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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
COVID-19 could be the end of ‘global health’ as we know it

COVID-19 could be the end of ‘global health’ as we know it

HEALTH
THE pandemic has made us painfully aware of our common vulnerability to disease outbreaks. New communicable diseases originating in one part of the world can spread quickly and widely, underlining that health is a global concern. But this is old news. COLIN MCINNES, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation, Aberystwyth University The advent of the concept of “global health” is well established in both the academic literature and policy discussions, reflecting the consensus that we have seen a fundamental change in the nature of the causes and outcomes of ill-health in recent decades. This change is rooted in the…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Gaza conflict forces reordering of Biden’s policy priorities

Gaza conflict forces reordering of Biden’s policy priorities

WORLD
MATT SPETALNICK, HUMEYRA PAMUK and PATRICIA ZENGERLE U.S. President Joe Biden took office in January determined to focus his time and energy on the coronavirus pandemic and economic downturn at home and big challenges such as China, Russia and Iran abroad. But after a Gaza conflict that required intensive behind-the-scenes U.S. diplomacy, his aides are having to reorder their priorities as they seek to stabilize an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, craft a reconstruction aid plan for the Palestinians and prevent a recurrence of what became Biden's first foreign policy crisis. The focus, one U.S. official said, is on "what would come next,…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
India tests drones to take COVID-19 vaccines to rural areas

India tests drones to take COVID-19 vaccines to rural areas

WORLD
RINA CHANDRAN VILLAGERS in remote corners of rural India could start seeing curious flying objects in the skies as health experts test out drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to isolated communities amid a deadly surge in coronavirus cases. The southern state of Telangana, which is part of the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Medicine from the Sky project along with government think-tank NITI Aayog and Apollo Hospitals, will run a trial and then launch COVID-19 vaccine deliveries with drones. Karnataka, another southern state, is also looking at drone deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines, while the Indian Council of Medical Research has been…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Myanmar junta leader says Suu Kyi will soon appear

Myanmar junta leader says Suu Kyi will soon appear

WORLD
MYANMAR’S junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was healthy at home and would appear in court in a few days, in his first interview since overthrowing her in a February 1 coup. The coup has plunged the Southeast Asian country into chaos and one of several ethnic armed groups opposed to the ruling junta advanced to attack a military post in a northwestern jade mining town on Saturday, local media said. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her long struggle against previous military rulers, is among more than 4,000 people detained since…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
How can we ensure financial investments flow to Black and minority communities?

How can we ensure financial investments flow to Black and minority communities?

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
YVONNE FIELD ON the 25th May 2020 a video was posted of George Floyd online, that went viral across the world. This video, followed by many, many more: gave us nowhere else left to look, but at the truth. It exposed something latent in the entire fabric of the West. The topic of race has long been denied, avoided, rebuked, refuted, dismissed, eliminated, repressed, invalidated and silenced. This truth, triggered a global re-traumatisation of Black people everywhere. In May 2020, the deepest parts of Black people’s personal trauma went viral. As trauma became in the hands and devices of everyone,…
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May
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Leclerc grabs pole in Monaco

Leclerc grabs pole in Monaco

SPORT
BOITUMELO RANTAO  FERRARI showed an injection of pace throughout preparations for Saturday’s three qualifying sessions - the results were overwhelming with Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc qualifying in pole position with his first run in the third session (Q3). Leclerc’s session took an unexpected turn preparing for the second run in Q3 as he clipped the barrier on the entry into turn 16. The driver stepped out of his car unharmed but the session was ultimately red flagged with less than a minute to go. The stunning turn of events left the vicious Red Bull of Max Verstappen, hunting for pole…
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May
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Volcano in eastern DRC erupts

Volcano in eastern DRC erupts

NEWS
MOUNT Nyiragongo, a volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted yesterday, a volcanologist in the nearby city of Goma told Reuters. "I can see high lava fountains and I think it's likely it will be in Goma very soon," said the volcanologist, Dario Tedesco. "For the moment people are not evacuating." Nyiragongo last erupted in 2002, killing 250 people and making 120,000 homeless after lava flowed into Goma. Tedesco said the volcano has some of the fastest lava in the world. Volcano watchers have been worried that the volcanic activity observed in the last five years mirrors that…
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May
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Exclusive: SA’s military solution for Mozambique

Exclusive: SA’s military solution for Mozambique

NEWS
WENDELL ROELF SOUTH Africa will press for urgent military action by regional body SADC to quell an Islamist insurgency in Mozambique threatening to destabilize neighbouring countries, the foreign minister has said. It will make this call at a summit of the Southern African Development Community's 16 member states next week, Naledi Pandor told Reuters in a telephone interview. SADC leaders have been discussing how to tackle the insurgency by Islamic State-linked militants, with an option for force, but this is the first time South Africa has explicitly thrown its weight behind the idea of military intervention. View Post Since 2008,…
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May
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash

Nigerian army chief dies in air force plane crash

NEWS
PAUL CARSTEN and CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIA'S army chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a plane crash yesterday on an official visit to the northern state of Kaduna, which has had security challenges in recent months, three military sources told Reuters. The air force said in a statement that its plane crashed near Kaduna airport and that it was investigating the immediate cause of the crash. The crash comes three months after a small Nigerian air force passenger plane crashed just outside Abuja airport following alleged engine failure, killing all seven people on board. The sources, who spoke on condition…
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May
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s military investigates reports of Boko Haram leader’s death

Nigeria’s military investigates reports of Boko Haram leader’s death

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIA’S military is investigating reports that the leader of militant Islamist group Boko Haram may have been killed or seriously injured following clashes with rival jihadists, according to an army spokesman. Abubakar Shekau has been the figurehead of an Islamist insurgency that has since 2009 killed more than 30,000 people, forced around 2 million people to flee their homes and spawned one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. A number of reports published on Thursday in Nigeria media, citing intelligence sources, said Shekau was seriously hurt or killed after his insurgents clashed with members of Islamic State in…
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