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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
Togo villagers flee to urban centres after militant attacks

Togo villagers flee to urban centres after militant attacks

NEWS
CIVILIANS in a part of northern Togo attacked by suspected Islamist militants last week have been fleeing their homes en masse to seek refuge in nearby cities, a local mayor said. More than 25 people were killed in the attacks on four villages in the Kpendjal district, near the border with Burkina Faso, two local activists told Reuters. The government said a number of people were killed but did not say how many. "People are leaving their villages en masse," Arzoume Sambiani, the mayor of a part of Kpendjal, said in a statement on Monday. He urged civilians to return…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Six Virunga Park rangers killed in eastern Congo ambush

Six Virunga Park rangers killed in eastern Congo ambush

NEWS
ARMED men yesterday killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, a sanctuary for endangered mountain gorillas, the park said. The identity of the assailants was not immediately clear, said Olivier Mukisya, a Virunga spokesman. Previous attacks against the rangers have been blamed on various militias who fight to control land and natural resources in eastern Congo. "We confirm this sad news. A group of armed men attacked our positions in the region of Nyamitwitwi in the middle of Virunga National Park," Mukisya told Reuters. More than…
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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
Sewing the seeds of hope

Sewing the seeds of hope

NEWS
EDITH CHEPNGENO, BIRD STORY AGENCY “BARELY a month after I buried the love of my life, my in-laws descended on us. First, my brother-in-law said I was too young to be a widow, so he wanted to inherit me as his wife. I couldn’t hear any of this outdated culture, and they now went for the property left to us by their brother,” recalled Vicoty Chepkoech, 24. Speaking at a special graduation ceremony, Chepkoech explained that the humiliation she went through at the hands of her in-laws made her abandon her marital home, deciding to start afresh to make ends…
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Jul
21
2022
By The African Mirror
Biden announces U.S.-Africa summit for mid-December

Biden announces U.S.-Africa summit for mid-December

NEWS
STEVE HOLLAND PRESIDENT Joe Biden announced that the United States will bring together leaders from across the African continent for a major summit in December in Washington to discuss pressing challenges from food security to climate change. "The summit will demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa, and will underscore the importance of U.S.-Africa relations and increased cooperation on shared global priorities," Biden said in a statement. The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, scheduled for December 13-15, was announced simultaneously in virtual remarks by Vice President Kamala Harris to the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Marrakech hosted by the Corporate Council on…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Presidency spokesperson to face music

Presidency spokesperson to face music

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A top official in the South African presidency is to face a disciplinary inquiry for failing to disclose all her financial interests. The presidency has announced that it has initiated disciplinary steps against Khusela Diko, who went on special leave in July 2020 after it emerged that Royal Bhaca, a company owned by her husband - Madzikane II Diko - had won a tender worth R125-million to provide PPEs. The awarding of the tender, along with other dodgy ones worth over R500-million was referred by President Ramaphosa to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) for probing.  The South…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
15 members of Tigray forces killed, 8 captured

15 members of Tigray forces killed, 8 captured

NEWS
ETHIOPIA’S military says it has killed 15 members of the Tigray region's former ruling party and captured eight others, according to state-run TV. Citing a brigadier-general from Ethiopia's National Defence Force, the state-run Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said that those captured included the region's former president Abay Weldu, who was also a former chairman of the region's ruling party. Those killed included the region's former deputy police commissioner, it said. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government declared victory in its conflict with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a political party that previously governed the province, on November 28 after nearly a…
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Jan
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Zambian president fires health minister

Zambian president fires health minister

NEWS
Zambian President Edgar Lunga. Picture: Flickr ZAMBIAN President Edgar Lungu has dismissed Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya with immediate effect, the president's office said, without giving a reason for the move. Once seen as a potential presidential replacement for Lungu, Chilufya's political ambitions have faded amid growing calls for his dismissal from opposition parties and health workers. "The President has thanked Dr Chilufya for the services rendered to government and wished him well in his future endeavors," the office said in a statement. Chilufya, health minister since his appointment in 2016, was not immediately available for comment.
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Jul
20
2022
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe women sew sanitary pads to help keep girls in school

Zimbabwe women sew sanitary pads to help keep girls in school

NEWS
A community group in rural Zimbabwe is making reusable sanitary towels so that girls do not skip school when they have their period. The Chiedza Community Welfare Trust, in Zimbabwe's Mutasa District, started sewing cloth sanitary pads when founder Gladys Mukaratirwa realised that local girls were missing school every month because they could not afford disposable hygiene products. "If you calculate two to five days per month, it's about 45 days per year of school time which is wasted, so we realised that there was a need for them to have a sustainable source of sanitary pads," Mukaratirwa said. The…
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Jul
20
2022
By The African Mirror
23 die in bus crash in Egypt

23 die in bus crash in Egypt

NEWS
AT least 23 people were killed and 30 injured when a bus collided with a truck near the Egyptian city of Minya early, the regional governor's office said in a statement. The injured were transferred to hospital in the town of Mallawi, about 260km (162 miles) south of the capital, Cairo. The bus, heading to Cairo from the southern Egyptian city of Sohag, smashed into a truck parked on the side of the road, a security source said. Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Jul
20
2022
By The African Mirror
British govt warned against Rwanda deportation plan

British govt warned against Rwanda deportation plan

NEWS
ANDREW MACASKILL BRITISH officials repeatedly warned the government not to pursue its plan to send migrants to Rwanda and the country was initially excluded from the shortlist of partner countries because of human rights concerns, London's High Court was told. 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. The first planned deportation flight last month was blocked by a last-minute injunction from the European Court of Human Rights.  The government has vowed to press ahead with the…
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