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Jun
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Man fatally stabs police officer outside Brazilian embassy in Tunis

Man fatally stabs police officer outside Brazilian embassy in Tunis

NEWS
A man fatally stabbed a policeman on duty outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunis before police shot the attacker in the leg and arrested him, the Interior Ministry said. A ministry official said the attacker, 53, was mentally ill and the stabbing was not being treated as terrorism. The policeman later died from his wounds, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Jun
20
2023
By BIRD STORY AGENCY
From conflict to regional peacekeeping: The steady rise of Sierra Leone

From conflict to regional peacekeeping: The steady rise of Sierra Leone

NEWS
SIERRA Leone has made remarkable progress in overcoming a tumultuous past marked by conflict and has emerged as a leading force in promoting peace in the region. On June 6, the tiny West African country was, alongside Algeria, elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in a voting session of the UN General Assembly. Other countries elected included Guyana, the Republic of Korea, Belarus and Slovenia. Sierra Leone's seat will be taken up later this year. The election of Sierra Leone, whose candidacy was backed by the African Union, is significant as it represents the country's successful…
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Jun
20
2023
By DUNCAN MIRIRI
Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports

Kenya signs trade deal with European Union to safeguard exports

NEWS
KENYA signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union that will guarantee duty-free access for its farm produce into its biggest export market. European goods entering Kenya will see tariffs reduced over a 25-year period under the agreement, officials said at a signing ceremony in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The deal took seven months to negotiate, making it one of the fastest the EU has ever struck, officials from both sides said. Kenya, Africa's seventh-largest economy, is a major exporter of tea, coffee, flowers, fruits and vegetables. The EU accounts for 21% of its overall exports. "Beyond trade, the…
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Jun
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s Tinubu forces security chiefs out in reshuffle

Nigeria’s Tinubu forces security chiefs out in reshuffle

NEWS
NIGERIA'S President Bola Tinubu forced out the country's security chiefs and the head of police on Monday and replaced them with new appointments, in a major reshuffle of the country's defence forces. Tinubu, who was sworn into office on May 29, has named new commanders of the defence forces, army, and navy air force with immediate effect, the secretary to the government of the federation said in a statement. Nigeria's military has been fighting Islamist insurgents in the northeast for more than a decade, and banditry and kidnappings in the northwest as insecurity has spread to most parts of the…
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Jun
19
2023
By MARK TREVELYAN
Russia reports fierce fighting as African peace mission leaves empty-handed

Russia reports fierce fighting as African peace mission leaves empty-handed

NEWS
RUSSIA reported fierce fighting on three sections of the front line in Ukraine, a day after hosting an African peace mission that failed to spark enthusiasm from either Moscow or Kyiv. A Russian-installed official said Ukraine had recaptured Piatykhatky, a village in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, and was entrenching itself there while coming under fire from Russian artillery. "The enemy's 'wave-like' offensives yielded results, despite enormous losses," the official, Vladimir Rogov, said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia's defence ministry made no mention of Piatykhatky in its daily update, in which it said its forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks in three…
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Jun
19
2023
By ELIAS BIRYABAREMA
Uganda sends more troops to pursue attackers who killed 37 students

Uganda sends more troops to pursue attackers who killed 37 students

NEWS
UGANDA'S President Yoweri Museveni ordered more troops to western Uganda where attackers from a group with links to Islamic State killed at least 37 secondary school students. Members of the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed the students late on Friday at Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe, near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Military and police said the attackers had also abducted six students and fled towards the Virunga National Park across the border. Their fate is unknown. Museveni said more soldiers had joined the pursuit in the area, which includes Rwenzori Mountain, from where the ADF launched their…
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Jun
19
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Start of truce period brings lull in fighting to Sudan’s capital

Start of truce period brings lull in fighting to Sudan’s capital

NEWS
THE start of a 72-hour ceasefire aimed at calming more than two months of conflict between rival Sudanese military factions brought a lull in clashes in Khartoum following battles and air strikes overnight, residents said. Sudan's army and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to refrain from attacks and from seeking military advantage during the ceasefire period, which started at 6 a.m. (0400 GMT), as well as allowing for delivery of aid, Saudi and U.S. mediators said. Several previous truces have failed to stop the fighting. The power struggle between the two sides has turned the capital into…
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Jun
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Analysis: Mali faces spectre of anarchy after demanding UN’s departure

Analysis: Mali faces spectre of anarchy after demanding UN’s departure

NEWS
EDWARD MCALLISTER and DAVID LEWIS MALI'S demand for the departure of U.N. peacekeepers heralded a sudden end to a decade-long mission that has struggled to protect civilians and its own troops, raising fears the country could slide deeper into chaos amid an Islamist insurgency and the possible revival of a separatist uprising. The U.N. mission, known as MINUSMA, has been hobbled by restrictions on its air and ground operations since Mali's ruling junta joined forces with Russian military contractor Wagner Group in 2021, limiting its effectiveness against an Islamist insurgency that took root a decade ago and has since spread across…
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Jun
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Angola fuel hike protesters clash with police

Angola fuel hike protesters clash with police

NEWS
ANGOLAN police fired tear gas in the capital Luanda and other cities Benguela and Namibe as thousands of protesters took to the streets a week after clashes over a recent fuel hike killed at least five people. President Joao Lourenco on June 8 fired the economic coordination minister and replaced him with the central bank governor in the wake of the deadly protests. Africa’s second-biggest crude oil producer earlier this month joined its larger continental rival Nigeria in reducing gasoline subsidies, almost doubling pump prizes and triggering protests. The subsidy cut nearly doubled the gasoline price to almost 300 kwanzas ($0.4781) per litre, although…
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Jun
18
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian judge bars broadcast media from opposition conspiracy cases

Tunisian judge bars broadcast media from opposition conspiracy cases

NEWS
A Tunisian judge has barred radio and television news programmes from covering the cases of prominent opposition figures accused of conspiring against state security in recent months, the official news agency TAP said. The order fuels concerns over rights in Tunisia since President Kais Saied seized extra powers in 2021, moving to rule by decree and then assuming authority over the judiciary. "The investigating judge of office 36 of the anti-terrorism branch issues a decision banning media coverage of the two cases of conspiring against state security," the court's spokesperson Hanan el-Qadas told TAP. TAP later quoted Qadas as saying the order only concerned…
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