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Nov
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Somalia army, allied militia kill 20 al-Shabaab fighters in latest offensive

Somalia army, allied militia kill 20 al-Shabaab fighters in latest offensive

NEWS
SOMALIA'S army and associated clan militias have killed at least 20 al-Shabaab fighters in towns in the centre of the country, a regional official and the Information Ministry said, in the latest onslaught against the group. Ahmed Shire Falagle, information minister for regional Galmudug state, said that in the ensuing clash between the two groups, the army and the militias also captured El Gorof and Wabho, towns which had been in al-Shabaab control for almost 10 years. "There was no fierce fighting. Al-Shabaab was chased and pursued. Al-Shabaab ran away, leaving weapons and at least 20 dead fighters," he told…
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Nov
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Young Kenyan tree activist speaks up for Africa at COP27

Young Kenyan tree activist speaks up for Africa at COP27

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ELIZABETH Wathuti channelled her frustration and sadness over the damage to natural habitats including Kenyan forests close to her childhood home into a life of activism, founding Green Generation Initiative to raise awareness through tree growing. Six years after starting the environmental advocacy group, Wathuti is one of Kenya's most ardent voices in the struggle against climate change, a voice she is hoping will be heard by world leaders gathered in Egypt for the COP27 climate summit. Wathuti was one of the young people calling for urgent action as the U.N. climate conference marked its traditional Young and Future Generations…
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Nov
11
2022
By The African Mirror
African insurers take up climate change fight with $14 bln pledge

African insurers take up climate change fight with $14 bln pledge

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VIRGINIA FURNESS and SIMON JESSOP A group of over 85 insurers in Africa has pledged to create a financing facility to provide $14 billion of cover to help the continent's most vulnerable communities deal with climate disaster risks such as floods and droughts. The commitment to create the African Climate Risk Facility (ACRF) was made on Wednesday during the COP27 climate talks and comes as developing countries push their richer peers to do more to help them pay for the costs of responding to such events. Demand for compensation for the "loss and damage" caused by global warming has long been rejected by wealthy…
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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
British PM Sunak to keep pressing Egypt over hunger striker

British PM Sunak to keep pressing Egypt over hunger striker

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BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would keep pressing Egypt over imprisoned Egyptian-British hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who has had no contact with his family since he said he would stop drinking water this week. Sunak, who raised the case with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the U.N. climate summit at an Egyptian Red Sea resort on Monday, said the situation was becoming "more urgent by the day. "We will continue to press the Egyptian government to resolve the situation. We want to see Alaa freed and reunited with his family as soon as possible," Sunak told the…
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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
Show us the money: Developing world at COP27 seeks financing details

Show us the money: Developing world at COP27 seeks financing details

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SIMON JESSOP, KATE ABNETT and VIRGINIA FURNESS FINANCE took centre stage at the COP27 climate talks, with U.N. experts publishing a list of projects worth $120 billion that investors could back to help poorer countries cut emissions and adapt to the impacts of global warming. A $3 billion water transfer project between Lesotho and Botswana and a $10 million plan to improve the public water system in Mauritius were among dozens of projects listed, including 19 in Africa. "We can now show that a meaningful pipeline of investible opportunities does exist across the economies that need finance most," Mahmoud Mohieldin, one…
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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
Catholic priest kidnapped in northern Nigeria, diocese says

Catholic priest kidnapped in northern Nigeria, diocese says

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A Nigerian priest was kidnapped from his home in northern Kaduna state, the local Roman Catholic diocese said in a statement on Tuesday, in the first such reported abduction of a clergyman in the state since July. Armed gangs are rife across northern Nigeria where they rob or kidnap for ransom, and violence has been increasing, where thinly stretched security forces often fail to stop the attacks. Father Christian Okewu Emmanuel, the chancellor of Kaduna Catholic diocese, said Reverend Father Abraham Kunat, a parish priest in Idon Gida village, was abducted from a home he was staying in another town,…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Tanzania plane crash survivors, rescuers describe heroics laced with tragedy

Tanzania plane crash survivors, rescuers describe heroics laced with tragedy

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BENSON JACOB WHEN the waters of Lake Victoria started gushing into the cabin of Flight PW494, passenger Mectrida Samuel knew she had to act fast. Around her, others were frantically trying to free themselves and keep above the fast-rising water. "We had a big crash and I immediately started seeing water enter the plane. Passengers started to struggle to rescue themselves," Samuel said, describing the moments after the Precision Air flight to Bukoba plunged into the lake in northern Tanzania. "The only thing that helped me survive was that I managed to remove my seat belt and get out of…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
COP27 President calls for an ‘era of implementation’ as talks kick off in Egypt

COP27 President calls for an ‘era of implementation’ as talks kick off in Egypt

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY A little less conversation and a lot more action, please: that was the call from African states as 2022’s United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) kicked off in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Though previous COPs have been held on the continent – in Durban, South Africa, in 2011 and Marrakech, Morocco, in 2016 – this year’s gathering has been dubbed “Africa’s COP” by many, including the UN Foundation’s Vice President for Climate Change and the Environment. Speaking at the event’s opening last night, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, also COP27 President,…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kidnap dozens in Nigeria, at least 11 killed, residents say

Gunmen kidnap dozens in Nigeria, at least 11 killed, residents say

NEWS
GUNMEN in Nigeria kidnapped at least 80 people and killed 11 others in separate attacks in the northwest, traditional leaders and residents said, in the latest attacks by armed gangs that have been preying on villages, schools and highways. Zamfara state is one of the worst hit by the armed gangs, known locally as bandits, who terrorise and abduct for ransom, adding to growing insecurity ahead of a presidential vote in February. In the remote village of Masu, in the Bukkuyum local government area, bandits kidnapped 50 people, mostly women, families of the victims told Reuters. Ismail Jinjiri, whose wife…
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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
Torrential floods in West Africa hurt food security

Torrential floods in West Africa hurt food security

NEWS
DESIRE DANGA and MAHAMAT RAMADANE SOULOUKNA Mourga plodded through his flooded millet and cotton field in northern Cameroon and uprooted soggy stems that had a few bolls on them. All six hectares of mostly dead crops were under water. The 50-year-old father of 12 is one of an estimated 4 million people, many of them small subsistence farmers, in over a dozen countries in West and Central Africa that have seen their crops decimated by unusually heavy flooding. The floods have destroyed harvest for this season, while nearly 1 million hectares of farmland across the region remain under water, with…
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