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Apr
22
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR
No let-up in Khartoum fighting after Sudan’s army declares truce

No let-up in Khartoum fighting after Sudan’s army declares truce

NEWS
HEAVY firing rang out in Khartoum after Sudan's army declared a truce, a Reuters witness said, dealing the latest blow to international attempts to try to end almost a week of fighting between army troops and a rival force. The source of firing was unclear, the witness said, adding air strikes were also heard from time to time. The army said it agreed to a three-day truce to enable people to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Its adversary, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), said earlier in the day it had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire, also to mark Eid.…
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Apr
22
2023
By ROGAN WARD
Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10

Gunmen ambush family in South African homestead, kill 10

NEWS
GUNMEN stormed a homestead in a township outside the South African city of Pietermaritzburg and ambushed a family, killing 10 people, police said. Police did not give a motive for the shooting, but said in a statement that they had arrested two suspects believed to have been involved in the incident, in which seven women and three men died. A third suspect escaped, while a fourth was fatally shot when confronted by officers, the police said. The identity of the suspects was not immediately known. A family member is consoled at the scene of a deadly mass shooting near Pietermaritzburg,…
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Apr
21
2023
By TAREK AMARA
Judge orders jail for Tunisian opposition leader

Judge orders jail for Tunisian opposition leader

NEWS
 A Tunisian judge ordered opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to be detained before his trial on charges of plotting against state security, his lawyer said, the latest move on opponents of President Kais Saied. The 81-year-old head of the Islamist Ennahda party was the speaker of the elected parliament, which was shut down in 2021 by Saied when he seized all powers. Ghannouchi, who was arrested on Monday, was ordered detained following an investigation by the judge that lasted eight hours, lawyer Monia Bouali said. No date has been set for any trial or the next hearing. "The issue is related to…
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Apr
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Dreaming sky high, Nigerian man builds aeroplane from trash

Dreaming sky high, Nigerian man builds aeroplane from trash

NEWS
BOLAJI Fatai has never set foot in an aeroplane, but that hasn't stopped him from building his own remote-controlled model aircraft from trash and sending it soaring over the sprawl and chaos of Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. On a recent cloudy day, the single-propeller plane withstood cross-winds high above a sandy football field and swooped low over the heads of onlookers in Oworonshoki, the poor neighbourhood where Fatai lives in the east of the city. He bought the propeller and remote control in a shop but constructed the body, wings, tail and fin from pieces of recycled styrofoam gathered in…
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Apr
22
2023
By The African Mirror
UN paints Congo helicopters orange to protect against attacks

UN paints Congo helicopters orange to protect against attacks

NEWS
THE United Nations has painted bright orange its two white helicopters providing humanitarian relief in eastern Congo in an effort to protect them from militia attacks by distinguishing them from other aircraft. Insecurity has worsened in east Congo since a rebel group known as the M23 - one of many armed militias active in the region - launched a fresh offensive last year. Humanitarian operations to help the thousands of civilians displaced by the fighting have been caught up in the fighting. Last year, the U.N. recorded 293 security incidents that affected relief missions to east Congo, resulting in the…
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Apr
22
2023
By The African Mirror
This young Nigerian has developed online therapy to help youth access mental health care

This young Nigerian has developed online therapy to help youth access mental health care

NEWS
VICTOR EYIKE, BIRD STORY AGENCY WHEN Moses Aiyenuro fell into a depression in 2019 after failing his engineering exams, he was unable to access mental healthcare. "My life turned around. I felt like a failure. I withdrew from people," he explained. Luckily for him, he came into contact with a trained therapist, and they started talking online via WhatsApp. "After talking with her, I felt good and then later thought, 'How can I replicate this'? I did a survey with my phone contact list and found that about 65 per cent had issues but couldn't contact family and would have…
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Apr
21
2023
By READE LEVINSON
More women describe enduring forced abortions in Nigerian Army programme

More women describe enduring forced abortions in Nigerian Army programme

NEWS
AS a Nigerian human rights commission holds hearings on reports of a mass, army-run forced abortion programme in the country’s war-torn northeast, two more women have told Reuters that they underwent abortions in military custody without their consent. The accounts of the two women, who said they met by chance at a wedding outside Nigeria, buttress the testimony of more than 30 other women and girls who told Reuters they endured forced abortions during the government’s nearly 14-year war against Islamist insurgents. Their stories also align with accounts of soldiers and health workers involved in the clandestine army scheme. Reuters revealed…
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Apr
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

NEWS
A Kenyan judge ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta could be sued in Kenya after 43 moderators at its Nairobi hub last month filed a lawsuit against the group and its local partner Sama for unfair termination. In response, Judge Matthews Nduma issued an interim injunction against Meta and Sama preventing them from terminating the moderators' contracts, pending a judgment on the legality of their redundancy. "The court finds that this court has jurisdiction to determine the matter of alleged unlawful and unfair termination of employment on grounds of redundancy," Nduma said on Thursday. The moderators in the petition - who are…
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Apr
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Egyptian army says soldiers stuck in Sudan back home or at embassy

Egyptian army says soldiers stuck in Sudan back home or at embassy

NEWS
THREE flights carrying 177 Egyptian troops from Sudan have arrived in Cairo and a separate group of 27 air force personnel are in the care of the Egyptian embassy in Sudan, according to military statements. Sudan's capital, Khartoum, and its sister cities Omdurman and Bahri have been rocked by fierce battles between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), leaving many stranded and causing food supplies to run short. The RSF said it had detained 27 Egyptian air force personnel after storming Merowe air base in northern Sudan on Saturday. The Sudanese army released a statement on Thursday correcting an…
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Apr
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Russia’s private Wagner Group denies it is operating in Sudan

Russia’s private Wagner Group denies it is operating in Sudan

NEWS
THE Russian private military Wagner Group denied it was operating in Sudan and said it had nothing to do with battles rocking the giant impoverished African state. Western diplomats in Khartoum said in March 2022 that Wagner was involved in illicit gold mining in Sudan, among other activities. Sudan denied this was the case. "Due to the large number of inquiries from various foreign media about Sudan, most of which are provocative, we consider it necessary to inform everyone that Wagner staff have not been in Sudan for more than two years," the group wrote on Telegram. Wagner had not had contacts…
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