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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
13 dead, 10 missing after two migrant boats sink

13 dead, 10 missing after two migrant boats sink

NEWS
AT least 13 African migrants died when their boats sank off Tunisia, judicial official Mourad Turki told Reuters. Another 10 migrants were missing off the coast of Sfax and 19 were rescued, the official added. Among the bodies recovered were four women and four children, Turki said. In recent months, dozens of people have drowned off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of attempted crossings to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy. Hundreds of thousands of people have made the perilous Mediterranean crossing in recent years, many of them fleeing conflict and poverty in Africa and…
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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigerian separatist leader faces terrorism charges

Nigerian separatist leader faces terrorism charges

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH NIGERIA'S separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu should stand trial and answer to charges that include terrorism and broadcasting falsehoods, a High Court judge ruled. Kanu, a British citizen who leads the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), denies all the charges, which are linked to broadcasts he made between 2018 and last year. A judge on Friday ruled that Kanu will stand trial on seven counts of terrorism out of 15, and stuck out eight of the charges which the government brought against the IPOB leader. The hearing was held in camera. A federal court judge ruled on Thursday…
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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Somali leaders at odds over expulsion of AU envoy

Somali leaders at odds over expulsion of AU envoy

NEWS
SOMALIA'S prime minister expelled the African Union representative because of "acts incompatible with his status" but the president rejected the order, signalling a new rift between the leaders of the Horn of Africa nation. The power struggle between Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is widely seen as distracting the government from fighting an Islamist insurgency and last year fed fears of clashes within the military. African Union peacekeeping troops help the government fight the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militant group. Roble's office said the African Union representative, Francisco Madeira, must leave within 48 hours. "The…
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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Western Sahara’s Polisario Front suspends contact with Spain

Western Sahara’s Polisario Front suspends contact with Spain

NEWS
THE Polisario Front, Western Sahara's independence movement, said it was severing ties with Spain after Madrid backed Morocco's plan to give autonomy to the former Spanish colony. Spain has supported the autonomy plan as a way to resolve a long-running dispute over Western Sahara, which Morocco considers its own territory. But the Polisario, backed by Algeria, has rejected the autonomy proposal and wants an independence referendum. The Polisario said the plan aimed to legitimise the annexation of Western Sahara "ignoring the inalienable rights of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence." Last month, Spain told Morocco it considered the autonomy…
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Apr
11
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s electricity grid collapses for the second time in a month

Nigeria’s electricity grid collapses for the second time in a month

NEWS
NIGERIA'S national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in a month, the federal ministry of power said, leaving the parts of the country it serves, including the capital Abuja and Africa's biggest city Lagos, without power. The power ministry said the outage had occurred overnight. It gave no estimate of when the grid, which serves around 117 million people, would be back in operation. The ministry said in a statement that a "detailed investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the recurring grid failure is ongoing", as was the process of restoring supply. While power outages in…
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Apr
10
2022
By The African Mirror
Guinea’s ousted ex-president returns from medical trip

Guinea’s ousted ex-president returns from medical trip

NEWS
GUINEA'S former president, Alpha Conde, ousted in a military coup in September, returned to the country after a trip to the United Arab Emirates for a medical check-up, the interim government said. Conde, 84, who is under house arrest in Guinea but is allowed to receive visitors, left the West African nation in January after the junta allowed him to travel on medical grounds. "The former president will remain in Guinea for as long as his health permits", the junta said in a late-night statement read on national television. "His integrity and dignity will always be respected." Guinea's coup was…
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Apr
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria to hear all terrorism trials in secret, judge rules

Nigeria to hear all terrorism trials in secret, judge rules

NEWS
CAMILLUS EBOH A federal judge ruled that all trials of terrorism cases in Nigeria will henceforth be held in camera. In a statement titled "new practice directions on hearing of terrorism cases", Justice John Terhemba Tsoho also said coverage of any part of such proceedings would be prohibited. He said the new ruling was designed to ensure the security and safety of all parties and members of the public and ensuring fair trials. Separately, the leader of a banned separatist movement charged with terrorism offences filed a suit alleging that he cannot be tried because he was illegally extradited from…
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Apr
09
2022
By DORCAS BELLO, BIRD STORY AGENCY
Selling his yoghurt, music became this entrepreneur’s marketing super-power

Selling his yoghurt, music became this entrepreneur’s marketing super-power

NEWS
“WELCOME to my home,” a cheerful Nekeng Chuwang says, motioning me into the living room of his apartment, situated on a sprawling estate in Jos. I'm here to interview the 27-year-old who shot to local fame after his song, Beautiful Plateau, was adopted as a jingle by local radio and television stations. But I'm not here to talk music. There is another business to attend to. Beyond a gigantic cooler and stacks of smaller coolers choking with ice blocks, a funnel, a spatula and gloves that appear to have been tossed onto a table after intense activity are suggestive of…
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Apr
09
2022
By The African Mirror
Explosion in a bar kills eight at Congolese military camp

Explosion in a bar kills eight at Congolese military camp

NEWS
AN explosion in a bar at a military camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed eight people and wounded three more, Congo's government spokesman, Patrick Muyaya, said. The cause of the incident at Katindo camp, in the city of Goma, was not immediately clear. Services have been deployed to investigate, said Muyaya on Twitter. "The population is invited to remain calm while awaiting the report which will allow us to better understand the circumstances of this tragedy," he wrote. The Congolese army is battling multiple rebel groups in its restive east. There was no early indication that the…
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