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May
25
2023
By SAM TOBIN
Angola’s Isabel dos Santos dragged into $400 mln London lawsuit

Angola’s Isabel dos Santos dragged into $400 mln London lawsuit

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ANGOLAN billionaire Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country's former president, faces being dragged into a $400 million London lawsuit brought by Angolan telecoms operator Unitel. Unitel sued dos Santos' Dutch company Unitel International Holdings (UIH) in 2020 over loans provided to fund UIH's acquisition of shares in telecom companies. The loans were not repaid and around $395 million plus interest remains outstanding, Unitel's lawyers told London's High Court on Tuesday. Unitel is applying to personally add dos Santos – Africa's first female billionaire, whose father Jose Eduardo dos Santos ruled Angola for 38 years until 2017 – to its…
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May
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Get-rich-quick schemes, pyramids and ponzis: five signs you’re being scammed

Get-rich-quick schemes, pyramids and ponzis: five signs you’re being scammed

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Consumers are under a lot of financial strain. The World Economic Forum reports that the cost-of-living crisis is affecting people across the globe. With food and fuel prices rising, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep financially afloat. On top of that, salaries aren’t keeping up with inflation, making it more difficult to save and build wealth. Authors BOMIKAZI ZEKA, Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra ABDUL LATIF ALHASSAN, Associate Professor in Development Finance & Insurance, University of Cape Town It’s during such times of economic difficulty and uncertainty that fraudsters lure unsuspecting consumers into “get-rich-quick” schemes,…
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May
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan ceasefire brings some respite after weeks of heavy battles

Sudan ceasefire brings some respite after weeks of heavy battles

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ARTILLERY fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead, residents said, though an internationally monitored ceasefire appeared to have brought some respite from heavy fighting in the Sudanese capital. Night-time airstrikes were reported in at least one area after the ceasefire started late on Monday, but residents otherwise reported relative calm. The truce was agreed at talks in Jeddah on Saturday after five weeks of fierce battles between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It is being tracked by Saudi Arabia and the United States and is meant to allow for the delivery of humanitarian relief. The…
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May
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Congo files new complaint to ICC against Rwanda’s military and M23 rebels

Congo files new complaint to ICC against Rwanda’s military and M23 rebels

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THE Democratic Republic of Congo has made another formal referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to ensure the court will focus on what it calls the systematic pillaging of its natural resources in eastern Congo by the Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) and the M23 rebel group. The ICC already has an ongoing investigation into eastern Congo since 2004 and it is not clear if the new referral would shift the court's focus. "The government of the DRC remains deeply concerned about the suffering of the populations in the part of its territory affected by the acts referred to in…
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May
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Defence says Malian rebel in ICC trial was ‘small fry’

Defence says Malian rebel in ICC trial was ‘small fry’

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LAWYERS for a Malian Islamist rebel accused of war crimes told his trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) that their client was just a small fish within the rebel group that took over Timbuktu. Defence lawyer Melinda Taylor did not deny that Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz was a member of the Ansar Dine Islamist group which controlled every aspect of daily life in Timbuktu after its 2012 takeover. However, she painted him as someone trying to maintain order in a chaotic situation after the rebel takeover and who did not contribute in a meaningful way to any of…
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May
24
2023
By AMINDEH BLAISE ATABONG
Thirsty elephants rampage through north Cameroon city

Thirsty elephants rampage through north Cameroon city

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WILDLIFE officials in north Cameroon are struggling against a marauding herd of elephants that wandered into a regional capital this week after trampling through surrounding villages, killing at least two people, they said. An estimated 6,830 elephants live in Cameroon, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, making it one of the largest populations of the endangered species left in Africa. Conservation efforts have increased their numbers over the past years. But the loss of habitat to plantations and villages causes the animals to occasionally wander into human settlements, trampling crops and homes and sometimes charging people. Forestry…
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May
24
2023
By CARIEN DU PLESSIS
African leaders seek to persuade Russia, Ukraine to cease hostilities

African leaders seek to persuade Russia, Ukraine to cease hostilities

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SIX African leaders propose that Ukraine accept opening peace talks with Russia even as Russian troops remain on its soil, South Africa's presidency said, as South African officials prepare to visit both countries to sell the idea. Ukraine has said Russian troops must withdraw from its territory before talks start, while Moscow wants Kyiv to recognise Russian sovereignty over Crimea, which it annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as a precondition for negotiations. Russian forces carried out a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. "First is the cessation of hostilities. Second is a framework for lasting peace," South African Presidency Spokesman Vincent…
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May
24
2023
By CATHERINE SCHENCK
South Africans blame city as cholera cases rise

South Africans blame city as cholera cases rise

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SOUTH Africans blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from cholera rose to 15 in the country's most populous province. The health department in Gauteng province declared a cholera outbreak on Sunday in Hammanskraal, an area about 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of the capital Pretoria, in the City of Tshwane. Almost 100 people have been seen at the hospital, and 37 have been admitted to wards, the city government said on Monday, warning residents of Hammanskraal and surrounding areas not to drink tap water. "We are drinking that water, but they don't want to…
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May
24
2023
By THOMAS NEWEY
Director of Cannes’ first Sudanese film: I walk red carpet as people flee bullets

Director of Cannes’ first Sudanese film: I walk red carpet as people flee bullets

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FOR Mohamed Kordofani, being at the Cannes Film Festival is bittersweet: He directed the first Sudanese film to be included in the festival's official selection as weeks of fighting in Sudan have driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes. "I feel immensely honoured and very happy that the film made it to Cannes, and it's such a great reward to all the crew and the cast, and myself included," he told Reuters on Monday. "But at the same time, I feel really bad ... I walk the red carpet while people are running away from bullets and bombing." His film, "Goodbye…
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May
24
2023
By NGOUDA DIONE and BATE FELIX
Senegal opposition leader’s rape trial resumes amid fears of unrest

Senegal opposition leader’s rape trial resumes amid fears of unrest

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THE delayed rape trial of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko resumed in his absence in the capital Dakar as defence lawyers withdrew from the case and his party called for public protest. Security forces patrolled crossroads and enforced a temporary ban on motorcycles as authorities feared another round of protests that have flared sporadically since Sonko was first detained over the case in 2021. Sonko, 48, is accused of sexually assaulting and making death threats to a woman who worked in a massage parlour. A conviction could quash his intentions to run again for president in elections next year. That…
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