' Square. Dozens…
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Aug
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Black designers lead push for a more diverse fashion industry

Black designers lead push for a more diverse fashion industry

BEAUTY AND FASHION
THIN LEI WIN and NELLIE PEYTON  BRITISH-BORN Ghanaian designer Samata Pattinson taught herself to sew, launched her own label before the age of 30 and now runs an initiative showcasing sustainable fashion on the Oscars red carpet. She has found success in a cut-throat industry, but has never been allowed to forget her differences as a Black woman surrounded by mostly white executives, designers and models. "You feel like you're in the room, and then there's another VIP room and you can't get into that one," Pattinson told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview. "There's pressure because you're…
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Aug
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Volkswagen opens vehicle assembly facility in Ghana

Volkswagen opens vehicle assembly facility in Ghana

MOTORING
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER  ONE of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers - Volkswagen - has expanded its front in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the official opening of a vehicle assembly facility in Accra, Ghana. With this investment, Ghana has become the 5th Volkswagen vehicle assembly location in Sub-Saharan Africa; the other locations are in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda. The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presided over the official opening of a facility that has created jobs in Ghana. Akufo-Addo witnessed the unveiling of the first vehicle assembled in Ghana.  The country’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen,…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Bottas pips Lewis Hamilton to 70th Anniversary Grand Prix pole

Bottas pips Lewis Hamilton to 70th Anniversary Grand Prix pole

SPORT
BOITUMELO RANTAO VALTERRI Bottas pipped teammate and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton to 70th anniversary Grand Formula Prix pole in an exciting qualifying, but the talk at the paddock was Racing Point’s Nico Hulkenberg, who stormed to a third spot on the grid. Bottas' excellent drive meant that Hamilton lost out on his 92nd career pole by just six hundredths of a second. Hulkenberg, who did not start last week because of engine problems, caught many by surprise and came hours after his team was fined 15 points for 5 points in the constructors' championship and fined 400,000 Euros, for illegally…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Eternal mothers, whores or witches: being a woman in politics in Zimbabwe

Eternal mothers, whores or witches: being a woman in politics in Zimbabwe

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Gibson Ncube, Associate Professor of French, University of Zimbabwe The political arena in Zimbabwe is a de facto male space in which women play very peripheral and insignificant roles. Author and scholar Panashe Chigumadzi sums the situation up in an op-ed article, writing that It is not the place of women to rule, especially over men. Women who dare to aspire to rule are considered to be wild and unruly. Grace Mugabe, the former first lady of Zimbabwe, is one such woman, I argue in a paper on the tropes used to describe women in politics in the southern African…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Blast rocks military base in Somali capital, at least eight dead

Blast rocks military base in Somali capital, at least eight dead

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH A huge blast has rocked a military base in Somalia's capital Mogadishu near a stadium, killing at least eight people and injuring 14, emergency workers said. Soldiers opened fire after the explosion which sent clouds of smoke into the sky, said Halima Abdisalan, a mother of three who lives near the area. "We ran indoors in fear," she told Reuters. "Soon I could see a military pickup speeding and carrying many soldiers covered with blood. I do not know if they were all dead or injured." Army officer Major Abdullahi Mohamud said it was an attack. "It must…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Death toll from Indian passenger aircraft accident rises to 18

Death toll from Indian passenger aircraft accident rises to 18

WORLD
FAVAS JALLA and JOSE DEVASIA THE death toll from an Indian passenger aircraft accident has risen to 18, while 16 people have been severely injured, a senior government official said on Saturday. The Air India Express plane, which was repatriating Indians stranded in Dubai due to the coronavirus pandemic, overshot the runway of the Calicut International Airport in heavy rain near the southern city of Kozhikode on Friday. This was India's worst passenger aircraft accident since 2010. The flight was carrying 190 passengers and crew. The plane's pilot and the co-pilot were killed in the accident, K Gopalakrishnan, chief of…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Lebanon sees possible ‘external interference’ in port blast

Lebanon sees possible ‘external interference’ in port blast

WORLD
MICHAEL GEORGE and ELLEN FRANCIS LEBANON's president says its investigation into the biggest blast in Beirut's history would examine whether it was caused by a bomb or other external interference, as residents sought to rebuild shattered homes and lives. Rescuers sifted rubble in a race to find anyone still alive after Tuesday's port explosion that killed 154 people, injured 5,000, destroyed a swathe of the Mediterranean city and sent seismic shockwaves around the region. "The cause has not been determined yet. There is a possibility of external interference through a rocket or bomb or other act," President Michel Aoun told…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt’s sex assault accusations spotlight social stigmas

Egypt’s sex assault accusations spotlight social stigmas

NEWS
MAI SHAMS ELDIN  WHEN dozens of Egyptians began posting accounts of sexual assault on social media last month, activists sensed a "#MeToo" moment in a nation where women have long felt disadvantaged. Like high-profile trials in the United States where the now global women's rights hashtag took off, prosecutors launched charges in Egypt's best-known recent case: a student from a wealthy background facing multiple accusations. To encourage victims to come forward, the government approved a bill to better protect their identity. Yet when the administrator of the Instagram page that attracted the first testimonies tried to expose a second high-profile…
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