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Oct
30
2023
By OWEN KONZOLO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
A tik-toker is dispelling myths about funeral undertakers

A tik-toker is dispelling myths about funeral undertakers

NEWS
26 years old and passionate about changing public perceptions of her profession, Filinda Wakuthi Kamau initially comes across as your regular TikTok influencer. That's until you realise what her account, which has over 500,000 followers, is all about. Kamau has a license from the Kenyan Egerton University Funeral Home as an embalmer and funeral director and is one of a new generation of young morticians taking over TikTok with their informative videos seeking to dispel common myths about morticians. "I think the misconception most people have is that it's dark, scary, and doom all the time, when really it's the…
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Oct
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian judge imprisons head of Football Federation on suspicion of corruption

Tunisian judge imprisons head of Football Federation on suspicion of corruption

NEWS
A Tunisian judge has ordered the imprisonment of Wadi Al Jari, the president of the Tunisian Football Federation (FTT) after he was arrested over suspicion of financial corruption, officials said. Chokri Hamda, the spokesman for the Ministry of Sports said that the arrest of Al Jari, an influential figure, was due to financial corruption and an improper contract between the football federation and the technical director. Al Jari has been president of the federation since 2012. The head of FTF is in a dispute in recent years with the Minister of Sports Kamel Deguiche, who said that Tunisian football is…
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Oct
27
2023
By The African Mirror
London woman guilty of aiding Kenyan female genital mutilation

London woman guilty of aiding Kenyan female genital mutilation

NEWS
 A woman from London has been found guilty of aiding the female genital mutilation (FGM) of a young girl in Kenya, becoming the first person to be convicted in England of committing the crime overseas, British prosecutors said. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said police launched an investigation after the victim told a teacher in 2018 that she had been subjected to FGM in the African country years earlier as a young child. Detectives found that Amina Noor, 39, was responsible for taking the girl to Kenya where the FGM was carried out by a Kenyan woman. Noor said in…
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Oct
28
2023
By PATRICIA ZENGERLE
US Senate rejects bid to remove troops from Niger

US Senate rejects bid to remove troops from Niger

NEWS
THE U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected legislation that would have forced President Joe Biden to withdraw U.S. troops from Niger, a West African nation where military officers seized power in July. The measure was rejected by 86-11. The United States formally declared this month that there had been a military coup d'etat in Niger, which results in officially suspending assistance, but U.S. officials said there were no plans to change the U.S. troop presence in the country. Niger has been a partner for Washington's fight against Islamist insurgents who have killed thousands of people and displaced millions more in Africa. There are about…
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Oct
28
2023
By TANNUR ANDERS
Witnesses give harrowing accounts of Johannesburg fire that killed 77

Witnesses give harrowing accounts of Johannesburg fire that killed 77

NEWS
AN inquiry opened tasked with determining responsibility for a fire in Johannesburg that killed 77 people, exposing the living conditions of the victims and throwing a spotlight on gangs that seize abandoned buildings and rent them out. One of the worst disasters in living memory in South Africa's economic hub, the blaze broke out on August 31 in a dilapidated building crammed with mostly foreign migrants. Many of the victims were burned beyond recognition. Lucas Thipe, a platoon commander with the City of Johannesburg fire service, recounted his experience to the inquiry. The fire appeared "abnormal", the flames violent and…
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Oct
28
2023
By AHMED MOHAMED HASSAN and DAN WILLIAMS
Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to ‘aerial threat’

Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to ‘aerial threat’

NEWS
PROJECTILES hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, sources and officials said, injuring six people and showing the risk of regional spillover from the Israel-Gaza conflict. Israel's military blamed an "aerial threat" in the Red Sea region: a possible reference to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement which is known to use drones. Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said an "unidentified drone" crashed into a building adjacent to a hospital injuring six in Taba, on the border with Israel, in the early hours. Later, another projectile fell near an electricity plant in a desert area of the town of Nuweiba about 70 km…
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Oct
29
2023
By The African Mirror
Energy-hungry Germany’s Scholz courts Africa as crises elsewhere bite

Energy-hungry Germany’s Scholz courts Africa as crises elsewhere bite

NEWS
GERMAN Chancellor Olaf Scholz this weekend makes his third visit to sub-Saharan Africa in two years, as conflicts elsewhere highlight the growing importance of an energy-rich region in which Berlin has traditionally had little involvement. He will visit major energy producer Nigeria, as well as Ghana, with migration flows and instability in West Africa also on his agenda. Much of the impetus for the trip has come from the realization that Germany - and Europe - need Africa more than it thought, said Greens legislator Anton Hofreiter. "People realized we needed allies against Russia's invasion of Ukraine," he said. "And…
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Oct
27
2023
By CAMILLUS EBOH
Nigerian Supreme Court affirms President Tinubu’s election win

Nigerian Supreme Court affirms President Tinubu’s election win

NEWS
NIGERIA'S Supreme Court upheld President Bola Tinubu's election win, bringing to an end a legal challenge brought by his two main rivals, who argued that his victory was marred by irregularities. The ruling will give 71-year-old Tinubu a clear mandate to govern Africa's most populous nation, which is grappling with double-digit inflation, foreign currency shortages, a weakening naira, widespread insecurity and crude oil theft. The biggest opposition, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), said it was "alarmed and disappointed" by the ruling, but Tinubu welcomed the judgment. "We are all members of one household, and this moment demands that we continue…
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Oct
27
2023
By GABRIELA BACZYNSKA and TAREK AMARA
Analysis: Tunisia brush-off augurs badly for EU push for African migration deals

Analysis: Tunisia brush-off augurs badly for EU push for African migration deals

NEWS
WHEN Tunisian President Kais Saied this month rejected 60 million euros ($63 million) in EU aid, the bloc got a taste of the risks and challenges it will face as it seeks new pacts with African states to reduce irregular Mediterranean immigration. Spurred by Italy and Spain, the European Union has embraced the idea of sealing what it terms strategic cooperation deals in North Africa as the best tool to curb unauthorised arrivals. But security risks, high costs, a lack of trust, and African countries' incapacity or unwillingness to tighten their borders or asylum systems highlight the shortcomings of a policy that rights groups…
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Oct
27
2023
By NONDUDUZO KUNENE, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Eswatini’s youngest MP ready to empower the youth amid tampered hopes

Eswatini’s youngest MP ready to empower the youth amid tampered hopes

NEWS
A spark of trust, hope and faith has been ignited in the youth of the Kingdom of Eswatini, all thanks to Zombodze Emuva Constituency in the Shiselweni Region, in the southern part of the country, who chose to elect Thando Mkhonta, 28, as their MP. Bible in hand and with a serious look on his face, Mkhonta was among 59 elected as well as 10 appointed MPs who were sworn in on October 6, 2023, for the 12th Parliament in Eswatini, Africa’s last absolute monarchy. In an interview just after the swearing-in ceremony, which was combined with the election of…
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