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Feb
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigerians vote for new president, braving long delays in hope of bringing change

Nigerians vote for new president, braving long delays in hope of bringing change

NEWS
HAMZA IBRAHIM NIGERIA'S presidential election was marked by long delays at some polling stations, which did not deter large crowds of voters hoping for a reset after years of worsening violence and hardship under outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari. Africa's most populous nation is struggling with Islamist insurgencies in the northeast, an epidemic of kidnappings for ransom, the conflict between herders and farmers, shortages of cash, fuel and power, as well as deep-rooted corruption and poverty. Reuters reporters at locations across the country saw a mixed election day picture, with some polling stations closing at the planned time of 2:30 p.m.…
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Feb
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Uganda move to close UN rights office angers opposition

Uganda move to close UN rights office angers opposition

NEWS
A move by Uganda's government to close the United Nations' local human rights office has drawn strong criticism from opposition leaders and activists, who say it highlights the country's worsening record on civil liberties. The government told the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) last week that it would not renew the mandate of its office in the east African country, effectively expelling the rights monitors. The office was set up in 2006 and has highlighted widespread rights violations including torture, illegal detentions and failure by the state to prosecute offenders. The government said in a letter to OHCHR this month…
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Feb
26
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian police arrest Ghazi Chaouachi, a prominent critic of president

Tunisian police arrest Ghazi Chaouachi, a prominent critic of president

NEWS
TUNISIAN police arrested Ghazi Chaouachi, the prominent critic of President Kais Saied, Ghazi's son said, the latest arrest targeting the president's opponents. About 20 policemen searched the house and arrested Ghazi, his son Elyess said. The arrest comes amid a crackdown on dissent this month that has targeted more than 12 people including opposition politicians, activists, protest organisers and a media figure as well as an influential business leader and two judges. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Mar
11
2023
By The African Mirror
Mozambique braces for tropical storm Freddy

Mozambique braces for tropical storm Freddy

NEWS
TROPICAL storm Freddy is due to hit the coast of Southern Africa again early on Saturday, after killing at least 27 people in Mozambique and Madagascar since it first made landfall last month. One of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, Freddy may also have broken the record for the longest-lasting tropical cyclone, according to the World Meteorological Organization, which said the current record is held by a 31-day hurricane in 1994. Freddy was first named on Feb. 6, 33 days ago. More than 171,000 people were affected after the cyclone swept through southern Mozambique two weeks ago,…
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Feb
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa’s share of global gas supply will nearly double by 2050 – report

Africa’s share of global gas supply will nearly double by 2050 – report

NEWS
BONFACE ORUCHO, BIRD STORY AGENCY AFRICA'S gas share in the global market will increase to over 11% of all gas supplies by 2050, according to a report by Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), from 6% in 2021. Production is projected to increase from 260 billion cubic meters in 2021 to 585 billion cubic meters in 2050, on the back of the maximal exploitation of local energy resources by governments. This will make Africa responsible for the second-largest growth in gas supply, by volume, globally, after the Middle East during the period. GECF is an intergovernmental organisation that provides a framework…
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Mar
11
2023
By The African Mirror
UN refugee agency ‘greatly alarmed’ over mass displacement in Congo conflict

UN refugee agency ‘greatly alarmed’ over mass displacement in Congo conflict

NEWS
THE U.N. Refugee Agency said it was "greatly alarmed" by clashes between government forces and armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that had caused hundreds of thousands to flee. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh said the violence had prompted nearly 300,000 people to flee across Rutshuru and Masisi territories of DRC's North Kivu Province in February. "Civilians continue to pay the heavy and bloody price of conflict, including women and children who barely escaped the violence and are now sleeping out in the open air in spontaneous or organised sites, exhausted and traumatised,"…
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Feb
14
2023
By The African Mirror
SA rap star’s murder caught on video

SA rap star’s murder caught on video

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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Mar
10
2023
By The African Mirror
WHO sex abuse scandal: Victims say help is too little too late

WHO sex abuse scandal: Victims say help is too little too late

NEWS
RODOLPHE MUKUNDI and ROBERT FLUMMERFELT NEARLY two dozen survivors of the UN’s largest known sexual abuse scandal say the World Health Organization has been slow to make good on promises of support, and that when assistance has come it has been too little to rebuild their lives.  After suffering abuse during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, many women who were promised support in 2021 received one-time payments of $250 – the rough equivalent of two days’ worth of per diems for UN staff.  “I was happy, but this is a very small amount,” said one woman…
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Feb
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Football star’s wife’s appeal

Football star’s wife’s appeal

NEWS
Claire Rupio, partner of soccer player Christian Atsu who remains missing after two devastating earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, has called for equipment to be sent to the collapsed building where the Hatayspor winger was living. Atsu was reported to have been rescued from the rubble with injuries and transported to hospital after the quakes. However, Hatayspor director Volkan Demirel told Reuters on Wednesday the Ghanaian player was still missing. "The club was confirming that they had found him and that he was alive and had taken him to hospital, and 11 hours later my children had to hear…
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Mar
10
2023
By The African Mirror
Train rams into public bus in Nigeria’s Lagos, killing six

Train rams into public bus in Nigeria’s Lagos, killing six

NEWS
A train rammed into a public bus in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, as the bus driver tried to beat the train signal, emergency services and the state governor said. The accident happened at a bus stop in the Ikeja axis of Lagos, a city of around 20 million people, Lagos state emergency services said in a statement. "Two persons died on the spot while four others died in the hospital, 25 persons have been treated and transferred to Gbagada General Hospital, Agege General Hospital and the trauma centre at the toll…
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