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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
South African court reverses earlier ruling against Amazon’s Africa HQ

South African court reverses earlier ruling against Amazon’s Africa HQ

NEWS
A South African court has overturned an earlier order halting the construction of Amazon's new African headquarters in Cape Town after some descendants of the country's earliest inhabitants said the land it would be built on was sacred. In March the court agreed to halt the project, saying that in the absence of proper consultation the fundamental right to culture and heritage of indigenous groups, particularly the Khoi and San First Nation peoples, were under threat. The latest judgement allowing construction to continue by a full bench of the Western Cape's High Court was welcomed by developers of the precinct as a…
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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
Congo expels Reuters reporter

Congo expels Reuters reporter

NEWS
THE Democratic Republic of Congo expelled a French journalist working for Reuters after her application for journalistic accreditation was not approved. Sonia Rolley applied in September for accreditation to take up an assignment coordinating Reuters news coverage in Congo. She was granted permission to cover a climate conference in the capital, Kinshasa, in October while she waited for the application to be processed. On Tuesday, she received a written summons to present herself to immigration police in Kinshasa, who she said confiscated her passport and put her on a flight to Paris via Addis Ababa. No reason for the decision…
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Nov
10
2022
By The African Mirror
Drought in his community turned Joshua Omunuk to climate activism

Drought in his community turned Joshua Omunuk to climate activism

NEWS
BIRD STORY AGENCY WHEN 27-year-old Joshua Omunuk joined the Rise Up Movement, a platform founded by Vanessa Nakate to elevate the voices of African climate activists, he didn't know this decision would lead him to quit his job as a financial planner. "I had to choose between my job and climate activism because they were both competing for my time. I chose activism because I cannot compare the value of standing up for my people to anything else," he noted. Coming from Teso, eastern Uganda, Omunuk cleared tertiary school in 2019 and realised he was among the most privileged in…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe’s new mineral royalty policy comes into force

Zimbabwe’s new mineral royalty policy comes into force

NEWS
ZIMBABWE has passed regulations allowing the state to collect mining royalties partly in the form of minerals, according to a government notice seen by Reuters, as the country seeks to build a reserve of precious metals. The southern African country has struggled to capitalise on its significant mineral reserves and a resource boom due to policy uncertainty, a lack of ancillary industries to support mining, currency volatility and electricity shortages. Last month, Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his government planned to start collecting half of royalties from gold, diamonds, platinum group metals and lithium in the form of the minerals themselves to…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Pakistan minister: Evidence suggests shot reporter was targeted in Kenya

Pakistan minister: Evidence suggests shot reporter was targeted in Kenya

NEWS
ASIF SHAHZAD PAKISTAN'S interior minister said evidence suggested a prominent Pakistani journalist was the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, not an accidental shooting, though he still needed more information on the incident. Kenyan police spokesman Bruno Shioso declined to respond to the minister's comments on the death of TV journalist Arshad Sharif, who was shot dead on the evening of October 23 on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital Nairobi. A police report a day after the shooting said police officers hunting car thieves opened fire on the vehicle that Sharif was travelling in as it drove through their…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola

Uganda shortens school term by two weeks to curb Ebola

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA UGANDA will shorten the school term by two weeks to reduce daily contact among students and help curb the spread of Ebola, the education minister said. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly infectious and deadly haemorrhagic fever since the epidemic spilt into the capital Kampala, home to around two million people. As of Monday, the country had recorded a total of 135 confirmed cases and 53 deaths, according to the health ministry. Education minister Janet Kataha Museveni said the cabinet had taken a decision to close pre-schools, primary schools and secondary schools on November 25, because…
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Nov
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Court asks striking Kenya Airways pilots to resume work

Court asks striking Kenya Airways pilots to resume work

NEWS
DUNCAN MIRIRI and JEFF KAHINJU A labour court on Tuesday ordered pilots at Kenya Airways to resume work by Wednesday, seeking to end a strike that has left thousands of passengers stranded at one of Africa's most important aviation hubs. Members of the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), which represents about 400 pilots at the carrier, went on strike on Saturday after failing to resolve a dispute over pension contributions and settlement of deferred pay. On Tuesday, a labour and employment court judge ordered the pilots to resume their duties "unconditionally" at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT) on Wednesday. The…
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Nov
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Rwanda accuses DRC of fighter jet ‘provocation’

Rwanda accuses DRC of fighter jet ‘provocation’

NEWS
A Democratic Republic of Congo fighter jet entered Rwandan airspace, both governments said, in what Rwanda called a "provocation", although Congo said it was a mistake. No military action was taken and the warplane returned to Congo. The incident comes at a time of particularly high tensions between the neighbours, as Congo blames Rwanda for supporting a rebel group fighting in its east. On Monday morning, a Sukhoi-25 fighter jet from Congo violated Rwandan airspace and briefly touched down at Rubavu Airport in Rwanda's Western Province, the Rwandan government said in a statement. "Rwandan authorities have protested this provocation to…
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Nov
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Mourners weep over 19 coffins after Tanzania plane crash

Mourners weep over 19 coffins after Tanzania plane crash

NEWS
WEEPING relatives of the 19 people who died when a plane crashed into Lake Victoria in Tanzania filed past a row of coffins in the lakeside town of Bukoba on Monday as religious and political leaders gathered for a ceremony to honour the victims. Flight PW494, operated by Tanzanian airline Precision Air and carrying 43 people, hit the water in stormy weather as it tried to land at Bukoba airport early on Sunday morning, arriving from the capital Dar es Salaam. Transport Minister Makame Mbarawa told mourners gathered in a stadium that the weather had abruptly changed from good to…
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