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May
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya opposition says it suspends protests after agreement with government

Kenya opposition says it suspends protests after agreement with government

NEWS
KENYA'S opposition said they had suspended the latest anti-government protests planned after reaching an agreement with the government of President William Ruto. In a statement, the opposition Azimio La Umoja (Declaration of Unity) alliance, led by veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga, said its leadership had met and "agreed to once more suspend the mass protests that we had earlier scheduled to continue tomorrow." The decision to suspend the protests was taken after Ruto's ruling Kenya Kwanza (Kenya First) alliance agreed "to one of our demands," according to the statement. The opposition did not provide details of the agreement. On Monday…
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May
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Explainer: Sudan’s conflict: Who’s backing the rival commanders?

Explainer: Sudan’s conflict: Who’s backing the rival commanders?

NEWS
IVANA SEKULARAC and ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC MILITARY rivals locked in a conflict that erupted in Sudan on April 15 both courted foreign backing in the years leading up to the fighting. That support could now influence the course of the power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, as well as efforts to stop the violence. The conflict has brought open warfare to Sudan's capital Khartoum and sparked new unrest in the western region of Darfur, displacing hundreds of thousands of people within Sudan and sending 100,000…
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May
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya cult deaths: Church leader remains in jail

Kenya cult deaths: Church leader remains in jail

NEWS
A Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers to starve themselves to death will be detained by police until a hearing on Friday, a court ruled as investigators searched for more bodies in a forest where 101 corpses have already been unearthed. Kenyan authorities say the dead were members of the Good News International Church led by Paul Mackenzie, 50, who had predicted the world would end on April 15 and ordered his followers to kill themselves to be the first to go to heaven. The death toll stands at a total of 109 so far, with 101, mostly children, found…
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May
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Inside Kenya’s death-by-starvation cult

Inside Kenya’s death-by-starvation cult

NEWS
DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYAN cult leader Paul Mackenzie lived with hundreds of followers in makeshift homes of polythene sheeting and thatch in a remote forest camp that he divided into areas with biblical names like Jerusalem and Judea, relatives of his adherents say. He told them the world as they knew it was going to end on April 15 and Satan would rule for 1,000 years, according to the relatives and a senior police investigator. He ordered them to starve themselves and their children to death so they could meet Jesus in heaven ahead of that date, they said. "I heard…
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May
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudanese fleeing north face arduous crossing into Egypt

Sudanese fleeing north face arduous crossing into Egypt

NEWS
MAGGIE MICHAEL EIGHT months pregnant, Malaz Omar left behind everything to flee with her husband, two toddlers and an elderly aunt from the fighting that has swept across Sudan's capital for more than two weeks. By the time the 34-year-old arrived in Egypt, she hadn't eaten or showered for four days, passing through the Qustul border crossing where people slept on the ground and had nothing to cover their heads from the scorching sun. Her plight reflects that of thousands of others who have paid high prices to journey north to Egypt on buses and trucks, only to get stuck…
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May
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenyan anti-government protests resume with police firing tear gas

Kenyan anti-government protests resume with police firing tear gas

NEWS
KENYAN police fired tear gas at a small group of protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday as the opposition resumed anti-government demonstrations following a one-month pause. The main opposition coalition organised three days of demonstrations in March to protest high living costs and alleged fraud in last year's election, which its leader Raila Odinga lost to President William Ruto. Those protests were marred by clashes between police and demonstrators as well as sporadic incidents of violence, including one that Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki termed as "ethnically-laced arson" when a church and mosque were set ablaze in Nairobi's Kibera neighbourhood. Odinga suspended…
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May
03
2023
By AIDAN LEWIS
What is happening in Sudan? Fighting in Khartoum explained

What is happening in Sudan? Fighting in Khartoum explained

NEWS
A conflict in Sudan that erupted on April 15 has killed hundreds of people, driven more than 100,000 to flee across the borders and displaced hundreds of thousands inside the country where many already relied on international aid before fighting began. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tension had been building for months between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which together toppled a civilian government in an October 2021 coup. The friction was brought to a head by an internationally-backed plan to launch a new transition with civilian parties. A final deal was due to be signed in early April, on…
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May
03
2023
By UYAPO MAJAHANA, BIRD STORY AGENCY
This radio station is building community and giving voice to critical issues with a “deconolised” model

This radio station is building community and giving voice to critical issues with a “deconolised” model

NEWS
LEBANI Sirenje is sitting on a rooftop on Auret Street in Maboneng, Johannesburg. Every few seconds he glances at a picture of the late South African rapper and dancer, Costa Titch - then translates what he sees onto canvas. His brush strokes move in sync with the beat of the AmaPiano house music searing the calm of a Sunday afternoon. The song on the speakers changes - a faster tune now - but Sirenje's rhythmic strokes remain unchanged as he works on the painting. Sirenje, popularly known as Rasta The Artist, is famous for painting portraits of public figures who…
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May
03
2023
By ALOIS VINGA, BIRD STORY AGENCY
In Zimbabwe, a nonprofit is helping the hearing-impaired find independence

In Zimbabwe, a nonprofit is helping the hearing-impaired find independence

NEWS
AFTER impatiently outside the maternity ward on November 7, 1997, Lyndon Nkomo – a Zimbabwean-based lawyer - was overjoyed to receive news that he was father to a baby boy. But for the next two years, baby Dumisani would not respond to sounds. "I would shout and cheer at the top of my voice, but the baby would not startle at the loud sounds but remained unusually quiet," said Nkomo. Perplexed by the unusual scenario, the parents took their baby to the doctor. "It was a Damascan moment of my life when the audiologist who performed the tests established that…
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