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Jan
20
2023
By The African Mirror
TikTok awards top creators in Africa

TikTok awards top creators in Africa

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BIRD STORY AGENCY FORMER rugby player turned food vlogger Dennis Ombachi, also known as @theroamingchef, emerged victorious at the inaugural TikTok Top Creator 2022 Awards. The Kenyan content creator, known for his culinary exploits, took home the Africa Winner award, while the runner-up was Nigerian comedian Charity Ekezie (@charityekezie). The awards hosted in Nairobi saw winners walk away with #TopCreator2022 trophies across various categories. The ceremony followed a highly competitive, eight-day-long public voting process on the app. According to a statement by TikTok Africa, the inaugural award "recognises and awards content creators across Sub-Saharan Africa for the immense talent and…
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Jan
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Pope’s Africa Visit: Police demolish trader stalls

Pope’s Africa Visit: Police demolish trader stalls

NEWS
BEFORE dawn, sanitary police armed with crowbars and a bulldozer set about demolishing makeshift trader stalls crowding downtown streets in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of a four-day visit by Pope Francis starting January 31. Officials say Kinshasa, a vast impoverished city of 17 million people, is getting a facelift not just to honour the pope but to make its streets and pavements more tidy and orderly even after he's gone home. But evicted small traders protest that their livelihoods are being destroyed in the process. "The clean-up we are doing just now is not only because…
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Jan
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Gambian vice president dies of illness

Gambian vice president dies of illness

NEWS
GAMBIA'S Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022. He had previously served as education minister. Barrow said on Twitter that Joof had died "after a short illness" without providing further detail. The vice president left Gambia about three weeks ago to seek medical treatment. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Jan
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Senegal institute wins $50 mln in boost to Africa’s vaccine capacity

Senegal institute wins $50 mln in boost to Africa’s vaccine capacity

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NATALIE GROVER and NELLIE PEYTON THE Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI) will invest up to $50 million over 10 years to help Senegal's Institut Pasteur expand Africa's ability to produce vaccines at scale, it said. The deal - which will also reserve the capacity to produce vaccines specifically for Global South countries during future outbreaks of disease - will help Africa take charge of its own health security, said CEPI CEO Richard Hatchett. The funds, which will initially include up to $15 million over three years, will support the development of the institute's manufacturing facilities for routine and outbreak vaccinations.…
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Jan
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya looks to fix finances by nailing tax cheats, cutting borrowing

Kenya looks to fix finances by nailing tax cheats, cutting borrowing

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DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYA plans to link its tax collection system to mobile financial platforms to weed out tax evaders and boost revenue by billions of shillings, part of a raft of measures to repair its coffers, the finance ministry said in a draft budget statement. President William Ruto’s administration, which took over last September, inherited a heavily indebted economy after his predecessor ramped up borrowing to build infrastructure. The government plans to increase tax collection by 17% to 2.57 trillion shillings ($20.7 billion) in its fiscal year starting in July, the ministry said. It will also reduce its foreign borrowing…
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Jan
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Senegal politician face rape charges

Senegal politician face rape charges

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SENEGALESE opposition leader Ousmane Sonko will face trial on charges of rape and making death threats to a beauty salon employee in 2021, an investigating judge said in a letter. The judge referred the matter to Senegal's criminal chamber for trial in a letter dated January 17 and seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Sonko's lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sonko has denied all the charges. A trial could jeopardize his intention to compete in the 2024 presidential election. The 48-year-old politician, who came third in the 2019 election, has announced he will run. It could…
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Jan
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Africa to get a new US$1 billion spaceport in Djibouti

Africa to get a new US$1 billion spaceport in Djibouti

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BIRD STORY AGENCY AFRICA could soon get a new spaceport after Djibouti signed a partnership deal with Hong Kong Aerospace Technology to build a facility to launch satellites and rockets in the northern Obock region. According to the preliminary deal, the Djibouti government will "provide the necessary land (minimum 10 square kilometres and with a term of not less than 35 years) and all the necessary assistance to build and operate the Djiboutian Spaceport." The US$1 billion spaceport project will also involve the construction of a port facility, a power grid and a highway to ensure the reliable transportation of…
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Jan
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Congolese president says M23 rebels have not withdrawn as agreed

Congolese president says M23 rebels have not withdrawn as agreed

NEWS
CONGOLESE President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday said the M23 rebel group had not fully withdrawn from areas it seized in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, accusing the militia of faking an agreed pullback of its forces. Regional leaders brokered an agreement in November under which the Tutsi-led group was meant to withdraw from recently seized positions by January 15 as part of efforts to end a conflict that has displaced at least 450,000 people and sparked a diplomatic crisis between Congo and neighbouring Rwanda. "Despite the international pressure, the group is still there," Tshisekedi said during a panel session…
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Jan
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Ghana-based aid and advocacy groups call for debt cancellation amid crisis

Ghana-based aid and advocacy groups call for debt cancellation amid crisis

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MORE than two dozen aid and campaign groups called for international creditors to cancel a large portion of Ghana's debts as it struggles to contend with an economic crisis. Ghana's consumer inflation rose to 54.1% year-on-year in December, driven by rising fuel, utilities and food costs. International reserves have dwindled to less than two months of import cover. "The people of Ghana have suffered extensively from the crisis," the groups, which all have operations in Ghana, said in an open letter. "Wealthy private lenders must share in the costs of a crisis they helped to create and cancel the debt."…
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Jan
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria will not postpone presidential vote – election chief

Nigeria will not postpone presidential vote – election chief

NEWS
THE head of Nigeria's electoral commission said it will not postpone next month's presidential vote despite worries over widespread insecurity including attacks on election officials. Mahmood Yakubu, speaking at London's Chatham House think tank, said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was well prepared to facilitate voting in Africa's most populous nation despite the challenges. "The commission is not contemplating, let alone planning, to postpone the 2023 general election," he said. "We are going ahead to conduct the election as scheduled." Nigerians are set to choose a new president on February 25, a vote that could have implications across the…
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