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Apr
27
2023
By The African Mirror
Farmers say Zimbabwe government compensation deal comes up short

Farmers say Zimbabwe government compensation deal comes up short

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NYASHA CHINGONO and WENDELL ROELF BEN Gilpin is one of hundreds of commercial farmers who has been offered government compensation for being evicted from their land and farms two decades ago and found the plan has come up short. Expelled from his 1,000-hectare farm during a land reform campaign led by former president Robert Mugabe, Gilpin, who lives in the capital Harare, is one of many mostly white farmers seeking redress from the government after years of court action and delays. Still, some farmers say they will reject the government's $3.5 billion compensation package for being inadequate financially and for…
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Apr
27
2023
By The African Mirror
The dirty truth about your phone – and why you need to stop scrolling in the bathroom

The dirty truth about your phone – and why you need to stop scrolling in the bathroom

NEWS
WE carry them everywhere, take them to bed, to the bathroom and for many people they’re the first thing they see in the morning – more than 90% of the world owns or uses a mobile phone and many of us couldn’t manage without one. Author PRIMROSE FREESTONE, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester But while health concerns about phones use usually focus on the distraction they can cause while driving, the possible effects of radiofrequency exposure, or just how addictive they can be. The microbial infection risk of your phone is much less appreciated – but it’s…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Dramatic escape from Sudan

Dramatic escape from Sudan

NEWS
RAWAN al-Waleed was expecting to fly from Khartoum to Cairo last week for a wedding. Instead, she ended up travelling from Sudan to Egypt on a bus her family chartered to escape a war. The family left after a rocket hit Waleed's family home in Khartoum's Al Amarat district on April 18, destroying the bathroom, as fighting raged between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Like other Sudanese who can afford it, they paid 4 million Sudanese pounds ($6,750) to charter a bus to drive about 50 extended family members nearly 1,000 km (620 miles) north through Sudan and across the…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
SA’s 2nd attempt to withdraw from ICC

SA’s 2nd attempt to withdraw from ICC

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CARIEN DU PLESSIS SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress will aim to repeal the country's membership of the International Criminal Court (ICC), President Cyril Ramaphosa said, the second time it has attempted to do so. The party's decision at a weekend meeting of its national executive committee came after the ICC issued an arrest warrant on March 17 against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. "The governing party, the African National Congress, has taken that decision that it is prudent that South Africa should pull out of the ICC, largely…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96

Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96

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BILL TROTT HARRY Belafonte, a singer, songwriter and groundbreaking actor who started his entertainment career belting "Day O" in his 1950s hit song "Banana Boat" before turning to political activism, has died at the age of 96. Belafonte died of congestive heart failure at his home in New York on Tuesday with his wife Pamela by his side, the firm of his longtime spokesperson Ken Sunshine said in a statement. As a Black leading man who explored racial themes in 1950s movies, Belafonte would later move on to working with his friend Martin Luther King Jr. during the U.S. civil…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Social media now trumps traditional family networks in Libya – my Facebook survey reached 446,000 women

Social media now trumps traditional family networks in Libya – my Facebook survey reached 446,000 women

NEWS
WHEN I told my family and friends I intended to pursue a PhD researching HIV awareness among married women in Libya, my home country, the reaction was not encouraging: “You’d be lucky to even get members of your family to respond,” said one. They weren’t being unnecessarily pessimistic but rather managing my expectations, considering I was not only researching HIV awareness in a conservative country often perceived as oppressive, but I was also looking to recruit women. Author ABIER HAMIDI, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University Historically, Libyan women have been placed under severe social and…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya hunger cult deaths reach 89, minister prays survivors will ‘tell the story’

Kenya hunger cult deaths reach 89, minister prays survivors will ‘tell the story’

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GEORGE OBULUTSA THE death toll among followers of a Kenyan cult who believed they would go to heaven if they starved themselves has risen to 89, Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki said, calling for the group's leader to spend the rest of his life in prison. The toll has steadily risen in recent days as authorities have carried out exhumations of mass graves found in an 800-acre area of the Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya where the self-proclaimed Good News International Church was based. Most of the dead were recovered from shallow graves, while a small number were found alive and…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa’s women CEOs and executives shattering glass ceilings, driving growth in the private sector

Africa’s women CEOs and executives shattering glass ceilings, driving growth in the private sector

NEWS
BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY WOMEN business leaders and private sector managers continue to shatter glass ceilings and drive significant market success across Africa, according to the latest data-driven research released by Africa.com. In a powerful display of women's leadership and business acumen, Africa.com has revealed a list of 93 trailblazing women CEOs, managers, and company presidents from 17 African countries. A virtual event on April 19 celebrated these remarkable achievements as Africa.com unveiled its third edition of the definitive list of female CEOs, managers, and company presidents in Africa. The study focused on companies with a revenue base of…
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Apr
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Talks between Ethiopia and Oromo rebel group begin in Zanzibar

Talks between Ethiopia and Oromo rebel group begin in Zanzibar

NEWS
TALKS between the Ethiopian government and rebels from the Oromiya region have started in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, a spokesman for regional Africa group IGAD said. Rebel groups in Oromiya, which is the biggest of Ethiopia's 11 regions and surrounds the capital Addis Ababa, have battled the federal government for decades. In recent years the violence has left hundreds dead and displaced tens of thousands, with Oromos accusing the government of marginalising and neglecting Oromos, the country's largest ethnic group. "The talks are underway in Tanzania as we speak...we hope [it] will lead to a political agreement," said…
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Apr
25
2023
By The African Mirror
Sudan: UN warns of ‘catastrophic conflagration’

Sudan: UN warns of ‘catastrophic conflagration’

NEWS
THE US said that the warring factions in Sudan agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire while Western, Arab and Asian nations raced to extract their citizens from the country. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the truce deal followed two days of intense negotiations and would begin on Tuesday. The two sides have not abided by several temporary truce deals over the past week. Fighting erupted between Sudan's armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group on April 15 and has killed at least 427 people, knocked out hospitals and other services and turned residential areas into war zones. "During this…
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