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Dec
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan RSF leader visits Ethiopia in first public wartime tour

Sudan RSF leader visits Ethiopia in first public wartime tour

NEWS
THE leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces visited Ethiopia where he said he discussed the need for a swift end to the war between the RSF and the Sudanese army, during the second leg of a rare publicly-announced foreign tour. RSF leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, whose whereabouts since the war began in mid-April were previously unknown, landed in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa after meeting Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at his country home on Wednesday. Diplomatic efforts, including Saudi and U.S.-led talks in Jeddah, have made little visible progress towards halting the conflict in Sudan. The RSF has recently made military…
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Dec
28
2023
By MACDONALD DZIRUTWE
Nigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110 mln

Nigerian competition watchdog fines British American Tobacco $110 mln

NEWS
NIGERIA'S competition commission has ordered British American Tobacco (BAT) to pay a $110 million fine following allegations of market dominance abuse and infringement of public health regulations, the watchdog said. The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) said the maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes had also penalised retailers for providing equal platforms for its competitors' products. BAT spokesperson Aaron Shardey referred Reuters to BAT's 2023 half-year annual report, which confirmed the FCCPC investigation and penalty. The fine is the highest ever levied by the Nigerian Competition Commission. FCCPC Chief Executive Babatunde Irukera told Reuters that the fine is…
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Dec
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Disgraced Nigerian bank chief accused of hiding £543m in the UK

Disgraced Nigerian bank chief accused of hiding £543m in the UK

NEWS
GODWIN Emefiele, the disgraced former chief executive of a Nigerian bank has been accused of concealing an astonishing £543 million in 593 bank accounts in the United Kingdom, as reported by The Times and other reputable sources. The startling revelation has triggered waves of concern and controversy, both in Nigeria and abroad. Emefiele allegedly funnelled massive sums of money through various complex financial networks, ultimately stashing away the staggering amount in the UK. The funds purportedly stem from dubious transactions and embezzlement within the Nigerian banking sector. This revelation has sparked outrage in Nigeria, with citizens expressing frustration and condemnation…
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Dec
28
2023
By BENOIT NYEMBA and ANGE ADIHE KASONGO
Several wounded as DR Congo police break up banned election protest

Several wounded as DR Congo police break up banned election protest

NEWS
SEVERAL people were wounded in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital as riot police forcibly dispersed a banned protest by the opposition, who are calling for a re-run of last week's chaotic national elections. The disputed vote threatens to destabilise further poverty-stricken Congo, which is already grappling with a security crisis in the east that has hampered development in the world's top producer of cobalt and other industrial minerals and metals. Police surrounded the headquarters of Martin Fayulu, one of five of President Felix Tshisekedi's challengers who had called on their supporters to march in Kinshasa on Wednesday against the…
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Dec
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Niger suspends cooperation with international Francophone body

Niger suspends cooperation with international Francophone body

NEWS
NIGER has suspended all cooperation with the international organisation of Francophone Nations (OIF), its military leaders said, as it progressively severs ties with former colonial ruler France. The 88-member body "has always been used by France as an instrument to defend French interests", said a spokesperson for Niger's ruling junta on national television late on Sunday. The junta seized power in a coup in July which was strongly condemned by France and other Western allies. It soon kicked out French troops which had been helping to fight a decade-old Islamist insurgency in the West African country. The OIF had already suspended most…
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Dec
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya police probe suspected killings on Del Monte pineapple farm

Kenya police probe suspected killings on Del Monte pineapple farm

NEWS
KENYAN police said that they were investigating the suspected killings of four men on a Del Monte pineapple farm near Nairobi, months after a media report said security guards on the same farm had killed and assaulted trespassing villagers. Friends and relatives of the latest victims urged the government to intervene to explain how the four ended up in a river, around 40 km (25 miles) from Nairobi. Multinational food company Del Monte said its local unit was cooperating with the authorities and alleged there was rampant organised crime around pineapple theft in the region. "Our security footage from when…
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Dec
27
2023
By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Illegal gold mining in the firing line

Illegal gold mining in the firing line

NEWS
COUNTRIES across the continent are moving to quash illegal gold mining, using a variety of methods including formalising the sector, applying more stringent legal processes and even resorting to military intervention, with a Ghanaian court recently sentencing a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining, “The court in the capital, Accra, sentenced Aisha Huang to four and a half years imprisonment and a fine of 48,000 Ghanaian cedis ($4,000) for running an illegal mining operation,” Reuters reported of the sentencing on December 4, which brought an end to a trial that started in 2017. Ghana is the 10th largest…
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Dec
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Congo bans opposition election protest scheduled for Wednesday

Congo bans opposition election protest scheduled for Wednesday

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's government banned an opposition protest over last week's chaotic national election as early results showed President Felix Tshisekedi in the lead. Five opposition presidential candidates called the joint demonstration in the capital Kinshasa over alleged election irregularities. But on Tuesday the government banned the event, saying it did not have a legal basis and was aimed at undermining the electoral process while the election commission was still compiling results. "No government in the world can accept this, so we will not let it happen," Vice Prime Minister Peter Kazadi told a press conference, referring to the protest. The…
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Dec
27
2023
By HAMZA IBRAHIM and CAMILLUS EBOH
Nigerian villagers missing two days after suspected nomadic herders kill 140

Nigerian villagers missing two days after suspected nomadic herders kill 140

NEWS
NIGERIAN mother-of-three Grace Godwin was preparing food on Christmas Eve when her husband burst into the kitchen and ordered her and the children to run and take cover in the bush after gunmen were spotted in a nearby village. Soon they heard gunfire, starting an hours-long attack by suspected nomadic herders who rampaged through 15 villages in central Plateau state on Sunday, killing at least 140 people with guns and machetes, officials, police and residents said. It was the bloodiest violence since 2018 when more than 200 people were killed in Nigeria's central region where clashes between herders and farmers…
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Dec
26
2023
By HATEM MAHER
‘Do not get used to suffering’ in Gaza, Liverpool’s Salah says in Christmas message

‘Do not get used to suffering’ in Gaza, Liverpool’s Salah says in Christmas message

NEWS
LIVERPOOL forward Mohamed Salah said that families grieving for their loved ones in Gaza should not be forgotten, as he issued an emotional Christmas message marking only his second comment on the war in the enclave. Salah posted a black-and-white picture of a Christmas tree on his social media pages, saying he was approaching Christmas with a heavy heart amid the fighting in Gaza, which has been under intense bombardment by Israel since Hamas militants launched a cross-border rampage on October 7. Israel says Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took around 240 people hostage in their attack. Israel's ensuing…
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