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May
28
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR
SUDAN: Fighting reduces, little relief for the desperate

SUDAN: Fighting reduces, little relief for the desperate

NEWS
KHARTOUM was calmer as a seven-day ceasefire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the Sudanese capital. A truce signed on Monday by the two fighting parties - Sudan's army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - aimed to secure safe passage for humanitarian aid and lead to wider talks sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia. The conflict, which erupted on April 15, has killed at least 730 civilians and caused 1.3 million Sudanese to leave their homes,…
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May
28
2023
By PHILBERT GIRINEMA and AYENAT MERSIE
RWANDA: Church massacre survivors laud arrest

RWANDA: Church massacre survivors laud arrest

NEWS
ONCE the mass murder of their people began, Safari Jean Bosco and his mother, sister and brothers sought refuge in a Catholic church along with over 2,000 others packed into the building. Some prayed as hungry mothers strained to breastfeed. By April 12, 1994, six days after the genocide against Tutsis by an extremist Hutu regime began, militia surrounded the church. Soon afterward Bosco saw local police inspector Fulgence Kayishema in a meeting with the parish priest and others. "We thought the meeting... was addressing how to maintain our security," Bosco told Reuters. "It later came to our knowledge that…
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May
29
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalia says it will revert to direct vote for officials starting next year

Somalia says it will revert to direct vote for officials starting next year

NEWS
SOMALIA will start electing its president and other officials by direct vote next year, the government announced, ending a system of indirect voting in the Horn of Africa country that has endured three decades of conflict and clan battles. Amid widespread insecurity caused by an Islamist insurgency and weak state structures, in recent years lawmakers voted for the president, while clan heads and elders elected lawmakers in both the federal government and regional states. The country had initially been scheduled to revert to universal suffrage in 2020 but protracted squabbles among politicians and persisting insecurity across the country forced the…
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May
29
2023
By FELIX ONUAH
Nigeria’s Buhari defends election outcome, economic record

Nigeria’s Buhari defends election outcome, economic record

NEWS
NIGERIA'S President Muhammadu Buhari defended his record on the economy and the outcome of a disputed presidential election, saying he was leaving a legacy of credible and fair votes, a day before he hands over power to his successor. Buhari first came to office in 2015 after promising to reboot the economy and end corruption and insecurity, but many Nigerians say these issues have worsened under his watch. Incoming President Bola Tinubu's victory is being challenged by his two closest opposition rivals, and on Tuesday a tribunal will begin to hear the main arguments in the election petition. Buhari, an ascetic 80-year-old retired general,…
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May
28
2023
By HATEM MAHER
Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground

Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground

NEWS
EGYPT unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said, marking the latest in a string of discoveries that the country hopes can help revive its vital tourism industry. Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told reporters that the two large "embalming workshops" date back to the 30th dynasty (380-343 BC) and the Ptolemaic (305-30 BC) eras. The discovery was made after a year-long excavation near the sanctuary of the goddess Bastet, which is home to the catacombs of mummified cats in Saqqara, some 30…
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May
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Malawi rounds up 920 refugees to return them to overcrowded camp

Malawi rounds up 920 refugees to return them to overcrowded camp

NEWS
AUTHORITIES in Malawi have rounded up 920 refugees who had settled in different communities to move them back to a camp in a district bordering the capital Lilongwe, home affairs ministry spokesperson Patrick Botha said. The operation, which started on May 17, followed a government ultimatum that called for all refugees to return to the Dzaleka refugee camp by April 15, or face enforced relocation. The government has accused refugees of leaving the overcrowded camp without following proper procedures. The round-up operation started in Lilongwe and has been extended to other districts. Botha could not say when the operation, which…
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May
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Spain probing African migrant voyage after reported Moroccan gunfire

Spain probing African migrant voyage after reported Moroccan gunfire

NEWS
SPAIN said it was probing reports of casualties among a group of migrants trying to reach the Canary Islands from Africa after a charity cited survivors as saying Moroccan soldiers opened fire killing at least one of them. The Moroccan authorities did not immediately respond to emailed and telephoned requests for comment on the allegation that its forces shot at the group of more than 40 migrants as they sought to depart on a dinghy early on Tuesday morning. Reuters could not independently verify the report. "We are investigating," a Spanish police source told Reuters, referring to reports of injuries.…
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May
27
2023
By MACDONALD DZIRUTWE and LIBBY GEORGE
After inauguration fanfare, immense economic challenges await Nigeria’s Tinubu

After inauguration fanfare, immense economic challenges await Nigeria’s Tinubu

NEWS
NIGERIA'S incoming President Bola Tinubu will inherit anaemic economic growth, record debt and shrinking oil output, but before he can start fixing these pressing problems he will need to secure public support for painful decisions. Life is tough for citizens of Africa's biggest economy, and a tangle of protectionist economic policies and foreign currency interventions have spooked investors. An attempt by Nigeria to reduce hugely expensive fuel subsidies a decade ago met with mass public protests and had to be dropped. Tinubu, a member of President Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives Congress, helped propel the outgoing president to power in 2015.…
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May
29
2023
By The African Mirror
KENYA: President accuses tax agency of graft

KENYA: President accuses tax agency of graft

NEWS
KENYA'S President William Ruto accused the tax collection agency's staff of cutting government revenue by engaging in corruption, colluding with tax evaders and taking bribes. Ruto, who was elected last August on a platform of helping the poor, has had a rough ride in the first months of his term due to growing government debt repayments, revenue collection shortfalls and persistently high prices of basic commodities. Public service employees have complained of salary delays in recent months while local authorities have threatened to shut down their operations to protest against delayed cash disbursements from the national government. "Collusion, wanton bribe-taking and general…
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May
28
2023
By NAFISA ELTAHIR and KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist, sporadic fighting persists

Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist, sporadic fighting persists

NEWS
SUDAN'S army called for reservists and retired soldiers to re-enlist amid a deadly conflict with a rival paramilitary and asked the United Nations to change its envoy to the country. The call to former soldiers to present themselves at their nearest military base looked aimed at strengthening the army in its battle with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary but may add fuel to the conflict days into a truce. Sporadic fighting has continued all week, though the ceasefire monitors Saudi Arabia and the United States said earlier on Friday that compliance was improving, but the army moves may indicate…
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