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Jan
15
2021
By The African Mirror
83-year-old female lawmaker makes history

83-year-old female lawmaker makes history

NEWS
MENNA A FAROUK WHEN 83-year-old Farida El Choubachy ran for parliament in Egypt last year, she did not expect to win, let alone become the first woman in 42 years to preside over its opening session. Her speech to parliament made history in Egypt for a second reason - more than a quarter of its 596 members were women, after a record number of female lawmakers were elected in last year's parliamentary polls. "It was a historical moment. I never expected it, but it shows how the role of women in political and parliamentary life is being transformed," El Choubachy,…
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Jan
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Major violations at Tigray refugee camps

Major violations at Tigray refugee camps

NEWS
THERE have been major violations of international law at two refugee camps in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency (UNHCR). It said satellite imagery showed fires burning and fresh signs of destruction at the Shimelba and Hitsats camps for refugees from neighbouring Eritrea, who fled political persecution and compulsory military service before the conflict in Tigray. "These are concrete indications of major violations of international law," Filippo Grandi, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement. Reuters published satellite images on Tuesday from California-based company Planet Lab Inc that showed destruction in the two camps…
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Jan
15
2021
By KIM HARRISBERG
Piped water boosts women’s lives

Piped water boosts women’s lives

NEWS
FROM growing vegetables to spending more time with their children, women's quality of life improved drastically after piped water was installed near their homes in rural Zambia, Stanford University researchers have said. In a study involving 434 households in four Zambian villages, they found not having to walk to a communal water source saved each home about 200 hours per year on average - freeing up time for more productive activities. "Women and girls benefit the most from alleviation of domestic chores and from food production for nutrition and income generation," said Barbara van Koppen, emeritus scientist at research organisation…
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Jan
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Four U.N. peacekeepers killed in Mmali

Four U.N. peacekeepers killed in Mmali

NEWS
FOUR United Nations peacekeepers were killed and five wounded in central Mali after a convoy struck an explosive device and came under fire, the U.N. said. It was not clear who carried out the attack about 20 km (12 miles) north of the town of Bambara-Maoudé in the Timbuktu region. Islamist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State operate in the region and have made much of the West African country ungovernable. The U.N. mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, said in a statement on Wednesday that three peacekeepers had been killed and six wounded in the attack. A…
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Jan
15
2021
By The African Mirror
UN calls for probe into army attack on civilians

UN calls for probe into army attack on civilians

NEWS
EDWARD McCALLISTER THE United Nations has called for an investigation after Reuters reported that Cameroonian soldiers opened fire on fleeing civilians during a weekend raid, killing up to nine people. Three witnesses told Reuters that soldiers entered the village of Mautu in the South West region - at the heart of a separatist insurgency - raided homes and shot civilians as they ran for cover under nearby cocoa bushes. The Cameroonian military denies wrongdoing. It said it was conducting a raid on separatist positions when it came under fire and had killed what it labelled "terrorists". "Deeply concerned & saddened…
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Jan
15
2021
By The African Mirror
46 civilians feared killed in DRC

46 civilians feared killed in DRC

NEWS
FORTY-SIX civilians are reported to have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a  senior provincial official. Local security forces have been dispatched to the village in Irumu territory to investigate, provincial interior minister Adjio Gidi said by phone. "The death toll as of this afternoon is reported to be 46," Gidi said. He said the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were behind the raid. The Ugandan armed group is believed to have carried out a string of massacres in eastern Congo, killing more than 1,000 civilians since…
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Jan
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Internet blackout in Uganda

Internet blackout in Uganda

NEWS
NITA BHALLA  UGANDA’S ban on social media days before presidential elections shows a rattled president flexing power over the Internet at the expense of free speech and citizen rights, digital campaigners have said. Tuesday's ban by President Yoweri Museveni - who said he only acted because Facebook had removed accounts that backed his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party - came two days before elections that opponents hope will end his 35 years in power. Campaigners said the mass switch-off - from Skype to Snapchat - robbed people of a voice in a blatant bid to cement the East African leader's…
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Jan
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia ex-foreign minister killed

Ethiopia ex-foreign minister killed

NEWS
ETHIOPIA has revealed that its military had killed three members of the Tigray region's former ruling party, including former Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The three Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) officials were killed, and five other party members were captured, after they refused to surrender to the military, the government's task force for the crisis in Tigray said on Twitter. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government declared victory in its conflict with the TPLF on Nov. 28 last year after nearly a month of fighting. Fugitive leaders of the TPLF had vowed to continue to fight from the mountains of…
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Jan
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Darfur displaced fearful as UN peacekeepers hand over to local forces

Darfur displaced fearful as UN peacekeepers hand over to local forces

NEWS
NAFISA ELTAHIR and KHALID ABDELAZIZ AHLAM Hamid fled from her home in Sudan's Darfur region 17 years ago when government troops and militiamen, some on horseback, raided her village and clashed with rebels. Now she worries she will be at the mercy of those forces once more, as an international peacekeeping mission deployed to contain the conflict abruptly pulls out. UNAMID, a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force established in 2007 to protect civilians and facilitate humanitarian assistance in Darfur, stopped patrolling on Jan. 1, days after a vote by the U.N. Security Council to end its mandate. After signing…
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Jan
14
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. cancels its observation of Uganda’s presidential election

U.S. cancels its observation of Uganda’s presidential election

NEWS
THE United States has cancelled its observation of Uganda's presidential election because most of its accreditation requests were denied and said today's vote would lack accountability and transparency. The announcement adds to a growing chorus of concern over the credibility of the election pitting Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, against 10 candidates including opposition frontrunner Bobi Wine, a popular singer. While previous elections have been marred by crackdowns on the opposition, campaigning this time has been particularly violent. Scores of people have been killed and opposition candidates, supporters and campaign staff have been repeatedly arrested and intimidated. The…
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