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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Witness detentions cast shadow over Egyptian ‘MeToo’ movement

Witness detentions cast shadow over Egyptian ‘MeToo’ movement

NEWS
STUDENT Seif Bedour wanted to support his friend, a witness in a high-profile rape case, by accompanying her to a Cairo police station when she was brought in by officers on August 28 after offering to testify on behalf of the victim, his sister says. At the station, Bedour was detained and has been held in jail for four months on morality charges, relatives and activists say, even though the then 14-year-old had no connection to alleged rape and was not at the scene when it occurred at Cairo's Fairmont Nile City Hotel in 2014. Three sources close to Bedour…
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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 17 villagers hacked to death in eastern Congo

At least 17 villagers hacked to death in eastern Congo

NEWS
AT least 17 people were found hacked to death in a part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ravaged by attacks from Islamist militants, according to a local official. Donat Kibwana, the administrator of Beni territory, blamed the deaths near the town of Eringeti on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed Islamist group which has emerged in recent years as the most lethal of the militias in Congo's eastern borderlands. "Yesterday morning, Congolese army soldiers were on patrol when they found 17 bodies," Kibwana told Reuters. "The modus operandi allows us to say that tre responsible." More than…
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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Historic African free trade bloc opens for business

Historic African free trade bloc opens for business

NEWS
JOE BAVIER  AFRICAN countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on New Year’s Day, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. But experts view the New Year's Day launch as largely symbolic with full implementation of the deal expected to take years. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to bring together 1.3 billion people in a $3.4 trillion economic bloc that will be the largest free trade area since the establishment of the World Trade Organization. Backers say it will boost trade among African neighbours while allowing the continent to develop…
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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Breaking with predecessor, Congo’s Tshisekedi seeks new parliamentary base

Breaking with predecessor, Congo’s Tshisekedi seeks new parliamentary base

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has asked a senator to work out if he can build up a new bloc of supporters in parliament that could help him force out a cabinet dominated by backers of his predecessor, Joseph Kabila. Tshisekedi moved last month to end an awkward power-sharing coalition he was forced into with Kabila, who stepped down in January 2019 after 18 years in office but whose allies still controlled majorities in parliament. Tshisekedi says divisions in the alliance have frustrated his efforts to address armed violence in the mineral-rich east, reform the judiciary and secure…
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Jan
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Twenty die in Algeria road accident

Twenty die in Algeria road accident

NEWS
Twenty people, mostly African nationals, have died after a vehicle carrying them overturned in southern Algeria, the civil protection agency said. Eleven people aboard the vehicle were also injured in the accident near Ain Mguel town in the desert province of Tamanrasset, 2,000 km (1,250 miles) from the capital Algiers, it said in a statement. Tamanrasset is a crossing point for illegal migrants from neighboring countries, mainly Mali and Niger.
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Jul
23
2022
By The African Mirror
Militants attack Mali’s main military base, situation ‘under control’

Militants attack Mali’s main military base, situation ‘under control’

NEWS
FADIMATA KONTAO ISLAMIST militants struck Mali's main military base, just outside the capital Bamako, in a complex attack involving car bombs, but the armed forces said they had repelled the assault and had the situation under control. Militants linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State have repeatedly raided bases across Mali during a decade-long insurgency concentrated in the north and centre but never so close to Bamako in the south. Heavy gunfire rang out for about an hour early on Friday at the Kati camp, about 15 km (10 miles) northwest of Bamako. A convoy carrying the leader of Mali's…
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Jul
23
2022
By The African Mirror
Africa’s top public health body gets $100 mln from World Bank

Africa’s top public health body gets $100 mln from World Bank

NEWS
AFRICA'S main public health body, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), will receive $100 million from the World Bank to help African countries prepare for, detect and respond to disease outbreaks. The Africa CDC has played a major role in advising African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic and is also providing guidance on diseases like monkeypox. The World Bank said in a statement that the financial support would help boost the Africa CDC's technical capacity and include investments to increase the number of epidemiologists and outbreak responders. "The project will help to cultivate regional capabilities critical…
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Jul
23
2022
By The African Mirror
USAID pledges Kenya $255 mln to fight drought, appeals to rich countries to help

USAID pledges Kenya $255 mln to fight drought, appeals to rich countries to help

NEWS
THE U.S. development agency USAID said it would give Kenya $255 million in emergency assistance to tackle the severe drought. Some 4.1 million people in the East African nation are facing acute food shortages, the government says, while the number of cases of child malnutrition has surged by half in parts of the country to 942,000 in the last three months. The funding commitment comes in addition to the $65 million that USAID had already provided this year, USAID administrator Samantha Power said. "We need other countries to step up and join us," she said, warning that the food crisis…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa secures 20-million COVID-19 vaccines

South Africa secures 20-million COVID-19 vaccines

NEWS
SOUTH Africa has secured 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines which are expected to be delivered mainly in the first half of the year, President Cyril Ramaphosa has revealed, as the country battles a faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus. Ramaphosa's disclosure came after some scientists and health workers publicly expressed frustration at the pace at which the government was accessing COVID-19 vaccines. The country reported a new peak of more than 21,000 daily infections last week, taking total COVID-19 cases to more than 1.2 million, the most on the African continent. Coronavirus deaths now exceed 33,000. "While there are several…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa shuts its borders in face of spiralling COVID-19 cases

South Africa shuts its borders in face of spiralling COVID-19 cases

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER After experiencing 190 000 new infections in 11 days and overwhelmed hospitals driven by the new COVID-19 variant, South Africa has closed its borders for 33 days and retained tough measures, which includes a ban on alcohol sales as well as closed beaches and public parks. In a special address to the nation - his second in 15 days - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said 20 land ports of entry, which includes Beit Bridge, used by Zimbabweans and Lebombo, used by Mozambicans, would be closed until February 15 for general entry and departure.  An exception would…
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