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Apr
13
2022
By The African Mirror
EU ends part of Mali training mission, fearing Russian interference, Borrell says

EU ends part of Mali training mission, fearing Russian interference, Borrell says

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THE European Union will halt part of its training of Mali's armed forces, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said, citing a lack of guarantees from Malian authorities that Russian military contractors would not interfere in the work. The decision is likely to add to international concern about the longevity of the U.N. peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) and the European Union's EUTM and EUCAP missions, after France and its allies began withdrawing from Mali earlier this year. "We have decided to suspend, to stop, certain formations of our training mission in Mali focused on the units of the armed forces of…
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Apr
13
2022
By The African Mirror
Rising food costs hamper Senegal Ramadan traditions

Rising food costs hamper Senegal Ramadan traditions

NEWS
NGOUDA DIONE THERE was no meat in the large silver bowl around which Astou Mandiang and her family gathered after breaking fast at nightfall in Senegal's capital Dakar, where Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan are feeling the pinch of inflation. Food prices in West Africa have shot up by between 20% and 30% over the past five years, with drought and conflict pushing millions off farmland and stalling food production, aid agencies say. At the same time, border closures during the pandemic have disrupted supply chains. The war in Ukraine is likely to add even more pressure on…
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Apr
13
2022
By The African Mirror
Sudanese protesters mark third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster with fresh protests

Sudanese protesters mark third anniversary of Bashir’s ouster with fresh protests

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CROWDS of Sudanese protesters gathered in parts of the capital and other Sudanese cities, on the third anniversary of Omar al-Bashir's ouster to protest the prospect of renewed military rule. Bashir was ousted after three decades in power by a group of his top generals, who later entered into a power-sharing government with the civilian groups that had led months of protests in 2019. That arrangement ended on October 25 when the same military leaders, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, staged a coup, which plunged the country into economic and political turmoil. "Bashir's downfall did not mean a final…
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Apr
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Gunmen attack kills at least 50 in Nigeria’s Plateau state

Gunmen attack kills at least 50 in Nigeria’s Plateau state

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AT least 50 people were killed and dozens abducted by gunmen in Nigeria's Plateau state, residents and a community leader said, the latest in a spate of attacks by armed gangs in northern parts of Africa's most populous nation. Such attacks are not common in Plateau, in central Nigeria. But the state shares a border with Kaduna state, where suspected bandits - a loose term for gangs of outlaws carrying out robberies and kidnappings - blew up train tracks, killed eight people and kidnapped dozens last month. Fifteen soldiers were killed last week by gunmen who attacked a Kaduna army…
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Apr
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Google sues alleged Cameroonian puppy scammer

Google sues alleged Cameroonian puppy scammer

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PARESH DAVE ALPHABET INC'S Google sued an alleged puppy scammer who used its services to sell fake pets, the first of what the company said would be a growing number of lawsuits targeting apparent misuse by its users. Elder advocacy group AARP tipped Google to the scam last September following a complaint from a South Carolina resident who had sent $700 in digital gift cards to an online seller for a basset hound puppy that never came, according to Google's lawsuit in U.S. district court in San Jose. Google is seeking monetary damages and a court order banning the accused user,…
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Apr
12
2022
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s Zuma granted further delay in corruption trial

South Africa’s Zuma granted further delay in corruption trial

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 A South African court granted a further delay in former president Jacob Zuma's arms deal corruption trial, pending the outcome of his latest attempt to have the lead prosecutor taken off the long-running case. Zuma, ousted as head of state in 2018 after nine years in power, has pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering over a $2 billion arms deal in the 1990s. He alleges the lead prosecutor is biased against him, but the High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) have so far rejected his attempts to have the prosecutor replaced. Pietermaritzburg High…
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Apr
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigerian vice president Osinbajo launches bid for president, faces hurdles

Nigerian vice president Osinbajo launches bid for president, faces hurdles

NEWS
FELIX ONUAH NIGERIAN vice president Yemi Osinbajo said he wanted to run for president next February on the ruling All Progressives Party ticket but faces a challenge from another party stalwart who said he also wanted to join the race. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will step down after serving two four-year terms following a February 23, 2023 ballot. The country's political parties are due to pick presidential candidates by June 3. Official campaigning will begin in September, according to the country's electoral commission. Osinbajo said in a statement he wanted to complete the job of "radically transforming" Africa's biggest economy.…
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Apr
12
2022
By The African Mirror
Ghana artist is melting its glass waste into wonders

Ghana artist is melting its glass waste into wonders

NEWS
COOPER INVEEN and FRANCIS KOKOROKO MICHAEL TETTEH, Ghana's only professional glassblower, clenched his teeth as he gripped a red-hot ball of molten glass, his burned and blistered hands bare against the steaming stack of wet newspaper he used to protect them. The 44-year-old toiled in the heat of scrap-metal kilns burning at nearly 1,500 Celsius (2,700 Fahrenheit), pregnant with melted windowpanes, TV screens and soda bottles he would soon transform into elaborate vases swirling with psychedelic colour. Some become red vases with streaks of black, other green pitchers and some clear, everyday bottles. "Glass... is my passion, my heart," he…
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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Tunisian president accused of a “failed dictatorship”

Tunisian president accused of a “failed dictatorship”

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TAREK AMARA TUNISIANS protested against President Kais Saied, accusing him of imposing one-man rule in the North African country after he dissolved parliament last month. A political crisis in the country intensified last month when more than half of the members of parliament held an online session to revoke Saied's decrees. "We are facing a failed dictatorship that is leading the country to an economic disaster. We will continue to protest in the streets until a coup is forced to reverse its decisions," Chaima Issa, an activist, said. Many members of parliament participated in the protest on Sunday, which took…
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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Arms Deal: Zuma  goes for private prosecution

Arms Deal: Zuma  goes for private prosecution

NEWS
FORMER South African President Jacob Zuma is pursuing private prosecution proceedings to remove the lead prosecutor in an arms deal corruption trial after failed legal challenges, his foundation said on Sunday. Last month the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) torpedoed Zuma's latest bid to have lead prosecutor Billy Downer taken off the case after accusing him of bias and leaking confidential information to a journalist in contravention of the national prosecution act, among other complaints. The SCA dismissed the application for leave to appeal on the grounds that there is no reasonable prospect of success and there is no other…
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