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Apr
19
2022
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s Eskom to implement power cuts to replenish emergency reserves

South Africa’s Eskom to implement power cuts to replenish emergency reserves

NEWS
SOUTH AFRICAN state power utility Eskom said that it would implement "Stage 2" scheduled power cuts from 16:00 local time (1400 GMT) until 0300 GMT on Wednesday to replenish its emergency generation reserves. Eskom added in a statement that the power system remained unpredictable and that any further deterioration in generation capacity may require higher stages of load-shedding, a term for power outages.
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Apr
18
2022
By The African Mirror
Battle to prevent environmental damage

Battle to prevent environmental damage

NEWS
TAREK AMARA TUNISIA will work with other countries that have offered to help it to prevent environmental damage after a merchant ship carrying up to one thousand tonnes of oil sank in Tunisian waters, the defence ministry said. The ship was heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta when it sank seven miles off the coast of the southern city of Gabes on Friday. The Tunisian navy rescued all seven crew members following a distress call. It was carrying between 750 tonnes and one thousand tonnes of fuel, officials said. The defence ministry did not name the countries that had offered…
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Apr
18
2022
By The African Mirror
Libyan oil exports suspended

Libyan oil exports suspended

NEWS
EXPORTS from Libya's Zueitina oil port were suspended after protesters got into the port morning, two oil engineers at the port told Reuters. A tanker was prevented from loading one million barrels at the oil port, the engineers added.
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
U.S. grants relief to Cameroon immigrants

U.S. grants relief to Cameroon immigrants

NEWS
KRISTINA COOKE and MICA ROSENBERG THE Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Cameroonians living in the United States due to the ongoing conflict between government forces and armed separatists in that country, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced. The decision will apply to Cameroonians residing in the United States by April 14 and last a period of 18 months, DHS said. An estimated 12,000 Cameroonians will be eligible for the status, according to the department. President Joe Biden has championed the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, which grants immigrants who cannot return…
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Apr
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria-US conclude $1-billlion arms deal

Nigeria-US conclude $1-billlion arms deal

NEWS
THE United States has approved a nearly $1 billion weapons sale to Nigeria after lawmakers had put a hold on the deal over concerns about possible human rights abuses by the Nigerian government. In July, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee put a hold on the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters made by Bell. On Thursday, the State Department made the determination that it would approve the sale of the attack helicopters worth $997 million. "This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and national security objectives of the United…
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Apr
17
2022
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s ‘wild west’ WhatsApp groups fuel racism, surveillance

South Africa’s ‘wild west’ WhatsApp groups fuel racism, surveillance

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG WHEN South African content manager Happiness Kisten chased her family's escaped puppy up the road in the early hours of the morning in her Durban suburb, she did not realise she was being watched. But when Kisten, a Black South African adopted by Indian parents, arrived home puppy in tow, her mother showed her a message on the neighbourhood WhatsApp group that warned residents about a Black woman seen running after a dog. "At first I laughed, but afterwards I was like, that's very problematic. It left me with an ugly feeling in my gut," said Kisten, 29,…
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Apr
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s women shopkeepers forced to scale back as prices soar

Nigeria’s women shopkeepers forced to scale back as prices soar

NEWS
PELUMI SALAKO THE freezers at Mama Tee's frozen food shop used to be brimming with chicken, turkey cuts and the fish varieties popular with her mainly student clientele in the city of Ilorin in western Nigeria. Not so today. Inflation means Mama Tee's price-conscious customers are tightening their belts, forcing her to drastically reduce her stock and devastating the small business that she relies on to provide for her seven children. "The market is bad," she said, asking to be identified only by her nickname, as she sat on a bench outside her store's blue-painted frontage. "The price of things…
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
SA releases emergency funds for floods relief

SA releases emergency funds for floods relief

NEWS
ROGAN WARD SOUTH AFRICANS were searching for survivors of floods that killed almost 400 people, according to the latest tally, washing away homes and roads and leaving thousands without shelter, water and power. The floods in Kwazulu-Natal province have knocked out power lines, shut down water services and disrupted operations at one of Africa's busiest ports. The death toll rose to 395 on Friday from an earlier estimate of 341. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told TV station Newsroom Afrika that an initial 1 billion rand ($68.3 million) for emergency relief was available for immediate use after the province was declared…
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Russia/Ukraine: Africa looks to reduce impact of war

Russia/Ukraine: Africa looks to reduce impact of war

NEWS
SETH ONYANGO, BIRD STORY AGENCY THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has unlocked a 4 billion US dollars credit line to help the economies and businesses blunt the knock-on effect of the war, as the continent braces for a longer conflict. Afreximbank approved the launch of the Ukraine Crisis Adjustment Trade Financing Programme for Africa (UKAFPA) on 31 March 2022, as states across the continent ponder a fiscal response to tame inflationary pressures. UKAFPA is designed to help countries to meet immediate import price increases pending domestic demand adjustments and commodity export revenue stabilisation. Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of…
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Apr
17
2022
By The African Mirror
Fuel ship sinks off Tunisia, threatening environmental disaster

Fuel ship sinks off Tunisia, threatening environmental disaster

NEWS
TAREK AMARA TUNISIAN authorities intensified efforts to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one thousand tons of fuel sank off the coast of Gabes on Friday, two security sources told Reuters. The Tunisian navy had rescued all seven crew members from the ship, which was heading from Equatorial Guinea to Malta, and sent a distress call seven miles away from the southern city of Gabes, the sources added. The cause of the incident was bad weather, the environment ministry said, adding that water had seeped into the ship, reaching a height of two metres. Authorities were…
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