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Apr
20
2023
By The African Mirror

Switzerland indicts former Gambian minister for crimes against humanity

NEWS
SWITZERLAND'S attorney general has filed an indictment against Gambia's former interior minister for crimes against humanity committed under former authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh, it said in a statement. Ousman Sonko is accused of having supported, participated in and failed to prevent "systematic and generalised attacks" as part of a repressive campaign by security forces against Jammeh's opponents, the Office of the Attorney General said. Sonko's lawyer, Philippe Currat, told Reuters on Wednesday that his client disputed the charges and that some of the alleged acts occurred before articles on crimes against humanity came into force in the Swiss Criminal Code.…
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Apr
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigerian students escape abductors two weeks after kidnapping

Nigerian students escape abductors two weeks after kidnapping

NEWS
EIGHT Nigerian secondary school students kidnapped by gunmen in northern Kaduna state two weeks ago escaped from their captors and were found by villagers who alerted security forces, the state's internal security commissioner said. Armed gangs operating mostly in remote parts of northwest Nigeria have carried out violent attacks against villagers, schools and motorists, abducting hundreds for ransom. The female students were seized by an armed gang on their way from school along with an unknown number of others, authorities said on April 4. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the students escaped from a forest between…
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Apr
22
2023
By The African Mirror
SUDAN: UN chief calls for three-day ceasefire

SUDAN: UN chief calls for three-day ceasefire

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Sudan's warring factions to observe a ceasefire over the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday to allow civilians to reach safe areas as rival forces battled for a sixth day. Thousands of civilians streamed out of the capital Khartoum as gunfire and explosions sounded. Large numbers also crossed into Chad to flee fighting in the western region of Darfur. The United States said it was sending more troops to the region in the event that it decided to evacuate its embassy in Khartoum. Guterres and senior officials from the U.S., Saudi…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US

Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and HUMEYRA PAMUK HEAVY gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis. Loud shooting reverberated in the background of live feeds by Arab television news channels in the Khartoum capital region minutes after the agreed 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) onset of the ceasefire. Warplanes were roaring in the skies above Khartoum, a Reuters reporter heard tanks firing shortly after the truce was due to take hold, and a resident told Reuters he…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisia police arrest three prominent officials of Ennahda party

Tunisia police arrest three prominent officials of Ennahda party

NEWS
TUNISIAN police arrested three prominent officials of the main opposition Ennahda party, hours after they detained party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of President Kais Saied, a lawyer and officials said. Lawyer Monia Bouali told Reuters that the officials arrested are Mohamed Goumani, Belkacem Hassan and Mohammed Chnaiba. Officials in Ennahda confirmed the arrests. Police raided Ennahda party headquarters early on Tuesday and evacuated all present to start a search that will take days, after showing a judicial warrant, party officials said. Police have this year detained leading political figures who accuse Saied of what they call a…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Egyptian troops held in Sudan were not there to support any party -Sisi

Egyptian troops held in Sudan were not there to support any party -Sisi

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EGYPT President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egyptian troops held in Sudan were merely there to conduct exercises with their Sudanese counterparts and not to support any of the warring parties. After clashes erupted across Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the army on Saturday, the RSF shared a video they said showed Egyptian troops who had "surrendered" to them in the northern town of Merowe, about halfway between the Sudanese capital Khartoum and the border with Egypt. The video showed a number of men dressed in army fatigues crouched on the ground and speaking to members of the RSF,…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce

Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and HUMEYRA PAMUK HEAVY gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis. Loud shooting reverberated in the background of live feeds by Arab television news channels in the Khartoum capital region minutes after the agreed 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) onset of the ceasefire. Warplanes were roaring in the skies above Khartoum, a Reuters reporter heard tanks firing shortly after the truce was due to take hold, and a resident told Reuters he…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Riding the Green Wave: Uganda’s plan to deploy 140,000 electric motorbikes

Riding the Green Wave: Uganda’s plan to deploy 140,000 electric motorbikes

NEWS
BIRD STORY AGENCY UGANDA is gearing up to revolutionise its motorcycle taxi industry by deploying 140,000 electric motorbikes within the next five years. This ambitious project is part of a US$200 million investment contract signed between the Ugandan government and SPIRO, an Indian mobility and smart battery design company. The deal includes building an electric motorbike assembly plant in Kampala to manufacture eco-friendly two-wheelers. A network of 3000 battery exchange stations will also be established, creating more than 9000 jobs, according to She, Adjadi Bakari, SPIRO's CEO. "This will promote the made-in-Uganda policy with affordable costs for drivers, who will…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Uganda’s finance minister charged with corruption

Uganda’s finance minister charged with corruption

NEWS
UGANDA'S junior finance minister was charged with corruption offences stemming from a scandal about the alleged diversion of government-owned roofing materials that has ensnared multiple officials. Police investigators and prosecutors in the East African country have been looking into the alleged theft and diversion of metal roofing sheets meant for a relief program in the restive northeastern Karamoja region bordering Kenya and South Sudan and home to pastoral nomads. Amos Lugoloobi, who has been in custody since Friday, was charged with "dealing with suspect property" in a court in the capital Kampala. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded until…
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Apr
18
2023
By KAZEEM SANNI
Flights disrupted as Nigerian aviation workers strike over pay, conditions

Flights disrupted as Nigerian aviation workers strike over pay, conditions

NEWS
DOMESTIC flights in Nigeria were being disrupted, local airlines said, as aviation employees in Lagos blocked roads to the country's busiest local airport to begin a two-day strike in protest over working conditions and wages. The strike is likely to add to problems in a sector that regularly faces jet fuel shortages, which often ground local flights and where international carriers struggle to repatriate revenue from ticket sales due to dollar shortages. Air Peace, which also flies international and regional routes and has the largest fleet, told passengers that "flights across our network will consequently be disrupted" due to the…
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