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Feb
18
2024
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast seizes 100 tons of cocoa at the border with Guinea

Ivory Coast seizes 100 tons of cocoa at the border with Guinea

NEWS
IVORY Coast's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has helped the national police to seize three trucks loaded with 1,500 bags of cocoa beans on the border with Guinea, the regulator's managing director said. Low farmgate prices compared with neighbouring countries have made the West African nation, the world's top producer of the main ingredient in chocolate, a target for smugglers from neighbouring Liberia and Guinea where beans fetch higher prices. A kilogram of cocoa currently costs between 1,600 CFA francs and 1,700 CFA francs ($2.63-$2.80) in Guinea and Liberia due to the rise in global prices, according to cooperatives and…
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Feb
17
2024
By The African Mirror
Nigeria mulls state policing to combat growing insecurity

Nigeria mulls state policing to combat growing insecurity

NEWS
NIGERIA is considering the introduction of state police in its 36 states to bolster its national police force as it struggles to contain widespread violence and insecurity, the information minister said. An Islamist insurgency in the northeast, kidnappings for ransom, deadly farmer-herder clashes in the central belt and separatist and gang violence in the southeast are some of the challenges faced by Nigeria's police force. President Bola Tinubu met the country's state governors to discuss insecurity, which is hurting farmers and contributing to high food prices and inflation. The federal government and the state governments agreed that a state police force was necessary, marking "a significant shift" in…
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Feb
17
2024
By The African Mirror
Track and field legend Henry Rono dies at 72

Track and field legend Henry Rono dies at 72

NEWS
Track and field legend Henry Rono, who broke four world records in 81 days in 1978, died Thursday, according to Athletics Kenya. He was 72. Rono's cause of death wasn't revealed. Athletics Kenya said he was hospitalized in Nairobi for 10 days receiving treatment. "Athletics Kenya is saddened to announce and notify the public of the demise of former Athlete Mr. Henry Rono which occurred today at 10.30 am," the organization said. Rono never ran in the Summer Olympics because Kenya boycotted both the 1976 and 1980 Games. But he was a big name after his impressive record run in…
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Feb
17
2024
By The African Mirror
Junta-led Sahel states confirm plan to form tri-state confederation

Junta-led Sahel states confirm plan to form tri-state confederation

NEWS
JUNTA-LED Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger plan to proceed with the establishment of a confederation, the Malian foreign ministry said, as the three countries deepen ties via an alliance that threatens broader West African integration. The neighbours in the impoverished Sahel region announced in January they would quit the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) - a decision the bloc has urged them to rethink, warning of the additional hardships this withdrawal would bring. At a meeting in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou, their three ministers confirmed a joint commitment to withdraw from ECOWAS without delay and continue cooperation under a pact known…
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Feb
17
2024
By The African Mirror
Three dead as bus carrying B2Gold employees attacked in Mali

Three dead as bus carrying B2Gold employees attacked in Mali

NEWS
B2Gold Corp said that three of its employees died after sustaining injuries in an attack on an employee transport convoy in Mali. A bus transporting B2Gold employees from the Fekola Mine to Bamako was attacked approximately 75 kilometres west of Bamako, the Canadian miner said. Mining and processing activities at the Fekola mine have not been impacted by the incident, B2Gold said, adding that it is working with the Malian government to understand further details of the attack. Initial reports indicate several other employees travelling on the bus were wounded, all of whom have been transported to a local hospital,…
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Feb
16
2024
By The African Mirror
South African military: 2 soldiers killed, 3 wounded on Congo mission

South African military: 2 soldiers killed, 3 wounded on Congo mission

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's military said that two of its soldiers were killed and three wounded by a mortar bomb in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as President Cyril Ramaphosa struck back against opposition claims that they were ill-equipped. South Africa said earlier this week that it would send 2,900 troops as part of its contribution to a force deployed by southern African regional bloc SADC to help Congo fight rebel groups in its restive eastern region. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) said in a statement posted on X that a mortar bomb landed inside one of the South African contingent's military…
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Feb
18
2024
By The African Mirror
Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say

Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say

NEWS
EGYPT is preparing an area at the Gaza border which could accommodate Palestinians in case an Israeli offensive into Rafah prompts an exodus across the frontier, four sources said, in what they described as a contingency move by Cairo. Egypt, which denied making any such preparations, has repeatedly raised the alarm over the possibility that Israel's devastating Gaza offensive could displace Palestinians into Sinai - something Cairo says would be completely unacceptable- echoing warnings from Arab states such as Jordan. The United States has repeatedly said it would oppose any displacement of Palestinians out of Gaza. One of the sources said Egypt…
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Feb
18
2024
By The African Mirror
Explainer: What is happening in Senegal and could tensions escalate?

Explainer: What is happening in Senegal and could tensions escalate?

NEWS
SENEGALESE President Macky Sall has promised to schedule a presidential election as soon as possible, accepting a court judgement that the postponement of the February 25 poll to December was unconstitutional. The opposition and foreign powers had urged the authorities to comply with the constitutional council's ruling. The move to do so is likely to ease tensions and allay fears of authoritarian overreach in one of coup-hit West Africa's more stable democracies. WHY DID PRESIDENT MACKY SALL CALL FOR A POSTPONEMENT? Sall, 62, who is not standing for re-election and has reached the constitutional limit of two terms in power, said he…
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Feb
16
2024
By KATE OKORIE, BIRD STORY AGENCY
90,000-year-old human footprints discovered in Morocco underscore Africa’s role in understanding human evolution

90,000-year-old human footprints discovered in Morocco underscore Africa’s role in understanding human evolution

NEWS
IN July 2022, an international team of researchers on a field trip to study boulders along a rocky coastline in the city of Larache, northwest Morocco, made an unexpected discovery on the shores of a nearby beach. They found well-preserved footprints spanning an area of 2,800 m² on the rocky shores of the beach. Their research, published on January 23, determined that these footprints belonged to a multigenerational group of Homo sapiens who walked along the beach about 90,000 years ago. The Larache footprint is the oldest known Homo sapiens footprint in North Africa and ranks among the world's oldest…
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Feb
16
2024
By The African Mirror
Israel says South Africa serving Hamas in latest bid to World Court

Israel says South Africa serving Hamas in latest bid to World Court

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's latest request to the World Court against a possible offensive by Israel in southern Gaza serves Hamas and is an attempt to stop Israel from defending itself, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said. South Africa on Tuesday asked The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider whether Israel's plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah requires additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians' rights. Israel has said it is planning to expand its ground assault into Rafah, where over a million Palestinians have sought refuge from the offensive that has laid waste to much of the Gaza Strip since…
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