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Jan
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia

Car bombs kill 35, burn houses in central Somalia

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH TWO car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants in central Somalia killed at least 35 people, including eight members of a single family, and wounded 40 more, a senior police officer said. The attack in the town of Mahas was the latest in a series by al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab since government forces and allied clan militias last year began pushing the insurgents out of territory they had long held. "Most of the dead are civilians. They are women and children," Hassan-Kafi Mohamed Ibrahim, deputy police commissioner of Hirshabelle State, told Reuters. "Only one child survived from…
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Jan
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Senegal MP jailed for kicking pregnant colleague

Senegal MP jailed for kicking pregnant colleague

NEWS
A court in Senegal sentenced two lawmakers to six months in jail for assaulting a pregnant colleague on December 1 during an acrimonious parliamentary session that degenerated into a full-blown brawl. The men, Amadou Niang and Massata Samb of the opposition PUR party were also ordered to pay a total of 5 million CFA francs ($8,200) in compensation to lawmaker Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition. In a chaotic televised scene that shocked Senegal, Samb slapped Gniby in the face during a budget debate in the National Assembly after she scoffed at his remarks in criticism of her.…
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Jan
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Mali sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years for conspiring against government

Mali sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to 20 years for conspiring against government

NEWS
A court in Mali sentenced 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast to 20 years imprisonment for conspiring against the government, and three others to death in absentia. Forty-nine Ivorian soldiers were arrested at the airport in Mali's capital Bamako in July, three of whom were later released. Their arrests led to a diplomatic dispute between the neighbouring countries and widespread condemnation from regional allies. Mali's ruling junta said the soldiers were acting as mercenaries, while Ivory Coast said they were part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission. They were charged with attempting to undermine state security in August and convicted at…
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Jan
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Nigeria to pay $4 bln extra in 2023 if lawmakers reject loan-bond swap – president

Nigeria to pay $4 bln extra in 2023 if lawmakers reject loan-bond swap – president

NEWS
FELIX ONUAH NIGERIA will pay 1.8 trillion nairas ($4 billion) extra interest in 2023 if parliament rejects a loan-to-bond swap request on the central bank's overdrafts to the government, President Muhammadu Buhari said after signing the 2023 budget into law. The Senate last week delayed a decision on the president's request to convert $53 billion worth of central bank overdrafts to the government into 40-year bonds after some lawmakers questioned the plan. In a speech on Tuesday, Buhari said the government currently pays a 3% margin above the central bank's lending rate of 16.5% but his administration has negotiated a rate of…
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Jan
04
2023
By The African Mirror
Brazil bids farewell to beloved soccer star Pele

Brazil bids farewell to beloved soccer star Pele

NEWS
EDUARDO SIMÕES EMOTIONAL crowds bid Brazil soccer legend Pele a final farewell, lining the streets of Santos to watch his coffin taken to its final resting place from the city's stadium where 230,000 mourners had filed past his open casket. Young and old embraced as the funeral procession wound its way through the coastal city's streets for hours, with some fans in tears and others cheering and drumming for a national hero who rose from barefoot poverty to become one of the greatest and best-known athletes in modern history. "It's an irreparable loss for Brazil," said Brazil's newly sworn-in President…
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Jan
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Nine die in Uganda’s New Year’s Eve tragedy

Nine die in Uganda’s New Year’s Eve tragedy

NEWS
AT least nine people including a 10-year-old boy suffocated to death as crowds rushing to see a New Year's firework display got stuck in a narrow corridor in a shopping mall near Uganda's capital, police said. People started pushing through a passage in the Freedom City Mall just after clocks struck midnight, the force said. "Very many people got stuck as they were entering in large numbers to see fireworks. In doing so, many people suffocated to death. So far nine people are confirmed dead," the police statement read. People had been celebrating the New Year at the mall which…
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Jan
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Battery swapping spurs Kenya’s electric motorbike drive

Battery swapping spurs Kenya’s electric motorbike drive

NEWS
AYENAT MERSIE OVER recent months, sets of sturdy, brightly-branded battery swapping stations have cropped up around Kenya's capital Nairobi, allowing electric motorcyclists to exchange their low batteries for fully-charged ones. It is a sign of an electric motorcycle revolution starting to unfold in Kenya where combustion-engine motorbikes are a cheaper and quicker way to get around than cars but environmental experts say are 10 times more polluting. East Africa's biggest economy is betting on electric-powered motorcycles, its renewables-heavy power supply and position as a technology and start-up hub to lead the region's shift to zero-emission electric mobility. The battery swapping…
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Jan
03
2023
By The African Mirror
At least 20 people killed in clashes in Somaliland

At least 20 people killed in clashes in Somaliland

NEWS
ABDIQANI HASSANI AT least 20 people have been killed in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland in clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces over several days, according to a doctor at a public hospital. For more than a week police and the military have been battling the protesters in Laascaanood, a town in Somaliland's east which is disputed between Somaliland and neighbouring Puntland, one of Somalia's semi-autonomous regions. Mohamed Farah, a doctor at Laascaanood Hospital, a public facility in Laascaanood, told Reuters at least 20 people had been killed and dozens injured. He said he had seen the bodies of…
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Jan
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Malawi delays reopening schools as cholera cases surge

Malawi delays reopening schools as cholera cases surge

NEWS
MALAWI has delayed the opening of public schools in the southern African country's two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister, to try to slow down a surge in cholera deaths. The total number of cases and deaths has accelerated to 17,824 and 595 respectively since cases were first reported in March, with the mortality rate increasing to 3.34 per cent, according to the Health Ministry. Cholera is an annual problem during Malawi's rainy months from November to March, where the number of deaths is around 100 a year. But the current outbreak is expected to be the…
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Jan
03
2023
By The African Mirror
Strike over pay paralyses transport in Tunisian capital

Strike over pay paralyses transport in Tunisian capital

NEWS
TAREK AMARA METRO and bus traffic in Tunisia's capital ground to a halt after employees of state transport company Transtu held a strike over delays in the payment of wages and bonuses. The strike in Tunis highlights the financial problems faced by public companies on the verge of bankruptcy while President Kais Saied's government contends with its worst financial crisis. "The financial situation in the company is really difficult," said Transtu spokesperson Hayat Chamtouri. The industrial action is a show of strength for the powerful UGTT union, which has pledged to hold a series of protests. The union, with 1…
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