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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
“My last meeting with Zindzi Mandela”

“My last meeting with Zindzi Mandela”

NEWS
 THAMI KA PLAATJE AT a recent international conference at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation,  I had an occasion to reunite with Sis Zindzi. She was in the company of her amiable and jovial elder sister Zenani and we took to the remote corner to share our thoughts far from the ambassadorial glee and diplomatic loquaciousness of the conference.  This was our first encounter since the passing of Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela, and the occasion called for some long catch-up and chit -chat albeit within the limited time allowed by the rigours of the conference underway.  Zindzi bemoaned the…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Zambia health minister denies corruption charges in court

Zambia health minister denies corruption charges in court

NEWS
ZAMBIA'S Health Minister on Thursday appeared before a Lusaka magistrate and denied four counts of corruption involving the alleged purchase of business shares and property with suspected proceeds of crime. This was the first time Chitalu Chilufya, 47, was asked to enter a plea in court since his arrest by the anti-corruption agency last month. He faces up to five years in jail if convicted. Chilufya's arrest is a test of the Zambian government's willingness to keep a promise to tackle graft amidst increased scrutiny by foreign holders of the country's massive debt. The charges against Chilufya cover the period…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia dam reservoir filling as talks with Egypt, Sudan stall

Ethiopia dam reservoir filling as talks with Egypt, Sudan stall

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW THE reservoir behind the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is filling, its water minister has revealed, a day after talks with Sudan and Egypt on the giant Blue Nile hydroelectric project stalled. Sudan and Egypt both fear the $4 billion dam could lead to water shortages in their own nations. "The construction of the dam and the filling of the water go hand in hand," Ethiopian Water Minister Seleshi Bekele said in televised comments, a transcript of which was provided to Reuters by his office. "The filling of the dam doesn't need to wait until the completion of the…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian businessman killed, dismembered

Nigerian businessman killed, dismembered

NEWS
OWN CORRESPONDENT NEW York Police have started a manhunt to find a suspected cold-blooded killer who dismembered Fahim Saleh, the CEO of Nigerian bike-hailing company Gokada, in his $2-million 7th floor apartment. Family, friends and business associates of Saleh (33) were shocked by his brutal murder. According to reports from New York, police are looking for the suspected killer who fled the scene of the crime just moments before Saleh’s sister arrived at the crime scene. Police suspect that the sister's arrival disturbed the killer, who they believe planned to clean the apartment and dispose of the body. The killer…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan declares emergency in North Darfur state after violence

Sudan declares emergency in North Darfur state after violence

NEWS
KHALED ABELAZIZ SUDAN has declared a state of emergency in part of the conflict-ridden western region of Darfur after violence and unrest in two towns, state news agency SUNA said. The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said it had sent a team to Kutum town in North Darfur state following the reported burning of a police station and cars by unidentified protesters. It gave no details. Protesters demanded on Sunday better security and a civilian state government, a resident said. State governor positions are held in Sudan by military officers despite the toppling of autocrat Omar al-Bashir in…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Tributes for respected scholar Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba

Tributes for respected scholar Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba

NEWS
OWN CORRESPONDENT FRIENDS and colleagues of Professor Ernest Wamba-dia-Wamba, a respected scholar and statesman who has passed away, have paid warm tributes to him. Wamba-dia-Wamba died in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo.  He taught in many universities including the University of Dar es Salaam, Harvard University, Boston College, and Brandeis University.   The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) said Wamba-dia-Wamba was a brilliant political theorist noted for his ground-breaking work on democracy, social movements and emancipative politics in Africa.  In a statement, CODERSIA said: “Prof. Wamba-dia-Wamba was a scholar who sought to actualize his…
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Jul
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Zindzi Mandela was COVID-19 positive – son

Zindzi Mandela was COVID-19 positive – son

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER Zindziswa "Zindzi" Mandela, the youngest daughter of Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose death shocked many South Africans, Africans and many throughout the world, tested positive for COVID-19 before her death. The confirmation came from her son, Zondwa, in an interview with the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The family is still waiting for an autopsy report which will clarify whether or not Zindzi, who served as South Africa's ambassador to Denmark, died of a COVID-19 related illness. Zindzi will be laid to rest on Friday after a funeral service that is scheduled to start at 7am. The…
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Jul
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Police detain two Algerians in anti-terrorism operation in Barcelona

Police detain two Algerians in anti-terrorism operation in Barcelona

NEWS
TWO Algerian men have been detained in an anti-terrorism raid in Spain's second largest city Barcelona, police said. The two Algerians were part of a cell, under investigation since 2017, which was planning an attack with explosives in Barcelona, the regional Catalan police said in a statement, adding that the cell had now been fully disbanded. "The investigation has allowed us to identify the areas in which the terrorist cell had planned to act, as well as determine that the group had already begun to gain capacity on how to make explosive devices and how to obtain the war weapons…
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Jul
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Malian accused of Timbuktu war crimes refuses to enter plea

Malian accused of Timbuktu war crimes refuses to enter plea

NEWS
STEPHANIE VAN DER BERG A Malian Islamist rebel accused of being central to the "persecution" of residents of Timbuktu and the destruction of the city's holy grounds refused to enter a plea as his lawyers argued he was not mentally fit to stand trial. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, which opened the trial, say the Ansar Dine Islamist group that Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz belonged to control every aspect of public life in Timbuktu after seizing part of the north of Mali in 2012 along with Tuareg separatists. Timbuktu's inhabitants were "belittled, humiliated and assaulted, subject to a…
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Jul
15
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia deadlocked on Nile dam

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia deadlocked on Nile dam

NEWS
EGYPT, Ethiopia and Sudan have failed to reach agreement at a new round of talks hosted by the African Union to regulate the flow of water from the giant Blue Nile hydropower dam built by Addis Ababa, the three countries said. The AU launched its mediation effort two weeks ago, involving eleven online sessions to end the deadlock over the filling and operation of the $4 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, which flows into the Nile River. The dam is the centrepiece in Ethiopia's bid to become Africa's biggest power exporter but has sparked concerns…
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