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May
02
2023
By BIRD STORY AGENCY
African aviation industry soars towards full post-pandemic recovery

African aviation industry soars towards full post-pandemic recovery

NEWS
THE skies are clearing for the African aviation industry, following the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), which reported a narrowing of the airline revenue gap in the first quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. AFRAA is a 48-member African airline trade association aiming to promote, serve airlines, and champion Africa’s aviation industry. African airlines reported a surge in traffic in March, with levels reaching an impressive 94.8% of pre-pandemic levels. A statement by AFRAA said that “domestic market share was at 37%, intra-Africa at 31%, and intercontinental at 32%.”…
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May
02
2023
By GEORGE OBULUTSA
Kenyan occult deaths: kids starved, asphyxiated

Kenyan occult deaths: kids starved, asphyxiated

NEWS
THE bodies of several children exhumed in eastern Kenya showed signs of starvation and in some cases asphyxiation, a government pathologist said, as investigators began the first autopsies on over 100 people linked to a doomsday cult. On Monday investigators said they had completed 10 autopsies, comprising nine children aged between 18 months and 10 years, and one female adult, from the 101 bodies discovered last month in shallow graves in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi County. Authorities say the dead were followers of the Good News International Church, led by pastor Paul Mackenzie, whom they accuse of instructing worshippers to starve…
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May
02
2023
By EL TAYEB SIDDIG and NAFISA ELTAHIR
Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people, UN says

Sudan battles risk exodus of 800,000 people, UN says

NEWS
THE United Nations warned on Monday that 800,000 people may flee Sudan as rival military factions battled in the capital despite a supposed ceasefire and foreign states wound down evacuations. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded over 16 days of battles since disputes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into conflict on April 15. There seems little prospect of a quick resolution to the crisis, which has unleashed a humanitarian disaster, damaged swathes of Khartoum, risked drawing in regional powers, and reignited conflict in the Darfur region. Both sides agreed on Sunday to extend a much-violated truce…
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May
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Senegalese entrepreneur creates first locally made surfboards

Senegalese entrepreneur creates first locally made surfboards

NEWS
NGOUDA DIONE IN a small beachside shack in Senegal's capital Dakar, Pape Diouf spends hours on each surfboard he makes, shaping its foam surface with an electric planer to create the perfect curve. Diouf, 27, is the first surfboard maker in the West African country, which has attracted surfers from around the world for decades due to Dakar's position on a spit of land that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, creating world-class waves. The surf scene is dominated by locals, many of whom surf on old boards donated or passed down from older surfers. But Diouf, who is also…
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Apr
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria: ransom paid, 74 children freed

Nigeria: ransom paid, 74 children freed

NEWS
 Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while Islamist militants continue to stage attacks in the northeast. Two parents from Zamfara's Wadzamai village said they paid 20,000 naira ($43.50) each and their children were among those released on Friday and had suffered from severe malnutrition. A village head in Wadzamai said 11 people were still being held but…
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Apr
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Cough syrup death scandal: mystery middleman emerges

Cough syrup death scandal: mystery middleman emerges

NEWS
KRISHNA N. DAS and JENNIFER RIGBY AN unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material used in Indian-made cough syrups that have been linked to the deaths of more than 70 children in Gambia, a chemicals trader involved in the supply chain told Reuters. The World Health Organization said last year the syrups, made by Indian manufacturer Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd, contained lethal toxins ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG) – used in car brake fluid. These ingredients can be used by unscrupulous actors as a substitute for propylene glycol (PG), which is a key base of syrupy medicines…
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Apr
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan: hope for talks, fighting continues

Sudan: hope for talks, fighting continues

NEWS
EL TAYEB SIDDIG and NAFISA ELTAHIR AIR strikes and artillery rocked Khartoum as Sudan entered a third week of fighting between rival military forces despite a ceasefire, prompting more civilians to flee and renewed warnings of wider instability if the war is not stopped. By Saturday evening, heavy clashes could be heard near downtown Khartoum, close to the army headquarters and the presidential palace. In one of the latest efforts by foreign governments to evacuate their citizens and others, a U.S.-government organised convoy arrived at the Red Sea city of Port Sudan on Saturday, evacuating U.S. citizens, local staff and…
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May
01
2023
By MAHAMAT RAMADANE
A Sudanese woman’s race to the border after giving birth

A Sudanese woman’s race to the border after giving birth

NEWS
AS armed militias attacked and pillaged her village near the town of El Geneina in the western Darfur region of Sudan, pregnant 23-year-old Zamzam Adam was stranded, in labour, and alone, as neighbours fled across the border into Chad. The conflict between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has not spared her village Ayatine, in the western Darfur region where a two-decade-old conflict and simmering violence has been re-ignited by the fighting. Residents and sources in the western Darfur region have reported looting, ethnic reprisal attacks and clashes between the army and the RSF which evolved from…
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Feb
12
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa mourns rap star shot dead in cold blood

South Africa mourns rap star shot dead in cold blood

NEWS
LAUGHTER, hugs and then bullets - death. It's an hour before midnight and the lifeless body of one of South Africa's famous music superstars lay sprawled outside a popular restaurant on one of Durban's famous streets - Florida Road. On the ground, outside Wish restaurant, wearing grey pants and a black t-shirt was AKA, a multi-award winning rap star, gunned down by an assassin minutes after he had dinner with friends.  Moments earlier, the gunman, small framed and wearing a cream wool skull cap, black pants and white sneakers, comes from the back as AKA turns to speak to someone. In…
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May
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya cult deaths: kids starved, asphyxiated

Kenya cult deaths: kids starved, asphyxiated

NEWS
THE bodies of several children exhumed in eastern Kenya showed signs of starvation and in some cases asphyxiation, a government pathologist said, as investigators began the first autopsies on over 100 people linked to a doomsday cult. On Monday investigators said they had completed 10 autopsies, comprising nine children aged between 18 months and 10 years, and one female adult, from the 101 bodies discovered last month in shallow graves in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi County. Authorities say the dead were followers of the Good News International Church, led by pastor Paul Mackenzie, whom they accuse of instructing worshippers to starve…
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