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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Kenya cracks down on fuel companies, confirms departure of Rubis’ CEO

Kenya cracks down on fuel companies, confirms departure of Rubis’ CEO

NEWS
AYENAT MERSIE KENYA'S energy minister threatened to reduce import quotas for oil companies that fail to sell their full allocation as the country grapples with a biting fuel shortage. The fuel crisis in Kenya is in its second week and has seen traffic in parts of the capital Nairobi come to a standstill as desperate motorists joined snaking queues outside petrol stations, blocking major roads. Government officials blame the shortage on oil marketing companies, accusing them of hoarding supplies ahead of a price hike, which comes into effect on Friday. Oil companies have pointed to subsidy arrears owed to them…
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Tunisia releases journalist arrested for criticizing police

Tunisia releases journalist arrested for criticizing police

NEWS
A Tunisian court freed a journalist who had been detained after she criticised police and the interior minister, her lawyer and the journalists' union said. The arrest of Charahzed Akacha on Thursday caused widespread anger and was widely seen by activists and journalists as a setback to freedom of expression since President Kais Saied seized executive power last summer. "Akacha was released," her lawyer Samir Dilou said. The news was confirmed by an official at the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists, Amira Mohamed. The union said Akacha's arrest on Thursday was due to a Facebook post in which she criticised…
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Nigeria suspends voter registration in Imo state after election official shot dead

Nigeria suspends voter registration in Imo state after election official shot dead

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NIGERIA'S electoral commission suspended voter registration in most parts of oil-producing Imo state after an election official was shot dead by unknown gunmen, as the country prepares for a series of votes early next year. Armed groups have since last year burned down electoral offices and police stations in states in the southeast, which government blames on the banned separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group. IPOB denies the charges. Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria spokesman Festus Okoye said in a statement voter registration had been suspended at 54 centres and in three local government areas in Imo state, following…
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Apr
16
2022
By The African Mirror
Britain to send migrants to Rwanda

Britain to send migrants to Rwanda

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ALISTAIR SMOUT and CLEMENT UWIRINGIYIMANA BRITAIN could send tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African country of Rwanda, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, aiming to break people-smuggling networks and stem the flow of migrants across the Channel. Concerns over immigration were a big factor in the 2016 Brexit vote, and Johnson has been under pressure to deliver on his promise to "take back control" of Britain's borders. But his plan drew swift criticism from opponents of his Conservative Party and from charities. "We must ensure that the only route to asylum in the UK is a safe…
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Apr
15
2022
By The African Mirror
SA floods claim 395 lives, several thousands affected

SA floods claim 395 lives, several thousands affected

NEWS
ROGAN WARD A devastating flood in South Africa's eastern coastal province earlier this week has left at least 395 people dead, the government said, as rescuers continued to hunt for missing people amid forecasts of yet more rains from Friday. "A total number of 40,723 people have been affected and sadly 341 (revised to 395 on Friday) fatalities have been reported," Sihle Zikalala, premier of the affected KwaZulu-Natal province, said in an online press conference. "We can confirm that the magnitude of the damage, which is still being quantified, will definitely run into billions of rand," he said, calling the…
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Apr
15
2022
By The African Mirror
Ukraine war increases U.N. food agency’s costs in hunger-hit West Africa

Ukraine war increases U.N. food agency’s costs in hunger-hit West Africa

NEWS
OPERATIONAL costs of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) will increase by $136 million in West Africa this year because of the global rise in food and fuel prices driven by the war in Ukraine, the agency said. The additional costs will hamper attempts to relieve a spiralling food crisis in the region fuelled by conflict, drought, pandemic-linked border closures and the impact of Ukraine's crisis on food prices and availability. The WFP was already struggling to expand its response to an "unprecedented food and nutrition crisis" in West Africa, and was forced to cut rations in seven countries…
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Jul
19
2020
By The African Mirror
U.N. chief to world leaders: ‘Inequality starts at the top’

U.N. chief to world leaders: ‘Inequality starts at the top’

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MICHELLE NICHOLS U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a "generational opportunity" to build a more equal, sustainable world. Delivering the annual lecture for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Guterres pushed for a so-called New Global Deal to ensure power, wealth and opportunity are shared more broadly and fairly at the international level. "The nations that came out on top more than seven decades ago have refused to contemplate the reforms needed to change power relations in international institutions," Guterres said. "The composition and voting rights in…
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Jul
19
2020
By The African Mirror
France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions over arms for Libya

France, Germany, Italy threaten sanctions over arms for Libya

NEWS
THE leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo on Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte urged "all foreign actors to end their increasing interference and to fully respect the arms embargo established by the United Nations Security Council" in a joint statement issued by the French presidency after meeting in Brussels. "We are ready to consider the possible use of sanctions if the breaches of the embargo at sea, on land…
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Jul
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Lessons from my father – Zenani Mandela

Lessons from my father – Zenani Mandela

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER ZENANI Mandela has delivered a powerful message of hope, to mark what would have been her father’s 102nd birthday and to celebrate International Nelson Mandela Day. Millions around the world have been involved in a variety of humanitarian activities to celebrate International Nelson Mandela. Zenani, who is South Africa’s Ambassador to Argentina, used her special message to also talk about the lessons that she has learned from her father, the 1st president of a democratic South Africa who passed on in 2013. She delivered the message a day after she buried her younger sister, Zindzi, who died…
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Jul
18
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo replaces sanctioned army chief with deputy

Congo replaces sanctioned army chief with deputy

NEWS
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed a new head of the army to replace General John Numbi, according to state television. Both Numbi and his designated successor, General Gabriel Amisi Kumba, are under U.S. and European Union sanctions for repression and abuses directed against opposition figures and protesters under former president Joseph Kabila. Tshisekedi's office did not give a reason for the reshuffle. The last month has seen rising tensions in the ruling coalition between supporters of Tshisekedi and those of Kabila, who maintains extensive power through his parliamentary majority, control of most cabinet ministries, and influence…
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