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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Canada says Cameroon warring parties agree to enter peace process

Canada says Cameroon warring parties agree to enter peace process

NEWS
THE government of Cameroon and some separatist factions in the English-speaking regions of the country have agreed to enter into a process aimed at resolving a conflict that has killed over 6,000 people, Canada's foreign ministry said. "Canada welcomes the agreement by the parties to enter a process to reach a comprehensive, peaceful and political resolution of the conflict," foreign minister Mélanie Joly, said in a statement on Friday. The statement said Canada had accepted a mandate to facilitate the process and the parties have agreed to form technical committees to begin work on confidence-building measures. The armed conflict, which…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and U.S.

Yellen, at former slave port, sees path of renewal for Africa and U.S.

NEWS
ANDREA SHALAL U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke of the "unspeakable cruelty" and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade but said she was heartened by signs of progress and renewal in both the United States and Africa. Yellen visited the House of Slaves, a fort built in the late 18th century on Goree Island off the coast of Senegal as a transit point for human beings before they were forcibly transported across the Atlantic, as she continued a three-country visit to Africa. "I take from this place the importance of redoubling our commitment to fight for our shared principles and the…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Roam like at home: the East Africa Community has a scheme for cheaper call rates

Roam like at home: the East Africa Community has a scheme for cheaper call rates

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY EAST African Community (EAC) consumers could soon bid farewell to expensive roaming rates after the regional outfit said it was inching closer to standardising call tariffs for travel within the block. The One Network Area (ONA) imposes a cap on inter-state traffic calling tariffs at $0.1 per minute and eliminates mobile roaming fees, facilitating seamless communication and transactions. The single network area is expected to boost the region's economic development by improving connectivity and facilitating trade and investment. The initiative aligns with the EAC's broader goal of creating a single market and production base and…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
Farmfluencers: Social media boost for farmers

Farmfluencers: Social media boost for farmers

NEWS
BIRD STORY AGENCY FRANCIS Muiruri, a 31-year-old Kenyan farmer, has found a new income stream on social media; selling information. As a digital consultant, he advises other farmers on successful service delivery on the farm. "I have been practising pig farming for 10 years and poultry farming for close to three years. I engage with current and potential farmers on Facebook and YouTube, and about three months ago, I joined Tik Tok. I have got a lot of exposure there," he explained. Despite living with a disability, the Thika-based, mixed-crop farmer appreciates the platform's role in commercializing his farming business.…
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Jan
22
2023
By The African Mirror
60 abducted Burkinabe women freed

60 abducted Burkinabe women freed

NEWS
THIAM NDIAGA SIXTY-SIX women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTP) said. The mass kidnapping was unprecedented in Burkina Faso, which is facing a violent Islamist insurgency that spread from neighbouring Mali in 2015. On 12 and 13 January, armed men seized the women and their children while they were scouring the bush for fruit and leaves outside two villages in the district of Arbinda, in the Sahel region's Soum province. Security forces staged a rescue operation and found 27 adult women and 39 babies, children and…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Mass graves found in the DRC

Mass graves found in the DRC

NEWS
MASS graves containing 49 bodies have been discovered in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said, attributing the killings to an ethnic militia group. Forty-two bodies, including 12 women and six children, were found buried in the village of Nyamamba, in Ituri province. The bodies of seven men were found in the village of Mbogi, about 30 km (19 miles) east of the provincial capital Bunia, the U.N. peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, said on Twitter. "MONUSCO strongly condemns these barbaric and cowardly killings attributed to CODECO," it said, adding that peacekeepers had launched a patrol in the area…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
How woman survived jihadist abductors

How woman survived jihadist abductors

NEWS
THIAM NDIAGA PIERCING thorns and stones underfoot did not stop the young woman as she charged through thickets, baby strapped to her back, fleeing armed militants who had kidnapped her with dozens of others in northern Burkina Faso last week. Now back home in the town of Arbinda along with a few who also managed to escape, the 20-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous for fear over her safety, recounted the ordeal that started when unknown men fired gunshots and then closed in on her as she was scouring the bush for food. Burkina Faso authorities said about 50 women were…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Somalia’s al Shabaab attacks base in town it had lost, kills seven

Somalia’s al Shabaab attacks base in town it had lost, kills seven

NEWS
Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least seven soldiers at a Somali military base in a town re-captured by the government, the information ministry and militant group said. The attack was eventually repelled, an officer at the base in the central Somali town of Galcad told Reuters. He said the dead included the base's deputy commander, who was part of a U.S.-trained unit stationed there. The attack underscores the formidable threat al Shabaab poses for Somalia's military, even after a government offensive launched last year scored significant success against the al Qaeda-allied militants. Al Shabaab fighters stormed the Galcad base…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Hundreds join anti-France protest in Burkina Faso capital

Hundreds join anti-France protest in Burkina Faso capital

NEWS
THIAM NDIAGA HUNDREDS demonstrated against France in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, the latest expression of growing anti-French sentiment in the insurgent-hit West African country. Hundreds gathered in central Ouagadougou on Friday, chanting anti-France slogans and wielding placards calling on the French army to "get out". Some set fire to French flags or used them to collect rubbish. "We want... to show France that we no longer need her," said protester Adama Sawadogo. Relations between Burkina Faso and its former colonizer have soured following two military coups last year spurred partly by authorities' failure to protect civilians from jihadist activity in…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al Shabaab fighters

Kenyan security forces kill 10 suspected al Shabaab fighters

NEWS
KENYAN security forces have killed 10 fighters from Somalia's al Shabaab Islamist group in eastern Kenya, a government official said. They also recovered rocket-propelled grenades and improvised explosive devices after fighting the militants on Wednesday in the village of Galmagalla in Garissa county, said Thomas Bett, deputy county commissioner of the Bura East sub-county. "The operation to flush out the Somalia militants' group in the region was carried out by our multi-agency team ... and (they) managed to neutralise 10 Islamist group militants and recovered assault weapons," he told Reuters. Spokespersons for al Shabaab, who frequently have their phones switched…
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