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Dec
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Seychelles declares emergency after explosion and flooding

Seychelles declares emergency after explosion and flooding

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A blast at an explosives store wrecked buildings and caused massive damage to an industrial zone on the Seychelles' main island Mahe, officials said, prompting the president to declare a state of emergency. The blast shook the island as heavy rains triggered flooding which killed three people, the president told reporters on Thursday, calling for a minute of silence. Footage broadcast on national television showed streets covered in deep mud and strewn with debris and uprooted trees. "Following an explosion at the CCCL explosives store that has caused massive damage to the Providence Industrial area and the surrounding areas and…
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Dec
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Sierra Leone ex-president Koroma summoned for questioning over failed coup

Sierra Leone ex-president Koroma summoned for questioning over failed coup

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SIERRA Leone police have summoned former president Ernest Bai Koroma for questioning as part of their investigation into a failed coup attempt on November 26, information minister Chernor Bah said in a statement. Koroma is invited to report to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigations Department in Freetown within 24 hours, the statement said. Koroma said he would honour the invitation. "I maintain an open mind and stand ready to support the police investigations to the fullest. Let the rule of law reign supreme in our democracy", Koroma said in a statement, calling on the public to remain calm. Gunmen…
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Dec
08
2023
By ANDREW MACASKILL, KATE HOLTON and ALISTAIR SMOUT
UK’s Sunak tells divided party his Rwanda migrant plan is the only way

UK’s Sunak tells divided party his Rwanda migrant plan is the only way

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BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appealed to his Conservative lawmakers to unite behind his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after a revolt that once again exposed deep divisions in his party. Sunak is facing the biggest challenge to his year-long tenure as he tries to stop lawmakers on the party's right-wing from rebelling over their demand that Britain should quit international treaties to set its own migration policy. His immigration minister quit on Wednesday and he is facing questions as to whether he can get his key policy through a vote in parliament. Some Conservative lawmakers said on Thursday that…
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Dec
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya judge finds Meta is not in contempt of court

Kenya judge finds Meta is not in contempt of court

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A Kenyan judge found Facebook's parent company Meta was not in contempt of court for failing to pay dozens of content moderators that a contractor laid off. Labour judge Mathews Nduma Nderi said Meta did not "deliberately and contemptuously" breach a court order requiring it to pay wages of hundreds of Facebook content moderators. "They did various things which they thought were lawful in trying to deal with their situation but we did not find that what they did amounted to contempt," Nderi said. This year, 184 moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying their union organising efforts had cost them…
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Dec
08
2023
By DAPHNE PSALEDAKIS, HUMEYRA PAMUK and NAFISA ELTAHIR
US declares warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes

US declares warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes

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THE United States formally determined that warring parties in Sudan committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, as Washington increases pressure on the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to end fighting that has caused a humanitarian crisis. Washington also determined that the RSF and allied militias committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, Blinken said in a statement. The fighting, which broke out in mid-April, has displaced more than 6.5 million inside and outside Sudan, killed more than 10,000 and decimated the economy. "The expansion of the needless conflict between RSF and the SAF has caused grievous human…
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Dec
07
2023
By TANNUR ANDERS
Malala Yousafzai likens Taliban’s treatment of women to apartheid in Mandela lecture

Malala Yousafzai likens Taliban’s treatment of women to apartheid in Mandela lecture

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NOBEL Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai likened restrictions the Taliban has placed on women in Afghanistan to the treatment of Black people under apartheid in a lecture in South Africa organised by Nelson Mandela's foundation. Yousafzai survived being shot in the head when she was 15 in her native Pakistan by a gunman after campaigning against the Pakistani Taliban's moves to deny girls education. Since winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, Yousafzai, now 26, has become a global symbol of the resilience of women in the face of repression. "If you are a girl in Afghanistan, the Taliban has…
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Dec
07
2023
By CONRAD ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco ranked Africa’s top tourism performers

Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco ranked Africa’s top tourism performers

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THE end of a civil war in Ethiopia, Tanzania’s president featuring in a historical tourism documentary and rising infrastructure and marketing investments in Morocco have bolstered the three countries' tourism rankings on the continent, according to a new report. The three countries were ranked as Africa’s top tourism performers in 2023 after exceeding their pre-pandemic arrival numbers by the highest margins. “Africa recovered 92% of pre-crisis arrivals (in) this seven-month period, with Ethiopia, Tanzania and Morocco by far exceeding their respective pre-pandemic levels in January-July 2023,” according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Barometer. The Barometer ranked Ethiopia…
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Dec
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Uganda accuses US of pushing ‘LGBT agenda’ after new round of sanctions

Uganda accuses US of pushing ‘LGBT agenda’ after new round of sanctions

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UGANDA'S government denounced the United States' expansion of visa restrictions against its officials, accusing Washington of pushing an "LGBT agenda" in Africa. The new visa restrictions announced on Monday target unidentified officials the U.S. deems responsible for undermining democracy and repressing marginalised groups in Uganda, including the LGBTQ community. Uganda enacted one of the world's harshest anti-gay laws in May, which calls for the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. "There's a coup at the State Department in the U.S. It is being taken over by people who are pushing the LGBT agenda in Africa," State Minister for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem…
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Dec
07
2023
By SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Maasai activist turns juicy inspiration into climate action

Maasai activist turns juicy inspiration into climate action

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A smoothie of fresh mango, avocado and banana was the rich and creamy fruit drink that not only excited Edith Santiyian’s taste buds but gave rise to an idea that is bringing tree cover to desolate communities in the Rift Valley. Santiyian, 29, remembers savouring the medley of fruit and pondering the deeper connection between nature’s bounty and the health of her home environment. What was to be a refreshing start to her day suddenly turned from sensory overload to a moment of epiphany, when she realised that in her community - devastated by years of charcoal burning, overgrazing and…
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Dec
07
2023
By BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Tramways and light rail could be Africa’s urban mobility game changer

Tramways and light rail could be Africa’s urban mobility game changer

NEWS
MORE African countries are deploying light rails and tramways to facilitate urban mobility as population growth in Africa’s major cities continues to surge. Angola’s capital is set to inaugurate its first tramway line in a partnership with Siemens, through the German company's railway construction subsidiary, Siemens Mobility. According to Metro Report International, a global railway news reporting agency, the US$1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) project includes 39 km of double-track light rail linking the port of Luanda with Kilamba, a major housing development southeast of Luanda. “Siemens Mobility has confirmed to Metro Report International that it is working with the…
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