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Mar
31
2024
By MICHELLE NICHOLS
Sudan needs ‘immediate action’ on hunger to avert widespread death

Sudan needs ‘immediate action’ on hunger to avert widespread death

NEWS
IMMEDIATE action is needed to "prevent widespread death and total collapse of livelihoods and avert a catastrophic hunger crisis in Sudan," a United Nations-backed global authority on food security warned. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) had been due to issue an update to its December analysis that found nearly 5 million were on the verge of catastrophic hunger. However, it was unable to do so due to the war. Instead, the IPC said it reviewed the latest evidence available and published the alert on Friday "to express major concern" about the deteriorating situation and to push for immediate…
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Mar
31
2024
By The African Mirror
Madagascar cyclone Gamane kills at least 18, displaces thousands

Madagascar cyclone Gamane kills at least 18, displaces thousands

NEWS
A tropical cyclone that swept across the island of Madagascar this week killed at least 18 people and displaced thousands more, the country's disaster management office said. Tropical cyclone Gamane, which crossed the northeast of Madagascar on Wednesday and Thursday, displaced more than 20,000 people, the National Bureau of Risk and Disaster Management (BNGRC) said in a report. Three others were injured and four were still missing, it added. Gamane made landfall north of Vohémar in northeast Madagascar on Wednesday morning with average winds of 150 km per hour and gusts of 210 km per hour, BNGRC said late on…
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Mar
30
2024
By The African Mirror
Nigerian village celebrates the return of kidnapped students

Nigerian village celebrates the return of kidnapped students

NEWS
THE whole village of Kuriga ran towards the convoy of buses shouting "Our children are back!" and "Alhamdulillah," meaning "Thank you, God", to welcome home more than 100 students and staff who were abducted this month in Nigeria's northwest. The army announced on Sunday it had rescued 137 hostages - 76 female and 61 male - in the neighbouring state of Zamfara, days before a deadline to pay a 1 billion naira ($767,000) ransom for their release. The students described being marched through the forest for more than two weeks in an attempt to hide from authorities, having to sleep under trees,…
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Mar
30
2024
By The African Mirror
Ugandan president’s son vows crackdown on graft after taking over military

Ugandan president’s son vows crackdown on graft after taking over military

NEWS
THE son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to fight corruption in the military after taking over as its top commander, a move widely expected to accelerate his rise to eventually succeed his father. Museveni, 79, who has led Uganda for 38 years, named 49-year-old son Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the East African country's new Chief of Defence Forces last week. In a formal handover ceremony on Thursday, Kainerugaba "vowed to improve the welfare of soldiers by fighting the evil of corruption and mismanagement of resources", according to a statement released by the military. Uganda's military plays a significant role in regional…
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Mar
31
2024
By The African Mirror
Senegal top court confirms Faye’s election victory

Senegal top court confirms Faye’s election victory

NEWS
SENEGAL'S Constitutional Council confirmed the presidential election victory of opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye, paving the way for his inauguration as the country's fifth president. The top court validated provisional results announced on Wednesday based on vote tallies from 100% of polling stations. Faye won more than 54% of votes in last Sunday's delayed presidential poll, with ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba taking over 35%. He is expected to be sworn in to replace outgoing President Macky Sall on April 2.
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Mar
31
2024
By The African Mirror
China EV battery maker BTR to build cathode plant in Morocco

China EV battery maker BTR to build cathode plant in Morocco

NEWS
THE Moroccan government gave the green light for Chinese electric battery maker BTR New Material Group to build a factory near Tangier to produce key component cathode. The plant, to be built for 3 billion dirhams ($300 million), will have a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes, Morocco’s investment ministry said. The first output of 25,000 tonnes is expected in September 2026, the ministry said in a statement following the signing of the investment deal with BTR. Moroccan officials have often pitched the North African country as a good location for EV battery factories because of its existing auto industry and renewable…
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Mar
29
2024
By The African Mirror
Ireland to intervene in South Africa genocide case against Israel

Ireland to intervene in South Africa genocide case against Israel

NEWS
IRELAND said it would intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel, in the strongest signal to date of Dublin's concern about Israeli operations in Gaza since October 7. Announcing the move, Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said that while it was for the World Court to decide whether genocide is being committed, he wanted to be clear that Hamas' October 7 attack and what is happening in Gaza now "represents the blatant violation of international humanitarian law on a mass scale." "The taking of hostages. The purposeful withholding of humanitarian assistance to civilians. The targeting of civilians and of civilian infrastructure. The…
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Mar
30
2024
By MICHELLE NICHOLS
US urges UN Security Council action to get aid into Sudan from Chad

US urges UN Security Council action to get aid into Sudan from Chad

NEWS
THE United States warned that it would push the U.N. Security Council to take action to get aid to starving people in Sudan, possibly by authorizing cross-border deliveries from Chad, if the Sudanese armed forces do not restore full access. Ahead of the first anniversary of the conflict in Sudan, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the warring parties had both undermined aid operations and ignored a Security Council call for an immediate cessation of hostilities. "The situation in Sudan remains catastrophic and it is only getting worse," she told reporters. "People are starving." War erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023,…
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Mar
30
2024
By CAMILLUS EBOH
Detained Binance executives sue Nigeria’s security adviser, anti-graft agency

Detained Binance executives sue Nigeria’s security adviser, anti-graft agency

NEWS
TWO executives from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, have sued Nigeria's national security adviser's office and the anti-graft agency for violating their fundamental rights and asked the court to set them free. Tigran Gambaryan, a U.S. citizen and Binance's head of financial crime compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is Binance's regional manager for Africa, flew to Nigeria following the country's decision to ban several cryptocurrency trading websites and were detained on arrival on February 26. Anjarwalla fled the country last week and now faces the prospect of an international arrest warrant. On Thursday, Gambaryan appeared in a Federal High…
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Mar
29
2024
By The African Mirror
Putin discusses security cooperation with West and Central African leaders

Putin discusses security cooperation with West and Central African leaders

NEWS
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin discussed security and economic cooperation with Mali's junta leader Assimi Goita by phone, both countries said, a day after Putin held a similar call with the junta leader in neighbouring Niger. "We discussed bilateral issues, particularly the security and economic areas," Goita wrote on X. "We agreed to cooperate further in the fight against terrorism." The Kremlin confirmed the call and said the two leaders agreed to forge closer ties. Mali has in recent years become one of Russia's closest African allies, with the Wagner Group mercenary force deploying there to fight jihadist insurgencies rebels in…
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