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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – local official

Over 2 million people displaced by conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – local official

NEWS
ABOUT 2.2 million people have been displaced within Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting erupted there in November with about half fleeing after their homes were burned down, a local government official said. Gebremeskel Kassa, a senior official in the interim administration in Tigray appointed by the federal government, made the comments in an interview broadcast by state-run ETV's Tigriniya language channel late on Tuesday. The figure given by the official was more than double a previous estimate for the number of people displaced of 950,000, which included 50,000 who had fled to neighbouring countries. Ethiopia's federal government restricted access to…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
The main candidates in Uganda’s election

The main candidates in Uganda’s election

NEWS
UGANDANS vote on January 14 in a presidential election that pits Yoweri Museveni, Africa's fourth-longest ruling head of state, against 10 other candidates, including reggae-star-turned-lawmaker Bobi Wine. Here are details about the main candidates: YOWERI MUSEVENI, NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT: The 76-year-old seized power in January 1986 after a five-year guerrilla struggle to oust Milton Obote. Ugandans initially cheered him for ending cycles of bloodletting under both Obote and Idi Amin. Museveni started to revive the economy with statist policies but he adopted a more liberal approach in the early 1990s, signing up to the International Monetary Fund's structural adjustment programmes…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Ten candidates call for election re-run

Ten candidates call for election re-run

NEWS
TEN defeated presidential candidates in the Central African Republic are calling for the result of a December 27 election to be annulled and the vote repeated, citing irregularities and low turnout, according to a joint statement. On Monday, the electoral commission declared President Faustin-Archange Touadera the winner of the race, with voter turnout of over 76% despite an offensive by rebel groups seeking to derail the vote. However, only half of the country's 1.8 million eligible voters were able to register for the vote due to the violence. Ten of the 17 candidates are now rejecting this result, saying turnout…
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Trailblazing woman mechanic changes wheels, oil and stereotypes

Trailblazing woman mechanic changes wheels, oil and stereotypes

NEWS
LEKAA El Kholy's father used to rub a little blackened engine oil onto her face and tell her to wear overalls when they went to the Egyptian city of Luxor to buy supplies for his car repair workshop. It was his way of showing people his daughter was a mechanic just like him, and of confronting deep-rooted beliefs about gender roles that keep all but a few women out of traditionally male professions in socially conservative Egypt. Today, El Kholy, 24, has been fixing cars for more than a decade in the village of Esna and has captured national attention - with…
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Jan
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Roadside bomb kills five in Cameroon

Roadside bomb kills five in Cameroon

NEWS
FOUR soldiers and a senior government official were killed in Cameroon's restive North West Region after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, according to an internal security note and another senior official. The vehicle was travelling in a military convoy when it was ambushed by armed secessionists, the note seen by Reuters said, adding that five others were severely wounded. The senior official said the five-vehicle convoy was returning to the town of Mbengwi, 450 km (279.62 miles) northwest of the capital Yaounde, after the installation of recently appointed local officials when the blast occurred. No one has claimed…
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 22 killed in eastern Congo village

At least 22 killed in eastern Congo village

NEWS
AT least 22 people were killed in an overnight raid on a village in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo plagued by Islamist rebel attacks, local authorities said on Tuesday. The militants struck late on Monday, killing residents of Mwenda village with machetes and guns, its civil society leader Jeremi Mbweki said. He blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan Islamist group which has emerged as the most lethal militia in Congo's eastern borderlands and is suspected of hacking to death at least 17 people in a nearby village last week. "Now we live in total fear,…
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Niger mourns, probes weekend massacre in two villages

Niger mourns, probes weekend massacre in two villages

NEWS
NIGER has declared three days of national mourning following the massacre of 100 civilians in two villages in the western region of the country where Islamist militants have carried out a series of attacks. The government said an investigation had been launched to find the perpetrators. Witnesses have said that over a hundred armed assailants on motorbikes surrounded the villages and started firing indiscriminately on Saturday. The government said reinforcements had been sent to the area near the tri-border region of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali known as Liptako-Gourma, where local authorities have been overrun by militants linked to al…
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for killing two French soldiers in Mali

Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for killing two French soldiers in Mali

NEWS
AL QAEDA’S branch in North Africa has claimed responsibility for killing two French soldiers who died when their armoured vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in eastern Mali, Site Intelligence Group has reported. The soldiers were on a reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering mission in the eastern region of Menaka when the blast occurred. The group, known as Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin or JNIM, condemned the "indiscriminate" killing of 100 civilians in western Niger over the weekend, SITE Intel said.
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Jan
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine campaigns in a flak jacket

Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine campaigns in a flak jacket

NEWS
UGANDA’S main opposition candidate in next week's presidential election has swapped his trademark red beret for a helmet and starts each day with shadow-boxing and a prayer to survive a campaign trail he describes as a war zone. Popstar-turned-lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who goes by the name Bobi Wine, is the frontrunner among 10 candidates challenging Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking to extend his 34-year rule in the East African nation at the January 14 vote. While former guerrilla fighter Museveni, 76, has long been seen as a stabilising force in Uganda after the brutal reigns of Milton Obote and…
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Jan
05
2021
By The African Mirror
The inspirational life of Dr Emmanuel Taban

The inspirational life of Dr Emmanuel Taban

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A Sudanese man who fled wars and walked over 6000 km to South Africa where he has become a leading pulmonologist has become a social media sensation. Dr Emmanuel Taban has also become a poster boy on how refugees can contribute positively to countries across Africa. Taban’s extraordinary was featured in special TV programme Carte Blanche in South Africa and he is now being celebrated across social media. Taban was born in a tiny village in South Sudan and he and four siblings were raised by a single mother. At the age of 14, he was arrested…
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