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Feb
29
2024
By STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG
ICC orders record $56 million compensation for Uganda victims

ICC orders record $56 million compensation for Uganda victims

NEWS
NEARLY 50,000 victims of Ugandan militia commander Dominic Ongwen should get a total of over 52 million euros ($56 million) in compensation, International Criminal Court judges ruled, in a record reparations order. Judges said Ongwen, a former child soldier who rose through the ranks to become one of the top commanders of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, did not have the resources to pay the compensation himself. Instead, they asked the tribunal's own Trust Fund for Victims to help cover the cost. The reparations will be in the form of a symbolic individual payment of 750 euros per…
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Mar
01
2024
By MICHELLE NICHOLS
US pushes for UN Security Council action to end war in Sudan

US pushes for UN Security Council action to end war in Sudan

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THE United States pushed for the United Nations Security Council to take action to help end a nearly year-long conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The United States says the warring parties have committed war crimes and the RSF and allied militias have also committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. The U.N. says that nearly 25 million people - half Sudan's population - need aid and some 8 million have fled their homes and hunger is rising. "It is clear that this is an urgent matter of peace and security that demands greater attention from the…
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Mar
01
2024
By The African Mirror
Congo opposition spokesman’s death ruled a suicide

Congo opposition spokesman’s death ruled a suicide

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A prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo said that the death of a former minister and opposition party member last year has been ruled as suicide. The news of Cherubin Okende's death prompted small anti-government protests in Kinshasa last year, with demonstrators saying it was an assassination. A spokesperson for his party called Thursday's ruling "absurd". Okende, a former transport minister who was also a member of parliament and spokesman for the Ensemble pour la Republique party, was found dead in his car in July. "According to the results of the investigations, Cherubin Okende committed suicide," Firmin Mvonde Mambu, prosecutor general…
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Feb
29
2024
By The African Mirror
Nigeria detains Binance executives in cryptocurrency crackdown

Nigeria detains Binance executives in cryptocurrency crackdown

NEWS
TWO senior executives at Binance have been detained in Nigeria as the country cracks down on cryptocurrency exchanges, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The executives flew to Nigeria following the country's decision to ban several cryptocurrency trading websites last week but they were detained by the office of the country's national security adviser and their passports seized, the report said. Binance did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The crackdown follows a period after several cryptocurrency websites emerged as platforms of choice for trading the Nigerian currency, which has suffered chronic dollar shortages. The…
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Feb
29
2024
By SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Namibia courts affluent global retirees, high net worth investors as Africa’s golden visas gain ground

Namibia courts affluent global retirees, high net worth investors as Africa’s golden visas gain ground

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UNTIL recently, foreigners seeking Namibian residency through the country's residency-for-investment scheme famously had to purchase real estate at President's Links Estate. Thanks to increased demand, units in that estate will now set buyers back around US$365,000, The luxury estate, on the Bay of Whales, advertises attractions that are now being touted by similar schemes across Africa: access to a pristine coastal area famous for its high-quality seafood and stunning vistas as well as eco-friendly modern homes, villas, and world-class amenities. A new, special concession for retirees aged over 60, however, has seen Namibia's entry point for foreigners lowered to US$300,000.…
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Feb
29
2024
By The African Mirror
Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

NEWS
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has rejected an appeal for the provisional release of journalist Stanis Bujakera, who has been in detention for more than five months. Bujakera, who works for international media outlets including Reuters, was detained on Sept. 8 and later charged with spreading false information about the killing of a prominent opposition politician. He denies the charges. In its ruling on Tuesday, the court did not provide a reason for the rejection of the appeal to release him from Kinshasa Central Prison. The court had previously rejected several other appeals for his release, also…
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Feb
29
2024
By The African Mirror
Army ban on cross-border aid endangers lives in Darfur, say activists

Army ban on cross-border aid endangers lives in Darfur, say activists

NEWS
MILLIONS of people in Sudan's Darfur region are at risk of dying of hunger after a decision by the Sudanese government to prohibit aid deliveries through Chad, an advocacy group for internally displaced people said. The order, a digital copy of which Reuters has obtained, effectively shuts down a crucial route for supplies to the vast Darfur region, controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the army's rivals in a 10-month civil war. "The failure to receive urgent humanitarian aid puts millions of displaced people in Darfur at risk of death from hunger, which makes denying food and relief to…
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Feb
28
2024
By The African Mirror
Rhino poaching in South Africa increases in 2023

Rhino poaching in South Africa increases in 2023

NEWS
SOUTH Africa recorded 499 rhinos poached in 2023, 51 more than the previous year, despite efforts to protect the animals, the government said. South Africa is home to nearly half of the critically endangered black rhino population in Africa and to the world's largest population of near-threatened white rhinos. Rhinos are poached for their horns, which are used in East Asian countries for making traditional medicines and jewellery. In 2023, 406 rhinos were killed on state properties and 93 on privately owned parks, reserves and farms, South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment said in a statement. "The…
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Feb
28
2024
By AHMED KINGIMI
Nigeria building collapse kills six, with others feared trapped

Nigeria building collapse kills six, with others feared trapped

NEWS
A shopping plaza under construction in Nigeria's southeastern Anambra state collapsed, killing at least six people, with others feared trapped in the rubble, the emergency agency said. The building, with more than 120 shops, collapsed in the city of Onitsha, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Tuesday. "Some of the rescued persons have been taken to different hospitals in Onitsha for treatment," NEMA said. A search was underway for other survivors, it said. Building collapses are frequent in Africa's biggest economy and top oil producer due to lax regulations and often substandard construction materials.
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Feb
28
2024
By NGOUDA DIONE and PORTIA CROWE
Senegal panel suggests delayed polls be held in June to end crisis

Senegal panel suggests delayed polls be held in June to end crisis

NEWS
SENEGAL'S National Dialogue Commission will propose a delayed presidential election be held on June 2 and recommend President Macky Sall remain in office until his successor is sworn in, commission member Ndiawar Paye said on Tuesday. The West African nation, set to become an oil and gas producer by the end of the year, has been thrown into an unprecedented political crisis after Sall postponed the election initially scheduled for February 25. The date proposal follows two days of dialogue organised by Sall as a way to ease tensions. His and parliament's failed bid to postpone the February 25 poll by 10…
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