Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Ok, I Agree
Jan
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethiopians to benefit from Boeing’s $2.5 billion settlement

Ethiopians to benefit from Boeing’s $2.5 billion settlement

NEWS
DAVID SHEPARDSON, ERIC M. JOHNSON and TRACY RUCINSKI THE families of the 157 Ethiopians who died when a Boeing 737 Max crashed soon after take-off on March 10, 2019, are among those who will benefit from the $2.5-billion settlement reached yesterday. Boeing Co will pay more than $2.5 billion in fines and compensation after reaching a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over two plane crashes that killed a total of 346 people and led to the grounding of its 737 MAX jetliner. The settlement, which allows Boeing to avoid prosecution, includes a fine of $243.6 million, compensation to…
Read More
Jan
09
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon – UN

At least 13 dead as suicide bomber, gunmen attack town in Cameroon – UN

NEWS
AT least 13 people including children died when a suicide bomber blew herself in a crowd that was fleeing an armed attack in northern Cameroon yesterday, a U.N. security report said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, or for the attack on the town of Mozogo in the Far North Region, near the border with Nigeria. The assailants struck early in the morning, firing guns into the air, according to the note seen by Reuters. "Frightened, the population fled into the park. It was at this point that a woman carrying an explosive charge allegedly entered the fleeing…
Read More
Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Autopsy indicates Angola ex-leader died of natural causes, Spanish court orders more testing

Autopsy indicates Angola ex-leader died of natural causes, Spanish court orders more testing

NEWS
PRELIMINARY autopsy results show the death of Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos was due to natural causes, a Spanish court said on Monday while ordering further examination. Dos Santos died two weeks ago in Barcelona at the age of 79. The court also decided to delay the handover of his body to his family, a court spokeswoman said on Monday. "Despite the fact that the provisional autopsy report indicates that Mr. dos Santos' death was natural, the court has decided to order complementary testing to that usually done in an autopsy, given that a complaint about possible threats…
Read More
Jan
09
2021
By The African Mirror
2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray

2.3 million people need aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray

NEWS
FIGHTING is still going on in several parts of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and almost 2.3 million people, or nearly half of the population, need aid, a U.N. report said. The report, the most comprehensive public assessment of the humanitarian situation in Tigray since conflict erupted there on November 4, has been posted online. It said food supplies were very limited, looting was widespread and insecurity remained high. Federal government troops are fighting the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a political party that was governing the province. The government declared victory in late November though the TPLF vowed to fight…
Read More
Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigerian unions to protest shutdown of public universities due to strike

Nigerian unions to protest shutdown of public universities due to strike

NEWS
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will embark on a two-day protest on July 26 to demonstrate against a six-month shutdown of public universities across the country due to pay disagreements between the government and teachers, it said. The NLC, the country's main umbrella union, represents millions of workers across most sectors of Africa's biggest economy, including parts of the oil industry. It said in a statement it will mobilise workers for the protest for good governance. Strikes by Nigerian public university teachers are common. The current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities started on Feb. 14. A previous…
Read More
Jan
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Dwarf giraffes discovered in Namibia, Uganda

Dwarf giraffes discovered in Namibia, Uganda

NEWS
TIM COCKS BEING tall is the giraffe's competitive advantage, giving it the pick of leaves from the tallest trees, so scientists were stunned to find two giraffe dwarves on different sides of Africa. "It's fascinating what our researchers out in the field found," Julian Fennessy, co-founder of the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, told Reuters in a video call on Friday. "We were very surprised." Most giraffes grow to 15 - 20 feet (4.5 - 6 metres), but in 2018, scientists working with the foundation discovered an 8 1/2-foot (2.6 metre) giraffe in Namibia. Three years earlier, they had also found a…
Read More
Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Tensions spread in Sudan as tribal clashes rage on

Tensions spread in Sudan as tribal clashes rage on

NEWS
THE death toll from tribal clashes triggered by land disputes in southeastern Sudan's Blue Nile State has risen to at least 64, medical sources said on Monday, with the long-festering tensions spreading into some other states. A curfew was imposed in two major towns of Blue Nile State and security forces were deployed following fighting between the Hausa and Funj tribes that began last week. Medical sources in the state capital Damazine said that at least 64 people had been killed and hundreds injured, amid a severe shortage in emergency medical supplies. In the city of Roseires, also in Blue…
Read More
Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Top Israeli general, in first Morocco visit, to explore defence deals

Top Israeli general, in first Morocco visit, to explore defence deals

NEWS
DAN WILLIAMS THE chief of Israel's armed forces will visit Morocco on Monday in the highest-profile military engagement between the countries, which upgraded ties in 2020 under a U.S. diplomatic drive. While Lieutenant-General Aviv Kochavi's trip has been showcased by Israel as part of emerging defence cooperation with the North African country, Rabat has also been trying to broker improved conditions for the Palestinians. "One of the subjects that will be discussed (in Morocco) this week will be knowledge-sharing, training - the ability to train together in joint manoeuvres - weapons development, the transfer of know-how and perhaps also of…
Read More
Jul
19
2022
By The African Mirror
Two Catholic priests abducted in Nigeria, diocese says

Two Catholic priests abducted in Nigeria, diocese says

NEWS
TWO Nigerian Catholic priests have been abducted in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, the local diocese said, nearly two weeks after another priest was taken from his parish in the same state. Fathers John Mark Cheitnum and Donatus Cleopas were abducted in the town of Lere after they arrived for a parish function at Christ the King Catholic Church, Yadin Garu, the diocese said. It was not immediately clear who was behind the abduction. Kidnappers abducted another priest from his rectory in Kaduna state earlier this month while parishioners were waiting for him to conduct the morning mass, the local…
Read More
Jul
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Tributes for late ANC leader Jessie Duarte

Tributes for late ANC leader Jessie Duarte

NEWS
THE ANC, South Africa's governing party, has led South Africans in paying tribute to leading political activist Jessie Duarte, the organisation's deputy secretary-general who has passed on after a battle with cancer. Duarte, stepped down from her ANC duties to focus on her health. She passed away on Sunday and was buried later in the day, in line with Muslim rites. The South African government honoured Duarte by declaring an official funeral for her. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to Duarte, whom he described as a long-time anti-apartheid activist who served as a special assistant to former President Nelson…
Read More
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
Instagram
WhatsApp
Threads