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Oct
18
2023
By CAMILLUS EBOH
Nigeria destroys seized pangolin parts to deter wildlife trafficking

Nigeria destroys seized pangolin parts to deter wildlife trafficking

NEWS
NIGERIA has burned four tonnes of seized pangolin scales, valued at $1.4 million, the first time it has publicly destroyed seized wildlife products to discourage illegal trafficking, officials said. The critically endangered animal, a shy and critically endangered animal, is one of the world's most trafficked mammals, and their scales are in high demand in traditional Chinese medicine, despite no reliable scientific evidence that they have any medicinal properties. Nigeria has become a major transit hub for African pangolin scales and other wildlife products trafficked to Asia. "The destruction of these seized items is a powerful statement of our resolve…
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Oct
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Mediation collapses between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

Mediation collapses between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

NEWS
SETTLEMENTS talks have collapsed between Facebook's parent company Meta and Kenyan content moderators over a lawsuit alleging unfair dismissal, a tech rights group working with the moderators said. The 184 moderators sued Meta and two subcontractors earlier this year after they said they lost their jobs with one of the subcontractors, Sama, for organising a union. They say they were then blacklisted from applying for the same roles at a second firm, Majorel after Facebook changed contractors. In August, the court asked the parties to hold out-of-court settlement talks and said the case would proceed before it if those failed. British tech rights…
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Oct
17
2023
By RACHEL SAVAGE and JORGELINA DO ROSARIO
World Bank to implement LGBTQ safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes

World Bank to implement LGBTQ safeguards before new Uganda funding resumes

NEWS
THE World Bank will aim to ensure gay and transgender Ugandans are not discriminated against in its programmes before resuming new funding, which was halted in August over an anti-LGBTQ law, a bank executive said. World Bank project documents will make it clear that LGBTQ Ugandans should not face discrimination and that staff will not be arrested for including them, Victoria Kwakwa, the bank's head for eastern and southern Africa, told Reuters. Rights groups have said that the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), which was enacted in May and prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, has unleashed a torrent of abuse against LGBTQ people, mostly…
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Oct
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Death toll from Congo boat accident rises to 52

Death toll from Congo boat accident rises to 52

NEWS
THE bodies of at least 52 people have been recovered from the Congo River after their boat capsized late last week, a provincial minister said, warning that the death toll could rise further with many still missing. The boat was carrying over 300 people when it overturned near the town of Mbandaka in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo during the night on Friday. Over the weekend 30 were confirmed to have drowned with 167 missing. Didier Mbula, provincial health minister for Equateur Province, told Reuters the number of dead had since risen. "We have recorded 52 bodies that were pulled out. The…
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Oct
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Court upholds election of Mauritius PM in 2019

Court upholds election of Mauritius PM in 2019

NEWS
A British court sitting as the final court of appeal for Mauritius upheld the 2019 election to parliament of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, rejecting an appeal by an opposition candidate who alleged it was improperly obtained. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), which acts as a final court of appeal for 27 countries and territories that were once part of the British empire, upheld a 2021 ruling on the matter by the Supreme Court of Mauritius. The case was brought by Surendra Dayal, who unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary seat in the same constituency where Jugnauth was elected.…
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Oct
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Thousands stage largest anti-Israeli march in Morocco since normalisation

Thousands stage largest anti-Israeli march in Morocco since normalisation

NEWS
THOUSANDS marched in Rabat in support of Palestinians under siege in Gaza, in the biggest anti-Israeli protest since the 2020 normalisation of diplomatic relations. At the march, organised by Islamists and leftist groups, protesters chanted: "Palestine is resisting" and "All against normalisation" as they burned an Israeli flag. "I denounce the double standards of many Western governments regarding Palestinians," said Charki Lahrech at the protest, saying some nations were turning a blind eye to Israel's retaliatory strikes after the attack by Hamas militants. "You cannot denounce Hamas acts and look away from Israeli killing of civilians including children, women and…
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Oct
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt pushes to break impasse over Gaza aid

Egypt pushes to break impasse over Gaza aid

NEWS
EGYPT said that it had stepped up diplomatic efforts to get humanitarian aid into Gaza and its president told visiting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel's bombardment of the territory was disproportional. "The reaction went beyond the right to self-defence, turning into collective punishment for 2.3 million people in Gaza," President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said of Israel's retaliatory strikes for Hamas militants' attacks a week ago. Aid from several countries has been building up in Egypt's Sinai peninsula due to a failure to reach a deal enabling its safe delivery to Gaza along with evacuations of some foreign…
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Oct
16
2023
By RACHEL SAVAGE and JORGELINA DO ROSARIO
South Africa may get $1 billion loan from World Bank to tackle power crisis

South Africa may get $1 billion loan from World Bank to tackle power crisis

NEWS
THE World Bank is in talks about a potential $1 billion loan to help enable South Africa to reform its energy sector, a bank official told Reuters, as the country tries to overcome record power cuts that have crippled the economy. The loan, which would be directly to the government rather than to state utility Eskom, is "under discussion", Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly, the bank's director for South Africa, said in an interview in Marrakech, Morocco. "It is going to come very soon," she added, declining to specify a timeframe. South Africa is facing its worst power crisis, with Eskom's ageing, coal-fired…
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Oct
15
2023
By The African Mirror
Egypt delivered drones to Sudan’s military, Wall Street Journal reports

Egypt delivered drones to Sudan’s military, Wall Street Journal reports

NEWS
EGYPT has delivered drones to the Sudanese military, a potential escalation of a conflict that is drawing in more regional players, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing security officials. The Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones were delivered to Sudan's military last month, the Journal reported. Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been locked in a power struggle that erupted into conflict on April 15, killing hundreds of people. Spokesmen for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the Sudanese military didn't return requests for comment to the Journal. Reuters was not able to independently verify the report.
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Oct
15
2023
By The African Mirror
Congolese journalist goes on trial regarding Jeune Afrique article

Congolese journalist goes on trial regarding Jeune Afrique article

NEWS
A Congolese journalist appeared in court on charges of spreading false rumours about the killing of a prominent opposition politician, according to his lawyer and court records seen by Reuters. Stanis Bujakera, who also contributes to Reuters, has been in detention since September 8 in connection with an article published by French news magazine Jeune Afrique about the circumstances of the death of Cherubin Okende, a former transport minister whose body was found in Kinshasa on July 13. On Friday, he was brought before a judge for the first time, and charges were read out to him, his lawyer, Charles Mushizi, told Reuters. The…
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