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May
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Kremlin says African Ukraine peace delegation will visit Moscow

Kremlin says African Ukraine peace delegation will visit Moscow

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THE Kremlin said that a delegation from African countries hoping to present an initiative to end the conflict in Ukraine would visit Moscow. Several countries have offered to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, including China, whose special envoy began touring Europe this week in a bid to promote Beijing's plan. Details of the African plan have not been publicly revealed, but South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia's Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet African leaders. "A group of countries will indeed send a delegation, which will also be in Moscow," Kremlin spokesman…
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May
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Almost 250,000 flee floods in Somali city that ‘became like an ocean’

Almost 250,000 flee floods in Somali city that ‘became like an ocean’

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FLOODS have caused almost a quarter of a million people to flee their homes after the Shabelle River in central Somalia broke its banks and submerged the town of Beledweyne, even as the country faces its most severe drought in four decades, according to the government. Aid agencies and scientists have warned climate change is among the key factors accelerating humanitarian emergencies, while those impacted are some of the least responsible for CO2 emissions. Seasonal rains in Somalia and upstream in the Ethiopian highlands triggered flash floods that washed away homes, crops, and livestock, and temporarily closed schools and hospitals in…
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May
20
2023
By The African Mirror
World Bank extends $150 mln to Mozambique to aid Cyclone Freddy recovery

World Bank extends $150 mln to Mozambique to aid Cyclone Freddy recovery

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THE World Bank has moved $150 million of the funds it has earmarked for Mozambique projects to help fund the southern African nation's efforts to recover from the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy. The World Bank logo is seen at the 2023 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz One of the deadliest storms to hit the continent in the last two decades, Freddy ripped through Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar, first in late February before circling back in March. Over 1,000 people were reported dead in the region. The World…
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May
21
2023
By JOHN IRISH
Ahead of financing summit, France lobbies G7 over Africa debt, climate impact

Ahead of financing summit, France lobbies G7 over Africa debt, climate impact

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THE Group of Seven (G7) wealthy nations need to take more responsibility in boosting crisis financing for vulnerable countries across the world and work with them to reform the post-war financing system, French officials said. France will host on June 22-23 the "Summit for a New Global Financial Pact", which will tackle the reform of multilateral development banks (MDB), the debt crisis, financing for green technologies, the creation of new international taxes and financing instruments, and special drawing rights. "It's urgent for us to act and rethink collectively the international financing architecture," a French presidential official said, adding that Paris…
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May
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Air strikes hit Khartoum’s outskirts as Sudan’s war enters sixth week

Air strikes hit Khartoum’s outskirts as Sudan’s war enters sixth week

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AIR strikes hit outer areas of the Sudanese capital Khartoum overnight and morning, as fighting that has trapped civilians in a humanitarian crisis and displaced more than a million entered its sixth week. The fighting between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to a collapse in law and order with looting that both sides blame the other for. Stocks of food, cash, and essentials are rapidly dwindling. Air strikes were reported by eyewitnesses in southern Omdurman and northern Bahri, the two cities that lie across the Nile from Khartoum, forming Sudan's "triple capital". Some of…
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May
19
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa grants Turkey’s Karpowership deal to ease power crisis

South Africa grants Turkey’s Karpowership deal to ease power crisis

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SOUTH Africa has granted Turkey's Karpowership access to the three ports of Ngqura, Durban and Saldanha Bay for a period of 20 years, the transport ministry said, as it tries to find solutions to the country's power crisis. Karpowership aims to generate power on its floating gas ships and distribute it through South Africa's electricity grid. The plan received a boost from President Cyril Ramaphosa last week after he told lawmakers the ships would help ease the prolonged power shortage countrywide. Karpowership has in the past faced numerous challenges from environmental activists and small-scale fishermen since the South African government…
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May
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Deaths from latest Nigerian inter-communal clashes pass 100

Deaths from latest Nigerian inter-communal clashes pass 100

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THE death toll from fighting between farmers and herders in Nigeria's north-central state of Plateau has risen beyond 100, with locals searching in the bush for more bodies, residents and local authorities said. Gunmen stormed villages and burned several houses in the Mangu local government area on Tuesday, with at least 20 people initially estimated to have died, mostly women and children. The violence was in reprisal for farmers killing a herder and his cattle who encroached on their land last month, according to a local Fulani herder Bello Yahaya. Mangu local government chairman Minista Daniel Daput said a mass burial had…
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May
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

Tunisia frees two students arrested for satirical song criticising police

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A Tunisian judge freed two students arrested over a satirical song criticising the police after President Kais Saied said their detention was "totally unacceptable" and called for their release, their lawyers said. Youssef Chelbi and Dhia Nsir were arrested on Wednesday after posting a clip on Tik Tok and Facebook showing them laughing and singing a sarcastic song upbraiding the police over the treatment of detainees and a drugs law. Their arrest on charges of insulting others through social networks alarmed rights activists and bloggers, who republished the song to show solidarity with them. They said freedoms in Tunisia were under siege…
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May
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisia president pledges safety for Jewish citizens after synagogue attack

Tunisia president pledges safety for Jewish citizens after synagogue attack

NEWS
TUNISIAN president Kais Saied pledged to guarantee the safety of Jewish citizens and their temples, after meeting the country's chief rabbi in the wake of a deadly attack at a synagogue. Last Tuesday a National Guardsman killed two Jewish visitors and two policemen at the synagogue on Djerba island - Africa's oldest - before being shot dead. He had earlier killed a colleague at a naval installation. Saied last week blamed the attack on "criminals" seeking to harm the tourism sector. On Wednesday he met with Tunisia's chief rabbi, chief Christian archbishop and Muslim mufti, saying that receiving clerics sent…
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May
19
2023
By MAI SHAMSELDIN and EL TAYEB SIDDIG
Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

Sudan’s conflict inflicts heavy toll on children

NEWS
AFTER surviving weeks of fighting in Khartoum, Sanaa Mahmoud has finally got her family to safety in Cairo. However, she says her daughter still wakes up at night screaming because of the gunfire and airstrikes that rocked her neighbourhood. "They saw everything, the gunfire was falling on us at home ... they saw horrible scenes," said Mahmoud, speaking at a shelter in Cairo where she has found sanctuary for her two daughters. "She still screams at night and cries to me 'Why are these people coming to kill us?'" she said. Sanaa Mahmoud, a Sudanese displaced woman, and her daughters…
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