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Mar
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Uganda welcomes young mothers back to school

Uganda welcomes young mothers back to school

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA AT a tumble-down wooden shack in a fishing village on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, 17-year-old Margaret Babirye cuddles her baby at lunch break before dashing back to school - a right she could only have dreamed about before Uganda's reforms. Babirye is one of thousands of girls benefiting from a new Ugandan government policy encouraging girls who have given birth to return to class, part of a broader trend documented by Human Rights Watch where African nations are encouraging young mothers back to school. "I made a mistake giving birth while still young and in…
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Mar
01
2022
By The African Mirror
OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

OPEC chief, African ministers defend oil and gas investments

NEWS
MACDONALD DZIRUTWE and ESTELLE SHIRBON THE OPEC chief and ministers from major African oil producing countries defended investments in fossil fuels, saying Africa's development needs were being overlooked in the global drive towards decarbonisation. Africa accounts for less than 3% of global carbon emissions while some 600 million Africans have no access to electricity, they said, arguing that investments in the continent's natural resources should go forward. "It would be a tragedy of unimaginable proportions if, despite billions of dollars being poured into investments for these resources, these went west as stranded assets," OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo told an energy…
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Mar
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Egypt plans sukuk to finance government investment projects

Egypt plans sukuk to finance government investment projects

NEWS
EGYPT'S government plans to issue sharia-compliant sukuk bonds, as well as more Eurobonds and Green bonds, to fund public projects, the finance ministry said on Monday. The country aims to increase the government's contribution to state-backed green investments in next year's budget as part of a programme coinciding with its hosting of the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference in November, the ministry added. Egypt's government became the first in the Middle East and North Africa to issue Green bonds when it issued five-year Green bonds in September 2020 with a $750 million deal to finance environmentally-friendly projects in the…
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Mar
01
2022
By The African Mirror
Ukraine crisis will not impact Algeria’s wheat imports -official tells Ennahar TV

Ukraine crisis will not impact Algeria’s wheat imports -official tells Ennahar TV

NEWS
ALGERIA, one of the world's biggest importers of wheat, said that the crisis in Ukraine will not impact its imports, an unnamed source from the state grains importer was quoted as saying by Ennahar TV on Saturday. Algeria does not rely on one supplier but several as its market is open for competition, the source, from the Office Algerien Interprofessionnel des Cereales (OAIC), added. Ukraine and Russia, which launched an invasion of its neighbour on Thursday, are both major grain exporters.
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Mar
08
2022
By The African Mirror
4 die in Ivory Coast building collapse

4 die in Ivory Coast building collapse

NEWS
AT least six people, including two children, died when an apartment block collapsed in Ivory Coast's commercial capital of Abidjan overnight, the fire brigade said. Rescuers used torches to search through the mounds of broken concrete and carried out 36 people alive, officials said. One firefighter cradled a baby in the back of an ambulance. "Everything was trembling," said survivor Ladji Doumbia, who lived on the fourth floor. "I was stumbling from left to right and then, at the last minute, I heard a loud noise." Prime Minister Patrick Achi visited the site and promised an investigation into the cause…
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Mar
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Here are Africa’s top outdoor destinations

Here are Africa’s top outdoor destinations

NEWS
CONRAD ONYANGO AIRLINE passenger traffic in and out of Africa has seen the slowest growth of all regions this year but four destinations in Africa are pulling way above their weight, as efforts to get air traffic back on its feet gain momentum. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects traffic on the continent to reach 76 percent of pre-crisis levels in 2022, which is substantially below a projected global average of 83 percent, due to slow progress vaccinating the population, compounded by the negative impacts of the pandemic on developing economies. IATA’s Director General Willie Walsh, however, said people…
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Mar
08
2022
By The African Mirror
International Women’s Day, 2022: Women lighting the way in off-grid Zimbabwe

International Women’s Day, 2022: Women lighting the way in off-grid Zimbabwe

NEWS
TONDERAYI MUKEREDZI ELECTRICITY transmission lines run through Chiedza Murindo’s home in Murombedzi, a small town in Zvimba district in Mashonaland West province, but her house has no electricity. That is the harsh reality for much of Zimbabwe’s rural population, where only 13% of households live without power compared to 83% of urban households. Disgusted by the energy poverty around her, Murindo became one of the first customers in her area to purchase a three-light solar home system from PowerLive Zimbabwe. This woman-led social enterprise uses mostly women to sell, distribute and install solar energy systems on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model to…
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Mar
08
2022
By The African Mirror
A tale of two refugee crises

A tale of two refugee crises

NEWS
RACHAEL REILLY and MICHAEL FLYNN RUSSIA's brutal and devastating invasion of Ukraine has triggered the largest and fastest refugee movement in Europe since World War II. After only a single week, more than one million people had already fled the country. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) initially predicted that as many as four million people would flee; the UN now thinks that some 10 million will eventually be displaced. While the EU calls this the largest humanitarian crisis that Europe has witnessed in “many, many years,” it is important to remember that it was not so long ago that the…
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Mar
08
2022
By The African Mirror
Gay couple scores partial victory on Namibia residency in top court

Gay couple scores partial victory on Namibia residency in top court

NEWS
A gay couple scored a partial victory in Namibia's Supreme Court after it ruled the government had discriminated against them when it rejected the residency application of one of the two who is Mexican-born. The court ordered that the home affairs ministry reconsider the application of Guillermo Delgado for permanent residency in the southern African country. Delgado appealed to the Supreme Court after a lower court denied Delgado's residency request in February last year, siding with the government which had refused to give legal recognition to his marriage with Phillip Lühl, a Namibian. In Namibia, permanent residency is automatically granted…
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