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Apr
14
2024
By GIULIA PARAVICINI
Somalia refuses to accept Ethiopian naval base in breakaway region

Somalia refuses to accept Ethiopian naval base in breakaway region

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SOMALIA will never accept Ethiopia's plan to build a naval base in its breakaway region of Somaliland, but would consider granting Ethiopia commercial port access if discussed bilaterally, a senior Somali official said on Friday. Landlocked Ethiopia sparked a diplomatic row with Mogadishu in January by signing a deal with Somaliland to lease 20 km (12 miles) of its coastline in return for recognising the region as an independent state. Somalia called the deal illegal as it considers Somaliland as part of its territory even though it has had effective autonomy since 1991. To defuse the acrimony, Kenya in consultation with Djibouti…
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Apr
13
2024
By AHMED KINGIMI and ANGELA UKOMADU
A decade on, tragedy of Nigeria’s Chibok Girls endures outside the spotlight

A decade on, tragedy of Nigeria’s Chibok Girls endures outside the spotlight

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TEN years ago, Solomon Maina's daughter, Debora, was one of 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from their dormitory in the middle of the night by Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants. Global outrage was swift. A ubiquitous "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign, drawing support from the likes of Michelle Obama and Sylvester Stallone, shined a spotlight on the abductions. Then, in 2016 and 2017, negotiations led to the highly publicised liberation of around 100 of the captives. Debora was not one of them. A decade after that fateful night in April 2014, the world has largely forgotten the plight of the so-called Chibok…
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Apr
14
2024
By The African Mirror
Kenya recalls J&J children’s cough syrup over suspected toxicity

Kenya recalls J&J children’s cough syrup over suspected toxicity

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KENYA'S drug regulator is recalling a batch of Johnson & Johnson children's cough syrup, it said a day after Nigeria recalled the same batch of medication under the Benylin Paediatric brand. Nigeria's health regulator said laboratory tests on the syrup showed a high level of diethylene glycol, which has been linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since 2022 in one of the world's worst waves of poisoning from oral medication. Kenya's Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) said in a statement it had commenced investigations and advised that sales of certain batches of the product be halted…
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Apr
12
2024
By The African Mirror
Mali’s junta suspends political party activities until further notice

Mali’s junta suspends political party activities until further notice

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MALI'S junta has issued a decree halting political party activities, government spokesperson Abdoulaye Maiga announced in a statement read on state television. The decree suspends until further notice all activities by political parties and "associations of a political nature" on the grounds of maintaining public order, the statement said. Mali has been under military rule since August 2020, the first of eight coups in West and Central Africa over four years, including in its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger. Mali's current junta seized power in a second coup in 2021 and later promised to restore civilian rule by March 26,…
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Apr
12
2024
By SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Interstate deals fuel drive for African single roaming regime

Interstate deals fuel drive for African single roaming regime

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GROWING interstate deals to end roaming fees are boosting efforts for a unified roaming regime in Africa, essential for a connected digital market. Benin and Ghana are the latest African countries to slash communication costs for their citizens roaming between the two countries. The new rates apply from July 1 and align with a protocol introduced by the ECOWAS region in March to encourage regional economic integration. The announcement follows a Southern African Development Community's (SADC) initiative last year involving Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana, to lower roaming costs. Cross-border travellers on the continent often shoulder exorbitant internet and mobile…
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Apr
13
2024
By DUNCAN MIRIRI
Kenya proposes maritime treaty to defuse Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Kenya proposes maritime treaty to defuse Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

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KENYA has proposed a regional maritime treaty to defuse tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia over a deal allowing Ethiopia to set up a naval base and giving it port access in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland, a top Kenyan official said. Landlocked Ethiopia agreed on January 1 to lease 20 km (12 miles) of coastline in Somaliland, a part of Somalia which claims independence and has had effective autonomy since 1991, offering possible recognition of Somaliland in exchange. That prompted a defiant response from Somalia and fuelled concern the deal could further destabilise the Horn of Africa region. The treaty Kenya is…
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Apr
11
2024
By The African Mirror
Liberia senate approves war crimes court’s creation

Liberia senate approves war crimes court’s creation

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LIBERIA'S Senate backed the establishment of a war crimes court meant to bring overdue justice to victims of serious abuses committed during the West African country's two civil wars. President Joseph Boakai proposed the resolution, which lawmakers backed during a vote in Liberia's lower house last month. It passed a second vote in the Senate on Tuesday with the backing of 27 out of 29 senators. Boakai now needs to give his own final approval. The move has been welcomed by activists and civil society groups that have called for more accountability for crimes committed during two civil wars between 1989 and…
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Apr
11
2024
By The African Mirror
Six arrested for hijack killing of South African footballer

Six arrested for hijack killing of South African footballer

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SIX suspects were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the killing of South African footballer Luke Fleurs who was shot when his car was hijacked in Johannesburg last week, local media reported. The 24-year-old former junior international, who played for the country’s most popular club Kaizer Chiefs, was shot in the chest at a petrol station last Wednesday and the assailants drove off in his vehicle. Police said six suspects were arrested in Soweto in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Fleurs’ vehicle was recovered on Monday. "Police believe that the suspects are part of a syndicate that is responsible…
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Apr
12
2024
By The African Mirror
Dozens escape from jail in Comoros capital

Dozens escape from jail in Comoros capital

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DOZENS of prisoners escaped from a prison in the Comoros capital Moroni by walking out of the main gate, the public prosecutor and government said. The escape of 38 inmates from Moroni Prison, the Indian Ocean island archipelago's largest penitentiary, was caused by the negligence of security guards, public prosecutor Ali Mohamed Djounaid told Reuters in a phone message. "The prisoners took the opportunity to escape through the normal gate," Djounaid said, adding that authorities had started an investigation into what happened. Government spokesperson Houmed Msaidie said the escape appeared to have been pre-planned.
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Apr
12
2024
By DUNCAN MIRIRI
Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts

Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb hunts

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IN the rolling grasslands of the Amboseli Wildlife Park, conservationists fret about an emerging threat to Kenyan elephants that are crucial to its tourism business: licensed hunters across the border in Tanzania. The two East African neighbours manage elephant herds differently. Tanzania issues some trophy hunting licences to wealthy sport hunters every year, while Kenya gets all its revenue from wildlife safaris. Tanzania's way of supervising elephant herds is aligned with many southern African nations like Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa, while Kenya's zero tolerance of wildlife hunting or sale of ivory mirrors that of Gabon. Conservationists and Kenyan…
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