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Feb
08
2023
By The African Mirror
The state of data privacy and protection in Africa

The state of data privacy and protection in Africa

NEWS
BIRD STORY AGENCY WITH nearly 600 million people across Africa using the internet today, African countries are increasingly recognising the need to legislate and invest in, data and privacy protection. Internet Society, a non-profit advocacy organisation, estimates that more than 17 African countries have enacted comprehensive personal data protection legislation. Additionally, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 33 countries had some form of legislation that guaranteed data and privacy protection as of 2021. Speaking at the 2023 Global Data Privacy Week in Abuja, Nigeria's Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, said the Nigeria Data…
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Mar
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Six Nigerian states drop bid to annul presidential election

Six Nigerian states drop bid to annul presidential election

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH SIX opposition-led Nigerian states night withdrew a Supreme Court petition to invalidate the result of last weekend's presidential vote, which they had argued violated electoral rules, court papers showed. The states, in a court filing signed by their attorneys general, did not give reasons for their decision. Separately, losing presidential candidate Peter Obi secured a court order granting his party access to electoral materials in the possession of the electoral commission as his campaign gathers data for a possible legal challenge Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared the winner on Wednesday, but the two main…
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Feb
08
2023
By KATE OKORIE, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Nigeria 2023: What’s at stake?

Nigeria 2023: What’s at stake?

NEWS
NIGERIANS will be heading to the polls on February 25 to choose a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari, who steps down after two terms in office. He will hand over to one of the 18 candidates contesting for the position - though only three stand a realistic chance of winning; Bola Tinubu (70) of the ruling APC, Atiku Abubakar (76) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi (61) of the Labour Party. Nigeria's election body, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has a duty to deliver the next Nigerian president through a free, fair, and credible process. Except…
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Mar
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Rwanda says Congo soldier killed after crossing border and opening fire

Rwanda says Congo soldier killed after crossing border and opening fire

NEWS
RWANDAN soldiers shot dead a Congolese soldier who crossed the border and shot at security forces, triggering a brief exchange of fire between the two sides, Rwanda's defence ministry said. Already strained relations between the central African neighbours have deteriorated sharply since the M23 rebel group launched a fresh offensive in eastern Congo in March last year, displacing over 600,000 people since. Congo accuses Rwanda of backing the Tutsi-led group. The United Nations, the United States, France and other international powers have made similar allegations. But Rwanda denies this and says it is being scapegoated for Congo's military incompetence. The…
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Feb
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Congo blames rebels for U.N. peacekeeper death as insecurity spurs protests

Congo blames rebels for U.N. peacekeeper death as insecurity spurs protests

NEWS
CONGO'S government blamed M23 rebels for an attack on a helicopter that killed a United Nations peacekeeper, as hundreds in the eastern city of Goma demonstrated over spiralling insecurity in the region. Militia violence has racked the Democratic Republic of Congo's vast mineral-rich east for two decades despite local and regional military interventions and U.N. peacekeeping efforts. A helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force MONUSCO came under fire on Sunday after taking off from the city of Beni. A South African peacekeeper was killed and another wounded. Neither South Africa nor MONUSCO said who might be responsible, nor what kind of weapon…
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Mar
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Blast at Shell’s Nigeria oil pipeline kills 12 – police

Blast at Shell’s Nigeria oil pipeline kills 12 – police

NEWS
TIFE OWOLABI AN explosion on a Nigerian oil pipeline owned by Shell killed at least 12 people, authorities at the scene said, while members of the affected community in Emohua said they feared many more had died in the blast. A spokesperson for Shell Petroleum Development (SPD) company of Nigeria Limited said a fire occurred on its Rumuekpe-Nkpoku Trunk Line in Rivers State and that it was working with authorities to put it out. Garuba Yabuku, civil defence spokesman for Emohua, in Rivers State, the heart of Africa's biggest oil industry, said the incident was reported around 4:30 a.m. (0330 GMT).…
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Feb
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Burkina Faso assailants kill at least 15 Nigerian pilgrims travelling to Senegal

Burkina Faso assailants kill at least 15 Nigerian pilgrims travelling to Senegal

NEWS
AT least 15 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Senegal were killed when gunmen in Burkina Faso attacked the buses transporting them, Nigeria's presidency said. "President Muhammadu Buhari has received the tragic news of the murder," the State House said in a statement without providing a number of casualties or further details on the attack. A Nigerian presidency spokesperson told Reuters via a WhatsApp message that the death toll stood at 15 "so far". According to a Senegalese religious order, unidentified assailants attacked the convoy of buses on Wednesday and killed 18 passengers. The pilgrims were on their way…
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Mar
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Some Congolese protest and question motives of Macron visit

Some Congolese protest and question motives of Macron visit

NEWS
BENOIT NYEMBA AND DJAFFAR AL KATANTY SHOUTING through megaphones, a dozen Congolese anti-French protesters waylaid commuters on a busy road in the capital Kinshasa and passed out leaflets to boost opposition to a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron. Their campaign was part of a smattering of protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week ahead of Macron's arrival for the final leg of a central Africa tour during which he has sought to distance himself from France's colonial past. Congo is not a former French colony, but perceptions of French support for neighbouring Rwanda have stoked anti-French feelings…
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Feb
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Rhino poaching sees slight decline in South Africa

Rhino poaching sees slight decline in South Africa

NEWS
THE number of rhinos poached for their horns in South Africa decreased slightly in 2022 but more must be done to save them in provincial parks, the environment ministry said. A total of 448 rhinos were illegally killed countrywide last year, three fewer than in 2021. However, the figures are still higher than they were the year before when COVID-19 restrictions in South Africa led to a fall in poaching. Demand for rhino horns has decimated their population over the decades in South Africa and neighbouring Botswana and Namibia. The poaching often involves international criminal syndicates and local poachers, who smuggle the…
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Mar
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa’s Infrastructure: Turkey closes in on China

Africa’s Infrastructure: Turkey closes in on China

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY TURKISH construction firms are closing in on their Chinese counterparts in Africa's lucrative infrastructure sector, providing a much-needed diversification of investment sources for African states. This comes even as the World Bank revealed the demand for infrastructure spending will reach an unprecedented US$300 billion per annum by 2040, driven by the rapid growth of Africa's population and urbanisation. Some contracts previously awarded to Chinese firms are falling to the Turkish workbench as Beijing, although still unrivalled in this sector, begins to cede ground to new challengers. The much-anticipated 273 km standard gauge railway line linking…
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