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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
S.Korea diplomat says hard to believe N.Korea has no COVID-19 cases

S.Korea diplomat says hard to believe N.Korea has no COVID-19 cases

WORLD
GHAIDA GHANTOUS SOUTH Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-Wha cast doubt on Saturday over North Korea's claim that it has no coronavirus cases while offering the South's help in combating the pandemic. In an unusually clear official statement, Kang told the annual IISS Manama Dialogue security conference that Pyongyang has not been very responsive to Seoul's offer to help. "They still say they don't have any cases, which is hard to believe," Kang said. "All signs are that the regime is very intensely focused on controlling the disease that they say they don't have, so it's a bit of an odd…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Trump campaign files election lawsuit in Georgia, suffers more legal defeats

Trump campaign files election lawsuit in Georgia, suffers more legal defeats

WORLD
MICHAEL MARTINA  DONALD Trump's campaign has filed a lawsuit in Georgia state court, seeking to invalidate the presidential election results there, the latest in a series of legal challenges aimed at reversing his loss that have so far gone nowhere. The Trump campaign said in a statement its new lawsuit would include sworn statements from Georgia residents alleging fraud. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, like Trump, and other state officials have said repeatedly they have found no evidence of widespread fraud in the November 3 election won by Democrat Joe Biden. Trump's team and various individuals backing…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Why is COVID-19 pushing up extreme poverty and can it be reversed?

Why is COVID-19 pushing up extreme poverty and can it be reversed?

COVID-19
SONIA ELKS COVID-19 could push a billion people - almost one in nine of the earth's inhabitants - into extreme poverty by 2030. The alarming statistic laid out in a United Nations report this week is the latest warning of the generational impact the pandemic is having on the world's most vulnerable. How did the coronavirus unleash an economic storm risking so many livelihoods and what can be done to shield those most at risk? What is extreme poverty? Anyone living on less than $1.90 per day is defined as being in extreme poverty by the World Bank, which says…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
WHO hopes to have 500 mln vaccine doses via COVAX scheme in Q1 2021 -chief scientist

WHO hopes to have 500 mln vaccine doses via COVAX scheme in Q1 2021 -chief scientist

COVID-19
THE World Health Organization hopes to have half a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines available for distribution by the global COVAX initiative in the first quarter of 2021, its chief scientist has said. To date 189 countries have joined the COVAX programme, which is backed by the WHO and seeks to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines. The United States is not among them, having secured bilateral deals. The initial COVAX plan is to vaccinate the 20% of populations at highest risk, including health workers and people aged over 65. "The goal is to get at least 2 billion doses by…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa to review petroleum product supplies after refinery shutdown

South Africa to review petroleum product supplies after refinery shutdown

NEWS
SOUTH Africa will urgently conduct an assessment of petroleum products supply,  after the country's second-largest crude oil refinery shut down following a fire, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced. The 120,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Engen refinery in Durban, majority-owned by Malaysia's Petronas, ceased operations as investigations started into the cause of the fire on Friday. Engen said it was taking measures to ensure the security of supply. The refinery shutdown comes at a crucial time for South Africa as it looks to kickstart an economy walloped by the COVID-19 pandemic. The South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA) warned…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

U.N. warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

NEWS
MICHELLE NICHOLS NEXT year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a "stampede for vaccines" to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top U.N. officials have told the 193-member U.N. General Assembly. World Food Programme (WFP) chief David Beasley and World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke during a special meeting on COVID-19, which emerged in China late last year and has so far infected 65 million globally. The pandemic, measures taken by countries to try to stop its spread and the economic impact have fueled a 40% increase in…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

U.S. decision to withdraw troops dismays some Somalis

NEWS
KATHERINE HOURELD PRESIDENT Donald Trump's decision to pull U.S. troops out of Somalia in the waning days of his presidency has triggered dismay from some Somalis, who appealed to the incoming U.S. president to reverse the decision. "The U.S. decision to pull troops out of Somalia at this critical stage in the successful fight against al-Shabaab and their global terrorist network is extremely regrettable," Senator Ayub Ismail Yusuf told Reuters in a statement, referring to the al Qaida-linked al Shabaab insurgency. "U.S. troops have made a huge contribution and had great impact on the training and operational effectiveness of Somali…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Egyptian rights group head hopes release will help other prisoners

Egyptian rights group head hopes release will help other prisoners

NEWS
AIDAN LEWIS  THE head of a leading Egyptian human rights group who was held for two weeks on terrorism charges said he hoped that the campaign to secure his release would help others still jailed on similar allegations. Activists saw the detention last month of Gasser Abdel Razek, executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), and two of the group's other staff, as the latest escalation of a broad crackdown on political dissent under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Egypt's foreign ministry had said EIPR was operating illegally, an accusation the group denies. There has been no official…
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Dec
06
2020
By The African Mirror
Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

Exclusive: SAPS general face charges for failure to act on Kinnear murder threat

NEWS
JOVIAL RANTAO A top police general faces suspension and internal disciplinary charges because his alleged negligence and dereliction of duty led to the assassination of Cape Town top cop Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear.  An investigation by The African Mirror, over a period of a month, has revealed that Lieutenant-General Peter Jacobs, national crime intelligence head, received information from the Hawks top leadership about imminent danger to Kinnear, head of the SAPS Anti-Gang Unit, and on several occasions failed to prevent Kinnear planned murder or provide security for him. This is despite the fact that the SAPS counterintelligence mandate gives Jacobs…
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Dec
05
2020
By The African Mirror
Uganda gives environmental consent to oil pipeline despite objections

Uganda gives environmental consent to oil pipeline despite objections

ENVIRONMENT
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA has granted environmental approval for a $3.5 billion pipeline to export crude oil from western fields to the Indian Ocean coast in Tanzania, despite pressure from lobby groups. The planned pipeline, from fields co-owned by France's Total and China's CNOOC, would cross sensitive ecological systems including wildlife-rich areas, rivers and swampland that are catchments for Lake Victoria. International and local environmental groups including Global Witness say it poses unacceptable risks. But in a statement late on Thursday, Uganda's state-run National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) said it had issued a certificate of approval for the environmental and social…
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