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Mar
14
2024
By The African Mirror
Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in S.Africa, Coptic Orthodox Church says

Three Egyptian Coptic monks killed in S.Africa, Coptic Orthodox Church says

NEWS
THREE Egyptian Coptic monks were killed in a "criminal assault" inside a Coptic monastery in South Africa, the Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt said, and South African police said they were investigating a triple murder. "Three monks were subjected to a criminal assault inside our Coptic monastery," the spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement posted on Facebook, without elaborating. A South African police spokesperson said that authorities were investigating the murder of three priests at a church in Cullinan, a town near Pretoria. All three victims were found with stab wounds while a fourth who…
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Mar
14
2024
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan’s army claims control of national broadcast building

Sudan’s army claims control of national broadcast building

NEWS
SUDAN'S army said it had taken control of the state broadcast headquarters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in what would be its most significant advance against its paramilitary rival in nearly 11 months of war. The broadcast building lies in Omdurman, a city across the River Nile from Khartoum that forms part of Sudan's wider capital and has seen heavy fighting around military bases, bridges and supply routes. Battles have continued despite a call by the United Nations Security Council for a truce to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid into Sudan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which began on…
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Mar
14
2024
By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
African airline traffic grows at second-fastest rate in the world, behind only Asia

African airline traffic grows at second-fastest rate in the world, behind only Asia

NEWS
AGGRESSIVE post-pandemic strategies by African airlines helped to grow their traffic faster than almost all other regional peers in 2023, according to newly released data. An aggressive resumption of old routes, coupled with the opening of new ones and a growing transition from narrow to wide-body planes by most flag carriers, pushed African airlines' annual traffic growth to 38.7% in 2023, compared to 2022. As a result, African carriers ranked second ahead of the Middle East (33.3%) Latin America ( 28.6%), North America (28.3%) and Europe (22%), according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Only Asia-Pacific…
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Mar
14
2024
By The African Mirror
Morocco secures land route to deliver aid to Gaza

Morocco secures land route to deliver aid to Gaza

NEWS
A shipment of humanitarian aid from Morocco for Palestinians in Gaza began entering the besieged enclave via a land route, the first time the Kerem Shalom border crossing from Israel has been used for aid in five months of warfare, a Moroccan diplomatic source said. The 40 tonnes of aid was being delivered by truck into northern Gaza along a route that the Rabat government has been able to secure as it had established diplomatic relations with Israel, the source said. Morocco resumed diplomatic ties with Israel in 2020. "By securing a land route to deliver aid from within Israel,…
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Mar
14
2024
By The African Mirror
Campaign for jailed Senegal election candidate Faye takes to the road

Campaign for jailed Senegal election candidate Faye takes to the road

NEWS
BACKERS of detained opposition presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye are taking his campaign to the streets of Senegal with posters and bracelets, drumming up support in the hope he will be released before the vote. Faye was relatively unknown within Senegal's tumultuous political scene until popular firebrand opposition leader Ousmane Sonko backed his candidacy for the March 24 vote. Sonko, who enjoys widespread support among Senegal's jobless youths, is also in detention and disqualified from the race over a defamation conviction. Sonko denies any wrongdoing. Faye, who is facing charges including defamation and contempt of court, remains eligible because there has been…
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Mar
13
2024
By GARBA MUHAMMAD and HAMZA IBRAHIM
Nigerian army hunts for kidnapped students, parents seek answers

Nigerian army hunts for kidnapped students, parents seek answers

NEWS
NIGERIAN soldiers were hunting for armed kidnappers who seized nearly 300 school pupils in Kaduna state last week, a security source said, as distraught parents sought answers on when they would be reunited with their children. The source said the army's Kaduna-based One Division was leading the operation and "will soon have the bandits in their sights". The soldiers were backed by the local police, intelligence agency and air force, as well as the Kaduna state vigilance service, a vigilante group that knows the local terrain, the source added. "The security agencies and the state government are working tirelessly to ensure the…
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Mar
14
2024
By TAURAI MADUNA, BIRD STORY AGENCY
This South African winemaker is savouring the sweet taste of success

This South African winemaker is savouring the sweet taste of success

NEWS
AS Nongcebo Langa walked between the barrels of a beverage enjoyed worldwide, a bubbling sound could be heard from the gas emitted during fermentation - part of the journey of every great wine. It's a sound Langa said now makes her feel at home - and stirs her imagination. “We have fermentation, then you age (the wine). You can age three months, six months, nine months, 18, 24 months to five years for MCC - Méthode Cap Classique. This is the method used to make South African sparkling wines,” she explained. Langa didn't grow up expecting to make wine. It…
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Mar
13
2024
By The African Mirror
US targets al Shabaab fundraisers, money launderers with sanctions

US targets al Shabaab fundraisers, money launderers with sanctions

NEWS
THE U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on what it said was an international fundraising and money-laundering network for the al Shabaab militant group operating in Somalia. The sanctions targeted 16 entities and individuals across the Horn of Africa region, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, the Treasury said in a statement. The action, which follows U.S. sanctions against a separate network linked to al Shabaab in October 2022, freezes any U.S. assets of those targeted and generally bars Americans from dealing with them. It said al Shabaab, which Washington considers a terrorist group, generates over $100 million a year, including…
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Mar
13
2024
By The African Mirror
Ugandan court backs government’s refusal to register LGBT organisation

Ugandan court backs government’s refusal to register LGBT organisation

NEWS
A Ugandan court dismissed a petition by an LGBT advocacy group seeking to compel the government to register it, a lawyer for the petitioner said. Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) first filed the suit in the country's high court in 2015 after the government's registrar of companies refused to list it - which would allow the organisation to operate legally - saying its name was "undesirable". It also said at the time the organisation promoted the interests of people whose lifestyles were criminalised by Ugandan laws. In 2022, the Ugandan government suspended SMUG's operations because it was not officially registered. Same-sex…
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