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Jul
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Malawi’s new female cabinet ministers vow to push for jobs for women

Malawi’s new female cabinet ministers vow to push for jobs for women

NEWS
CHARLES PENSULO MALAWI's newly-elected President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed women to a record 12 of 31 cabinet positions, with the new female leaders vowing to use their roles to help other women. Women now hold 39% of the ministerial and deputy minister roles in the cabinet appointed by Chakwera, 65, who unseated Peter Mutharika in a re-run presidential election last month, which compared to about 20% in the previous government. Vera Kamtukule, chief executive for the Malawi Scotland Partnership who was appointed deputy labour minister, said she would not disappoint women in the southeast African nation. "There is a lot…
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Jul
09
2020
By The African Mirror
“My strongest ancestor”

“My strongest ancestor”

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER South African media personality Somizi has delivered an emotional tribute to his late mother, thespian Mary Twala, calling her his strongest ancestor.  Dressed in all black, with a sequin beret and black sunglasses, Somizi delivered his ardent words filled with love and anguish during his mother’s funeral service in Soweto, attended by close family and friends.  “I’ve lost a mother on earth but I’ve gained the strongest ancestor,” he said. Somizi thanked South Africans, friends and family as he spoke on the loss of his mother, saying that he had always dreaded the day that he would…
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Jul
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Libyan migrant centres are like concentration camps, pope says

Libyan migrant centres are like concentration camps, pope says

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POPE Francis has compared migrant detention centres in Libya to concentration camps, saying the world was being given only a diluted version of how hellish life really was for the people living there. The pope, who has in the past called for the camps to be closed, made his comments in his homily during a Mass to mark the seventh anniversary of his trip to the Italian island of Lampedusa, landing place for many migrants making the perilous crossing from north Africa. Departing from his prepared address, he recalled how an interpreter translating his conversation with a migrant seven years…
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Jul
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Seven killed in oil platform ladder installation blast in southern Nigeria

Seven killed in oil platform ladder installation blast in southern Nigeria

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SEVEN people were killed in an explosion at the Gbetiokun oil field in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta region during the installation of a ladder on a platform, the state oil company said on Wednesday. Accidents and pipeline attacks in the Niger Delta are common in Nigeria, cutting into the country's oil output. Pipelines in the region are exposed and often unguarded, making them easy targets for anyone with access to explosives. International oil companies have increasingly focused on offshore projects in Nigeria, partly to offset the risk of onshore operations in the Niger Delta. The latest accident occurred at OML…
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Jul
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Zambian health minister’s corruption trial delayed a week

Zambian health minister’s corruption trial delayed a week

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THE trial of Zambia's Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya, who was arrested in June on suspicion of corruption, has been postponed by a week. Chilufya, 47, was charged with four counts of possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime, an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) spokesman said after his arrest. "The court told us that the matter will be heard next week. We were not given any reasons for the adjournment," Chilufya's lawyer Tutwa Ngulube said. The hearing is now set for July 16. Chilufya's arrest is a test of the Zambian government's willingness to keep a promise to fight corruption…
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Jul
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies at 61

Ivory Coast prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly dies at 61

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ANGE ABOA and LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY AMADOU Gon Coulibaly, Ivory Coast's prime minister and the ruling party's candidate for an October presidential election, has died, President Alassane Ouattara said. The 61-year-old Gon Coulibaly, who had heart surgery in 2012, became unwell during a weekly cabinet meeting and was evacuated to a hospital where he passed away, Ouattara said in a statement read on national television. Gon Coulibaly had returned to Ivory Coast last Thursday after two months in France to undergo a heart exam and rest. "Fellow compatriots, Ivory Coast is mourning. It is with deep pain that I announce to…
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Jul
08
2020
By The African Mirror
KILLING FIELDS: 180 bodies found in mass graves in Burkina Faso

KILLING FIELDS: 180 bodies found in mass graves in Burkina Faso

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AT LEAST 180 bodies have been found in common graves in Djibo, a town in the north of Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch (HRW), said in a report released on Wednesday, saying that the killings were likely carried out by government forces. "Available evidence suggests government forces were involved in mass extrajudicial executions," HRW said. It called for the government to hold those responsible to account. The Burkina Faso government told HRW it will investigate the claims. Minister of Defence Moumina Cheriff Sy said the killings could have been committed by jihadist groups using stolen army uniforms and logistical equipment.…
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Jul
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Egyptian women flood Instagram with #MeToo stories as suspect arrested

Egyptian women flood Instagram with #MeToo stories as suspect arrested

NEWS
BAN BARKAWI and MENNA A FAROUK HUNDREDS of Egyptian women are speaking out about sexual violence after a #MeToo campaign on Instagram led to the arrest of a man accused of raping and blackmailing multiple women. The Instagram account Assault Police said more than 100 women had given testimonies since it was set up to target the man on July 1, and the public prosecution office said on Monday that the man was under arrest as it carried out investigations. Lawyer Tarek Elawady said the events of the last few days showed that Egypt was starting to take sex crimes…
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Jul
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe’s health minister, accused of corruption, sacked -statement

Zimbabwe’s health minister, accused of corruption, sacked -statement

NEWS
ZIMBABWE's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sacked health minister Obadiah Moyo with immediate effect for inappropriate conduct, a statement from the presidency shared by information ministry secretary Nick Mangwana on Twitter said. The statement did not elaborate further. Moyo was arrested in June over allegations of corruption related to the government's procurement of $60 million worth of medical equipment for the country's fight against the coronavirus. Calls to Moyo's phone went unanswered on Tuesday. - Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Jul
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenyan police fire teargas, arrest marchers protesting at brutality

Kenyan police fire teargas, arrest marchers protesting at brutality

NEWS
AYENAT MERSIE  KENYAN police have fired teargas and arrested activists gathering for a march against perceived government injustice that has been given extra impetus this year by allegations by rights groups of police brutality during the COVID-19 lockdown. Activists said protesters from several areas had planned to march from their homes to the centre of the capital Nairobi, but many were dispersed or arrested before reaching there. Samuel Kiriro said six of his colleagues from rights group the Ghetto Foundation in the Mathare slum had been arrested. For those who made it into the city centre, police fired more teargas…
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