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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Machines can’t ‘personalize’ education, only people can

Machines can’t ‘personalize’ education, only people can

EDUCATION
IN the past year, COVID-19 abruptly disrupted schooling, and forced the question of how much kindergarten to Grade 12 education should or will rely on online teaching in the near and distant future. Education has taken a decided technological turn in its massive adaptation to online learning. This is precipitating a critical debate in education right now, with a most uncertain future and much depending on its outcome. MICHAEL MASER, PhD candidate - Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University Read more: Ontario's ‘choice’ of fully online school would gamble on children for profit One key concern when considering both online…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Anger over slow progress, size of rewards at Nigeria’s police brutality hearings

Anger over slow progress, size of rewards at Nigeria’s police brutality hearings

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM NDUKWE Ekekwe was furious when he heard how much compensation a judicial panel had awarded him after finding that members of an elite Nigerian police unit tortured him in custody following a raid on his phone accessories shop: 7,500,000 naira ($18,000). The night after his arrest, he said, officers took him back to the store and pushed him from a second floor balcony, leaving him paralysed from the waist down and struggling to make ends meet. "I sold my land, all my property, my goods!" he shouted. During the hearings, the officer who led the operation disputed Ekekwe's…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Petro de Luanda and AS Sale mark territory

Petro de Luanda and AS Sale mark territory

SPORT
BOITUMELO RANTAO DAY three of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) saw Angola’s Petro de Luanda feature in a statement 84-66 over Malian opposition AS Police. The Kigali arena in Rwanda played host to the group B tie between 14-time Angolan champions and the 2019 Mali champions. AS Police’s team featured a good blend of experience, youth, and talent in their first BAL clash. A strong Petro de Luanda would be a formidable opponent on any day, on any stage. The Malian outfit found themselves in deep water early in the first quarter going down 17-4 courtesy of quick basketball from…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
A first-generation ode to African heritage

A first-generation ode to African heritage

SPORT
BOITUMELO RANTAO NEWLY drafted National Football League (NFL) player Odafe Jayson Oweh paid homage to his Nigerian roots on the biggest night of his budding career. Oweh joined the Baltimore Ravens, picked 31st in the first round of the NFL draft, to the American NFL. Promptly, via virtual news conference, Oweh announced that he would no longer use his middle name Jayson - which many believed to be his first name - and would give the nod to his first name Odafe.  “Jayson is my middle name. My first name is Odafe,” said Oweh on draft night, “People were having…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 57 Africans drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

At least 57 Africans drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

NEWS
AT least 57 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy and 33 were rescued, humanitarian organisation Tunisian Red Crescent said yesterday. In recent weeks, drowning incidents have occurred off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of trips to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy as the weather has improved. "Thirty-three Bengalis were rescued (and) 57 others drowned in a boat carrying about 90 migrants that set off from Libya towards Europe," Red Crescent official Mongi Slim told Reuters. A security source confirmed that 57 migrants…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt allocates $500 million to rebuild Gaza

Egypt allocates $500 million to rebuild Gaza

NEWS
EGYPT will allocate $500 million for rebuilding efforts in the Gaza strip following Israeli air strikes, the Egyptian presidency has announced. Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull. Nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza strip have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary care health centres, the United Nations humanitarian agency said. Some 47,000 out of 52,000 displaced persons had fled to U.N. schools. Egyptian companies will participate in rebuilding operations, according to the statement that followed a meeting between President Abdel Fattah…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Supermodel Naomi Campbell is a mother at 50

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is a mother at 50

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
MPHO RANTAO SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell has joined the motherhood club.  Campbell, 50,  made her surprise announcement on Instagram, sharing a picture of her craddling her new bundle of joy - a baby girl.  In the instagram post Campbell wrote, “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be her mother, So honoured to have this gentle soul in my life there are no words to describe the lifelong bond that I now share with you my angel. There is no greater love.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Naomi Campbell (@naomi) Campbell has disclosed to media in…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian police launch operation to quell violence

Nigerian police launch operation to quell violence

NEWS
ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM POLICE have launched an operation in southeast Nigeria to put a stop to rising violence and crime there, including a spate of attacks on police which have triggered fears of a return to war and state-sanctioned violence. Armed gangs have carried out a series of killings of police officers in the region in recent months and mounted a jailbreak of more than 1,800 prisoners in the city of Owerri in April. Nigerian authorities blame a banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and what police call the group's armed wing, the Eastern Security Network. Operation Restore…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Spain-Morocco relations strained

Spain-Morocco relations strained

NEWS
JON NAZCA and MARIANO VALLADOLID A sudden influx of migrants swimming into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in northern Africa is a serious crisis for Europe, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said yesterday, vowing to re-establish order promptly amid heightened diplomatic tensions with Morocco. Spain deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after around 8,000 migrants, many from Sub-Saharan Africa and including some 1,500 minors, entered the enclave on Monday and Tuesday by swimming in or climbing over the fence. Armoured vehicles were guarding Ceuta's beach on Tuesday, and soldiers and police used batons to clear migrants from…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Gay couple’s children given passports

Gay couple’s children given passports

NEWS
NAMIBIA yesterday issued emergency travel documents to the twin daughters of a gay couple who have been battling to take them home following their birth to a surrogate in South Africa, one of the fathers told Reuters. Namibian Phillip Luhl and his Mexican husband Guillermo Delgado had already been fighting for citizenship for their two-year-old son when the twins, born in March, were refused the documents required to enter Namibia. Namibian authorities say Luhl must prove a genetic link to the children. The fathers had taken the home affairs ministry to Namibia's High Court over the matter, but it ruled…
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