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Feb
02
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa reports safest year in mining, government urges more

South Africa reports safest year in mining, government urges more

NEWS
SOUTH Africa is coming off its safest year on record in mining, with accident-related deaths falling to 49 from 74 the previous year, a government report showed on Tuesday. A total of 1,946 serious injuries were reported in 2022, down from 2,123 a year earlier, the report showed, prompting Mines Minister Gwede Mantashe to say more needed to be done to improve safety. "We are improving in fatalities, we are improving in injuries, but the numbers remain high. An incident is a pointer that there was a potential fatality," Mantashe said during the report's release in Pretoria. Mine fatalities have…
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Feb
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Red Cross: Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray region struggle to deliver care

Red Cross: Hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray region struggle to deliver care

NEWS
IMPROVED security in Ethiopia's Tigray region since a November ceasefire has allowed aid to reach some previously inaccessible areas, but humanitarian needs remain urgent, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. A two-year war that broke out in November 2020 between the federal government and forces led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party that dominates the region, killed tens of thousands of people, created famine-like conditions for hundreds of thousands, and displaced millions. The government and Tigray forces agreed to end the hostilities in November, which has allowed additional aid to reach the region and for some…
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Feb
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Pope offers a solution to end DRC conflict

Pope offers a solution to end DRC conflict

NEWS
PHILIP PULLELLA and ESTELLE SHIRBON POPE Francis heard harrowing accounts from victims of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including rape, amputation, forced cannibalism and sexual slavery, and he condemned the atrocities as war crimes. In a poignant encounter at the Vatican's embassy in the capital Kinshasa, victim after the victim told their story to the pontiff before laying down objects symbolising their suffering, such as a machete or a dagger, before a large wooden crucifix. They included Ladislas Kambale Kombi, 16, from a village in North Kivu province in the east, who saw his father beheaded and dismembered…
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Feb
02
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigerian Rights Commission to probe abortion claims

Nigerian Rights Commission to probe abortion claims

NEWS
NIGERIA'S human rights commission has appointed a special panel whose role will include investigating a Reuters report that the military ran a secret abortion programme in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the northeast. The Nigerian military said it would not carry out an investigation because the report was not true. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which is appointed by the government, said in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday that it would launch the special panel next week in Abuja. "The National Human Rights Commission will on Tuesday (7th February 2023) inaugurate a Special Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations…
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Feb
03
2023
By The African Mirror
U.S. concerned by release of Sudanese man found guilty of killing diplomat

U.S. concerned by release of Sudanese man found guilty of killing diplomat

NEWS
WASHINGTON is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the killing of a U.S. diplomat in 2008, the State Department said. Abdelraouf Abuzeid was found guilty, along with others, in the killing of American John Granville and a Sudanese colleague, who both worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development and were killed by gunmen in Khartoum. "I was horrified," Granville's mother, Jane Granville, told Reuters about hearing of Abuzeid's release. Abuzeid's brother told Reuters on Monday that his sibling was released by the country's high court based on a multi-million…
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Jul
14
2022
By The African Mirror
This young African gaming star now has an international platform

This young African gaming star now has an international platform

NEWS, E-SPORTS
THUKU KARIUKI, BIRD STORY AGENCY SYLVIA Gathoni, aka QueenArrow, is on a roll. Returning from the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, her success in the e-sports arena there is, for this Tekken player, just the latest in a string of recent wins. In Guadeloupe, the Kenyan placed fifth overall and was the best female player in a field of 15 international players brought to the island for the event. In June, she was named a Forbes top 30 under 30, putting Kenya on the world gaming map. QueenArrow started her professional gaming career when she was 18 years old, entering a…
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Feb
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Belarus president offers Zimbabwe trucks and tractors on state visit

Belarus president offers Zimbabwe trucks and tractors on state visit

NEWS
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko offered Zimbabwe more tractors, combine harvesters and trucks during a visit to the southern African country, a fellow ally of Russia. Belarus and Zimbabwe cooperate closely, especially in agriculture, and Lukashenko said the offer to Harare was part of a farm mechanization programme worth around $66 million. The Belarus president, a staunch supporter of Russia, has been received with pomp and fanfare for the three-day state visit which started on Monday. Asked whether he was under any obligation to step up support for Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, Lukashenko told a news conference that Belarus…
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Feb
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Namibia rhino poaching surged 93% in 2022

Namibia rhino poaching surged 93% in 2022

NEWS
THE number of endangered rhinos poached in Namibia reached an all-time high last year after 87 animals were killed compared to 45 in 2021, official government data showed. Africa's rhino population has been decimated over the decades to feed the demand for rhino horn, which, despite being made of the same stuff as rhino hair and fingernails, is prized in East Asia as a supposed medicine and as jewellery. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said poachers killed 61 black and 26 white rhinos mainly in Namibia's largest park, Etosha, where 46 rhinos were found dead.…
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Feb
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Liberian President George Weah says will seek second term this year

Liberian President George Weah says will seek second term this year

NEWS
LIBERIA'S President George Weah told parliament he would run for reelection this year after a first term marred with graft allegations and an economic downturn. Weah, 56, took office in 2018 in the West African country's first peaceful change of power in seven decades and is constitutionally eligible to run again in the October 10 poll. "I will be coming to you shortly to ask you to renew my term, a mandate that you give me six years ago," he said in parliament on Monday, vowing to pursue transformation, growth and peace. Liberia is still recovering from a military coup…
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