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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
Libyan jailed for life for UK stabbing spree

Libyan jailed for life for UK stabbing spree

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A man was told he would spend the rest of his life behind bars by a British judge for murdering three men in a stabbing spree at a park in an attack last year deemed a terrorist incident. Libyan Khairi Saadallah, 26, had pleaded guilty to murdering the men and stabbing three others with a five-inch knife on the evening of June 20 in the southern English town of Reading. Eyewitnesses heard him say "Allahu Akbar" (‘God is great') during the incident, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement. "Khairi Saadallah carried out a brutal, pre-planned attack on…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
South African cabinet minister gets COVID-19

South African cabinet minister gets COVID-19

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER JACKSON MTHEMBU, the Minister in the Presidency of South Africa, has tested positive for Covid-19 and has gone into self-quarantine. Boitumelo Moloi Obed Bapela David Mahlobo The presidency has announced that Mthembu took the tests after showing some symptoms. He has, together with those that may have come in contact with him gone into isolation. Mthembu is the fourth member of the executive who has tested positive in the past week. He remains in high spirits and wishes all those who are also fighting the Coronavirus a speedy recovery. "We once again urge all South Africans to…
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Jan
12
2021
By The African Mirror
‘5G COVID-19 conspiracy theory baseless and fake’

‘5G COVID-19 conspiracy theory baseless and fake’

NEWS
A conspiracy theory linking 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the coronavirus is baseless and fake, South Africa's telecom regulator has said after towers in KwaZulu-Natal province were torched last week. Reiterating the regulator's position, the chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Keabetswe Modimoeng in a statement urged people "not to be swayed by these conspiracy theories that are hell-bent on bringing instability and fear within the nation." This came after about four towers belonging to Vodacom and MTN were burnt and destroyed between Tuesday and Wednesday last week in KwaZulu-Natal province following a…
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Jul
22
2022
By The African Mirror
Pandemic, war and ‘crazy’ prices threaten South African pivot from coal

Pandemic, war and ‘crazy’ prices threaten South African pivot from coal

NEWS
PROMIT MUKHERJEE SOUTH Africa, where daily blackouts are a fact of life, knows better than most that it cannot rely on coal power. But just when its plans to shift to renewable energy to help drive Africa's most industrialised economy were gaining momentum, rising costs linked to the pandemic and the war in Ukraine threaten further delay. After a six-year hiatus, the country in 2021 held a bidding round for companies to operate wind and solar projects, attracting aggressive offers from more than 100 renewables companies, eager to make up for the shortfalls of state power generator Eskom. The winners…
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Jul
22
2022
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s power cuts widen digital divide and wealth gaps

South Africa’s power cuts widen digital divide and wealth gaps

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG LIKE many students preparing for exams, Lindokuhle Mdlalose has been revising in the early hours of the morning and losing out on sleep. However, the 21-year-old's midnight study sessions are by necessity, not choice, as power cuts cripple South Africa. The country's worst electricity blackouts in more than two years, intended to take pressure off the creaking power grid after worker strikes and years of poor maintenance, have left households struggling during several hours of darkness each day. Those that can afford extra internet data, generators and solar panels are managing to cope, but for many, their studies,…
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Jul
22
2022
By The African Mirror
Ahead of Kenya elections, women politicians face more online abuse

Ahead of Kenya elections, women politicians face more online abuse

NEWS
NITA BHALLA WHEN Kenyan politician Esther Passaris posted a loving tribute to her late father on Twitter, trolls responded with a barrage of abuse over an accompanying "sexualised" photograph of the 57-year-old in a black kaftan walking alone on a white sandy beach. "Papou ... as you traverse the high seas, know that I will forever be your baby girl, #RIPDad," wrote Passaris, who represents Nairobi County, next to the contemplative image in which the sea breeze had slightly exposed one thigh. One user reposted a magnified photo of her thigh and begged her to give men "a chance", while another accused…
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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
Education takes flight under Ghanaian artist’s repurposed planes

Education takes flight under Ghanaian artist’s repurposed planes

NEWS
FRANCIS KOKOROKO and COOPER INVEEN HUNDREDS of meters above the village of Jenakpeng in northern Ghana, a small drone locked its sights on six aeroplanes parked in the middle of a verdant field miles away from the nearest runway. The drone's 16-year-old pilot, Jenakpeng native Abdul-Latif Zakaria, stood with his father Danaa in the shadow of a vintage Antonov cropduster, one of six planes that world-renowned artist Ibrahim Mahama has transformed into a community learning space. In 2021, Mahama bought the planes using proceeds from $1 million worth of sales to add to his Red Clay Studio, a multi-acre compound…
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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

Kidnapped Nigerian Catholic priest found dead, another escapes

NEWS
A Nigerian Catholic priest abducted last week was found murdered while his colleague managed to escape from his captors in the northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said. Fathers John Mark Cheitnum and Donatus Cleophas were seized in the town of Lere when attending a parish function at Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin Garu last Friday. On Tuesday, the body of Cheitnum was found, the Kafanchan diocese said in a statement, adding that he was "brutally killed on the same day of his abduction." His burial is on Thursday. No one has claimed responsibility for the abduction. About…
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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
Kenya’s Ruto’s promises to publish contracts with China

Kenya’s Ruto’s promises to publish contracts with China

NEWS
KATHARINE HOURELD and DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYA'S deputy president and presidential aspirant William Ruto said he will publish government contracts with China and deport Chinese nationals working illegally if he is elected on August 9, promises likely to resonate with citizens pummeled by mounting debt and the skyrocketing cost of living. Kenya, whose 2022/23 budget of 3.3 trillion shillings ($27.86 billion) has a deficit of 6.2% of gross domestic product, owes China about $8 billion. Ruto has promised to slash the government borrowing that has funded President Uhuru Kenyatta's infrastructure building spree. The contracts are not public and some Kenyan organisations…
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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
UK-Rwanda deportation plan to undergo judical review

UK-Rwanda deportation plan to undergo judical review

NEWS
A judicial review into the legality of the British government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda will start on September 5, London's High Court said on Wednesday. Under an agreement struck in April, Britain will send tens of thousands of migrants who arrive on its shores illegally more than 4,000 miles (6,4000 km) to the East African country. Migrants and charities are bringing a judicial review to challenge the policy's lawfulness. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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