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Jun
17
2020
By The African Mirror
WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after ‘great news’ in drug study

WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after ‘great news’ in drug study

NEWS, WORLD
THE World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients. Trial results announced this week showed dexamethasone, used since the 1960s to reduce inflammation in diseases such as arthritis, cut death rates by around a third among the most severely ill COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital. The WHO’s clinical guidance for treating patients infected with the new coronavirus is aimed at doctors and other medical professionals and seeks to use the latest…
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Jun
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Islamist militants target Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

Islamist militants target Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado

NEWS
TAVARES CEBOLA AND PHILIP KLEINFELD  THEY are known for beheading dissenters and torching homes in grisly attacks that have uprooted more than 150,000 people. But when Islamist militants stormed three key towns in northern Mozambique in March and April, they offered residents something different: looted food and friendly meetings. And having shied away from showing their faces or publicising a message since launching their revolt in October 2017, members of the group – known by some as Ansar al-Sunnah – have suddenly become much clearer about what they want. Prior attacks have been claimed by so-called Islamic State, and in…
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Jun
08
2020
By The African Mirror
‘Hunger or murder’: Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence

‘Hunger or murder’: Lockdown poverty exposes African sex workers to more violence

NEWS
NITA BHALLA PENINAH Wanjiru wasn't really one to take chances. HER friends said the 35-year-old Kenyan sex worker was careful how she conducted business at her home in Majengo, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, where she only allowed clients in for a "quickie". But on the night of May 7, a curfew imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus forced Wanjiru to allow a client to stay over. Some hours later, she was found lying in a pool of blood. She died before help could arrive. A post-mortem report found she had been stabbed multiple times…
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Sudan’s armed forces now in control of all its territory – foreign minister

Sudan’s armed forces now in control of all its territory – foreign minister

NEWS
SUDAN's armed forces have taken control of all of its territory, Foreign Minister Omar Gamareldin said in a press conference on Thursday, as border tensions with neighbour Ethiopia continue to flare. Clashes have occurred in recent days over agricultural land in the al-Fashqa area which lies within Sudan's international boundaries but has long been settled by Ethiopian farmers.
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Niger ruling party’s Bazoum extends lead in presidential election

Niger ruling party’s Bazoum extends lead in presidential election

NEWS
NIGER’S ruling party candidate Mohamed Bazoum has extended his lead in the race for the presidency after Sunday's election, according to results from more than half of constituencies published by the electoral commission. Bazoum is leading a field of 30 candidates with more than 42% of the vote, results from 144 out of the total 266 constituencies showed, but he is still short of the 50% needed for victory in the first round. His closest rival, former president Mahamane Ousmane, had 15.3% of the vote, the results showed. Bazoum is considered a strong favourite to succeed President Mahamadou Issoufou, who…
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
World risks ‘moral catastrophe’ if COVID shots delayed in Africa, its CDC chief says

World risks ‘moral catastrophe’ if COVID shots delayed in Africa, its CDC chief says

NEWS
THE world risks a "moral catastrophe" if COVID-19 vaccinations are delayed in Africa while wealthier regions inoculate their entire populations, the head of the continent's disease control body has said. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hopes significant vaccination campaigns on the continent will begin in April, its head, John Nkengasong, told reporters. "That's a long way to go given that this virus transmits very quickly," he said, adding that in Africa, "the second wave is here with a vengeance". Cases of the new coronavirus increased by nearly 19% since last week and deaths increased by 26%,…
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Dutch charity says employee killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

Dutch charity says employee killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

NEWS
DUTCH charity ZOA said one of its employees had been killed at a refugee camp in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia where the military has been fighting rebel forces. The charity said in a statement that the 52-year-old worker was killed in Hitsats refugee camp. He had worked for the charity for 10 years and leaves a wife and seven children. It did not name him or give any details of the killing. "We confirm with great sadness that our colleague was murdered during the recent conflict while on duty for ZOA," Edwin Visser, ZOA's Chief Programme Officer, said…
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Jan
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt summons Ethiopia’s envoy over comments – statement

Egypt summons Ethiopia’s envoy over comments – statement

NEWS
THE Egyptian foreign ministry summoned the Ethiopian Chargé d'Affairs to Cairo on Wednesday to provide clarifications over comments made by the spokesman of the Ethiopian foreign ministry, it said. The comments "addressed" Egyptian internal affairs, the ministry added without providing more details. It was not immediately clear what comments had angered Egypt. Egyptian officials were not immediately available to comment. However, Qatar's Al Jazeera Media Network reported earlier today that Dina Mufti, the Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesperson, attacked Cairo for criticizing a giant dam that Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile and using the project to cover several…
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Jul
14
2022
By The African Mirror
Owner of SA bar where 21 teens died arrested

Owner of SA bar where 21 teens died arrested

NEWS
THE owner of the bar in the South African coastal town of East London where 21 teenagers mysteriously died last month has been arrested, police in the Eastern Cape province said. Forensic teams are yet to reveal their conclusions on how the teens died, with a source close to the investigation saying one theory was a chemical or gas leak and authorities also investigating possible accidental poisoning. There has been an outpouring of grief at the deaths at the nightspot in Scenery Park township, in a nation used to seeing casualties from a pervasive binge drinking culture. Angry mourners of…
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Jul
14
2022
By The African Mirror
Mo Farah says he was a victim of child trafficking

Mo Farah says he was a victim of child trafficking

NEWS
MULTIPLE Olympic and world champion Mo Farah was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the age of nine and was forced to do housework and childcare in exchange for food, he told the BBC. The 39-year-old Briton, who was born in Somalia, added his name had been changed to Mohamed Farah from Hussein Abdi Kahin in the fake travel documents used to fly him to Britain by a woman he had never met before. Once he arrived in the UK, the woman took him to her home in Hounslow, west London, and tore apart a paper with the contact details…
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