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Oct
03
2023
By TONDERAI GONORENDA and NYASHA CHINGONO
Zimbabwe searches for mine survivors as relatives lose hope

Zimbabwe searches for mine survivors as relatives lose hope

NEWS
ZIMBABWEAN authorities were still searching for survivors trapped underground when a disused gold mine collapsed last week, as some relatives started to lose hope their loved ones could be saved. Accidents in disused mines are common in Zimbabwe, where artisanal or small-scale miners defy authorities by mining in old shafts that are prone to collapse. The latest incident happened in Chegutu, some 100 km (62 miles) west of the capital Harare on Friday. Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga told the local Sunday Mail newspaper that 13 had died in the collapse at the site which had not been properly sealed off. Deputy…
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Oct
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Fire engulfs police facility in Egypt’s Ismailia, 25 hurt

Fire engulfs police facility in Egypt’s Ismailia, 25 hurt

NEWS
A huge fire erupted at a police facility in the Egyptian Suez Canal city of Ismailia early, injuring at least 25 people before firefighters contained the blaze after several hours, emergency services and media reported. Videos posted on social media showed the city's security directorate engulfed in flames. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known. Two witnesses told Reuters that firefighters initially appeared to struggle to tackle the blaze. More than three hours later, state television said it had been contained. At least 25 people were injured in a preliminary count of casualties, the Egyptian Ambulance Authority said.…
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Oct
03
2023
By WENDELL ROELF
South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

South Africa gives go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore

NEWS
SOUTH Africa's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for TotalEnergies to drill offshore for gas and oil, after rejecting an appeal from more than a dozen individuals and lobby groups who intend to challenge the decision. The appeal to stop TotalEnergies from drilling in Block 5/6/7 off the Cape coast was the latest in a series of actions seeking to halt energy companies exploring for new offshore discoveries at the foot of Africa. It sought to persuade environment minister Barbara Creecy to set aside the environmental authorisation granted to the French energy company by the Department of Mineral Resources and…
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Oct
02
2023
By PHILIP PULLELLA
Pope Francis appoints three African cardinals, cements legacy

Pope Francis appoints three African cardinals, cements legacy

NEWS
POPE Francis further cemented his legacy, by elevating 21 prelates to the high rank of cardinal and significantly raising the percentage of electors chosen by him who will have the right to vote for his successor. At a ceremony in St. Peter's Square known as a consistory, Francis "created" 21 new cardinals, the red-hatted "princes of the Church" who are his closest advisers at the Vatican and around the world. There are now 137 cardinal electors, about 73 percent of them chosen by Francis. This increases - but does not guarantee - the possibility that the next pope will share…
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Oct
02
2023
By BORSO TALL
Western group to ask UN body to investigate Sudan atrocities

Western group to ask UN body to investigate Sudan atrocities

NEWS
THE Senegalese Navy said it had stopped two more boats carrying 262 would-be migrants late the previous night, taking the total to five boats intercepted and over 600 people rescued by a navy patrol boat since Thursday. Those rescued included 26 women and 13 minors, the navy said in a post on social media platform X, sharing photos of dozens of people on a patrol boat and others seated in rows on a quay. The successive rescues come during the busy summer season when thousands of migrants brave the hundreds of miles of ocean separating Africa from Europe each year in a…
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Oct
03
2023
By ANGE ADIHE KASONGO
Congo ruling coalition backs Tshisekedi for December vote

Congo ruling coalition backs Tshisekedi for December vote

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo's President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi was officially nominated as a candidate for the December 20 presidential election by his ruling political coalition the Sacred Union. Tshisekedi is seeking a second term in the vast nation, which is the world's top cobalt supplier and No. 3 copper producer, after winning a disputed first term in a 2018 vote. His rule has been mired by economic hardship, the COVID-19 pandemic, Ebola outbreaks and persistent insecurity, particularly in the east where the resurgent M23 rebel group seized swathes of territory leading to a breakdown of relations with neighbouring Rwanda. On…
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Oct
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Six dead, 15 trapped underground in Zimbabwe mine accident, state TV reports

Six dead, 15 trapped underground in Zimbabwe mine accident, state TV reports

NEWS
SIX miners died after a ground collapse at Zimbabwe's Bay Horse mine in Chegutu, 100 kilometres (62 miles) west of the capital Harare, state television reported. ZBC TV said six bodies had been retrieved from the mine by Friday night, while another 15 miners were still trapped underground and rescue efforts were underway. The mine collapsed around 0800 GMT on Friday, trapping 34 miners underground. Although 13 miners managed to escape, 21 had remained trapped underground, ZBC reported.
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Oct
01
2023
By PATRICIA ZENGERLE
Senior US House Democrat seeks Egypt aid ‘pause,’ a week after Menendez charges

Senior US House Democrat seeks Egypt aid ‘pause,’ a week after Menendez charges

NEWS
THE ranking Democrat on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said he had asked the U.S. State Department to pause a portion of military aid to Egypt conditioned on human rights criteria. The announcement came a week after federal prosecutors announced charges against the then-chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, tied partly to allegations that he had accepted bribes in exchange for wielding his influence to aid Egypt's government. Menendez denies wrongdoing and has pleaded not guilty. "Congress needs more clarity from the State Department on how concerns about the treatment of political prisoners,…
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Oct
02
2023
By FELIX ONUAH
Nigeria’s Tinubu offers wage increase ahead of labour strike

Nigeria’s Tinubu offers wage increase ahead of labour strike

NEWS
NIGERIAN President Bola Tinubu announced an interim wage rise for low-income workers and mass buses running on gas to ease the impact of a petrol subsidy removal, just two days before labour unions embark on an indefinite strike. Tinubu scrapped a decades-old subsidy during his inauguration in May and ended foreign exchange restrictions, which has led to soaring cost of living and angered unions. In a national broadcast marking 63 years of independence, Tinubu defended the reforms as necessary to put Africa's biggest economy on the path to recovery. "I am attuned to the hardships that have come. I wish today's…
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Oct
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Mali Tuareg rebels claim military base following clashes on Sunday

Mali Tuareg rebels claim military base following clashes on Sunday

NEWS
MALI'S northern Tuareg rebels said that they had seized another military base from the Malian army following fighting in the north of the country. The military base is the fourth taken in a series of attacks the rebel alliance, called the Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA), has carried out since August following the departure of a U.N. peacekeeping mission that for years helped maintain a fragile calm. Mohamed Elmaouloud Ramadane, a spokesman for the CMA told Reuters on Sunday that they had taken control of the Bamba military base in the Gao region. He gave no further details. The Malian…
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