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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda charges two over attempt to kill minister

Uganda charges two over attempt to kill minister

NEWS
TWO suspects were charged with murder and attempted murder yesterday over an assassination attempt on a Ugandan government minister in which the minister was wounded and his daughter and driver were killed. Sserubula Hussein Ismael and Nyanzi Yusuf Siraji "attempted unlawfully to cause the death" of General Katumba Wamala, Uganda's works and transport minister, the charge sheet showed. Early on June 1, masked gunmen on motorcycles intercepted Katumba as he travelled through Kisaasi, a suburb of the capital Kampala. They sprayed his vehicle with bullets, killing his daughter and driver but aborted the attack when Katumba's bodyguard shielded him and…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Tigray’s former rulers back in power

Tigray’s former rulers back in power

NEWS
GIULIA PARAVICINI, KATHERINE HOURELD and DAWIT ENDESHAW THE former rulers of Ethiopia's Tigray region has announced they were back in control of the regional capital Mekelle after nearly eight months of fighting, and the government which ousted them declared a unilateral ceasefire with immediate effect. Residents in downtown Mekelle reported seeing rebel troops in the city for the first time since they were driven out by government forces in November, and several described scenes of jubilation in the streets. The developments marked a dramatic turn in a conflict that has killed thousands of people, displaced more than 2 million and…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Double blasts: DRC blames Islamist militia

Double blasts: DRC blames Islamist militia

NEWS
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's army said an Islamist militia which claims links to Islamic State (IS) was responsible for two blasts in the eastern city of Beni, as the mayor closed local schools, churches and markets in a tightening of security. The army said Sunday's attacks bore the signature of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), which has used improvised explosive devices in the past. No one was killed in the two incidents apart from the suspected bomber in the second blast, after an explosive device he was carrying went off at a busy intersection. Another explosive device…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
VBS scandal: Three ex-city bosses out on bail

VBS scandal: Three ex-city bosses out on bail

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THREE former municipal bosses, who took ratepayers millions and invested them in the now-defunct VBS Bank have appeared in court after they were arrested by The Hawks, South Africa’s elite crime-fighting unit. The trio was released on bail of R50 000 each and ordered to appear in court on October 22. The three are among the 20 municipal bosses who took R2.7-billion meant for services to ratepayers and deposited it at the VBS Bank in contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act. The three are Moroashike Mokoena (60), a  former Municipal Manager in West Rand District Municipality,…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya paves way for December elections

Libya paves way for December elections

NEWS
LIBYAN delegates met in Switzerland on Monday at the start of four days of U.N.-facilitated talks aimed at creating the legal conditions for elections in December, which they hope will usher in a "new era" for the North African country. Around 75 delegates are participating in the discussions, being held near Geneva, where they hope to agree on the constitutional basis for presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for Dec. 24. Several delegates expressed optimism as the talks began. "The intent is to reach a consensus that serves the country and takes us out of the crisis and achieves stability and…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Sisi’s first call with Israel PM

Sisi’s first call with Israel PM

NEWS
EGYPT’S President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi told Israel's new leader yesterday that it was important to follow through on Egypt-backed efforts to rebuild the Gaza Strip following last month's fighting there, the Egyptian presidency said. In his first phone call with Naftali Bennett since Bennett took office two weeks ago, Sisi stressed Egypt's support for efforts to reach a fair and permanent solution between the Palestinians and Israelis, Egypt's presidency said. Sisi stressed the importance of supporting an Egyptian drive to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after last month's fighting between Israel and the Hamas Islamist group which controls it. A…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
30 killed in al Shabaab attack

30 killed in al Shabaab attack

NEWS
AN estimated 30 people died on Sunday when Somalia's Islamist al Shabaab group launched an attack in a town in the country's semi-autonomous state of Galmudug, a security official said. The insurgents used car bombs in the assault on a military base in Galmudug's Wisil town, located in central Somalia, triggering a fight with government troops and armed locals, Major Mohamed Awale, a military officer in Galmudug told Reuters. "They attacked the base with two car bombs and fierce fighting that lasted over an hour followed," he said. "The car bombs damaged the military vehicles...residents were well armed and reinforced…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
SA businesses, people gripped in fear

SA businesses, people gripped in fear

COVID-19
DESERTED streets, empty restaurants and shut liquor stores greeted the first day of South Africa's move back to a harder lockdown, as a third wave of COVID-19 infections courses through a population less than 4% of whom have yet been partly vaccinated. Africa's most advanced economy recorded on Saturday 18,000 new infections, just 3,000 shy of its second wave peak seen in January. Government data shows that one in every four people being tested are showing a positive result. (Graphic on global cases and deaths) https://tmsnrt.rs/34pvUyi A slow vaccination drive, brought about by a combination of bad luck, failure to…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria adds SA to its COVID-19 ‘red list’

Nigeria adds SA to its COVID-19 ‘red list’

COVID-19
NIGERIA is adding South Africa to its "red list" of countries for which there are stringent restrictions for arriving passengers, officials said during a briefing. Nigeria is introducing the restrictions due to the spread of the Delta variant in South Africa, Chikwe Ihekweazu, the head of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, said. The country joins India, Brazil and Turkey on the list. "In Nigeria, we haven't found the Delta variant yet," Ihekweazu said during the briefing. Non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited the countries on the list within 14 days are barred entry from Nigeria, while passport holders…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania to spend $470 million on vaccines

Tanzania to spend $470 million on vaccines

COVID-19
TANZANIA will spend $470 million buying vaccines and supporting economic sectors hit hard by the coronavirus, President Samia Suluhu Hassan said has announced. Since Hassan took office after the death of then-president John Magufuli in March, the government has changed tack from playing down the pandemic to calling for social distancing and emphasising mask wearing in public. Issuing the first data on infections since May 2020, Hassan said there were more than 100 COVID-19 patients in Tanzania as of last Saturday, with 70 of them being provided oxygen. Half of the cash will be spent on vaccines, protective gear and…
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