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Jul
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Three migrants shot dead in Libya after failed crossing to Europe

Three migrants shot dead in Libya after failed crossing to Europe

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LIBYAN authorities shot dead three Sudanese migrants trying to flee detention late on Monday, as they disembarked from a failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, a U.N. agency said. "Staff from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Khums, reported that local authorities started shooting when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation point," IOM said in a statement. Reuters could not immediately reach Libya's interior ministry for comment. The migrants were among 70 disembarking from a vessel that was intercepted and sent back by the Libyan coast guard, one of many such voyages undertaken during the…
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Jul
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Malta rescues 95 migrants from sinking dinghy

Malta rescues 95 migrants from sinking dinghy

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MALTA's armed forces have rescued a group of 95 migrants found in distress on a dinghy north of Libya and brought them ashore at a military base near the capital Valletta, authorities said on Monday. A volunteer organisation, Alarm Phone, on Sunday morning said the dinghy was overcrowded and taking in water. It said the boat was located within Malta's search-and-rescue region. A Maltese patrol boat rescued another group of 63 migrants and brought them to Malta on July 17. One of those migrants later tested positive to COVID-19 and the medical authorities put the whole group in quarantine. -…
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Jul
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt and Sudan criticise Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks

Egypt and Sudan criticise Ethiopia at start of new Nile dam talks

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EGYPT and Sudan criticised Ethiopia for what they called unilateral filling of its Blue Nile dam at a new round of talks that kicked off on Monday to regulate the flow of water from the huge project. Sudan and Egypt both fear the $4 billion hydroelectric dam could lead to water shortages in their own countries. The Blue Nile is a tributary of the Nile, from which Egypt's 100 million people get 90% of their freshwater. Almost a decade of tortuous negotiations have failed to yield an agreement to regulate how Ethiopia will fill the reservoir and operate the dam…
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Jul
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe calls U.S. ambassador ‘thug’ as anti-government protests loom

Zimbabwe calls U.S. ambassador ‘thug’ as anti-government protests loom

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ZIMBABWE's ruling ZANU-PF party has called the United States ambassador a "thug" and accused him of funding the opposition ahead of this week's planned anti-government protests that authorities say are meant to overthrow the government. Without providing evidence, ZANU-PF spokesman Patrick Chinamasa told reporters that U.S. ambassador to Harare, Brian Nichols, was involved in subversive activities to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. Chinamasa's comments echo the Robert Mugabe era, where the ZANU-PF government regularly accused the United States and Britain of seeking to dislodge it from power. "He (Nichols) continues to engage in acts of undermining this republic and if…
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Jul
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Tanzanian opposition leader who survived 2017 gun attack returns from exile

Tanzanian opposition leader who survived 2017 gun attack returns from exile

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TANZANIA's opposition leader and potential presidential candidate Tundu Lissu arrived home on Monday from Belgium where he took exile and underwent treatment after being shot three years ago. Lissu, 52, was met at an airport in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam by relatives, political allies and thousands of supporters from his party CHADEMA. A fierce critic of President John Magufuli's government, he was shot 16 times, mostly in the lower abdomen, in an attack by unknown gunmen in the administrative capital Dodoma in September 2017. At the time, Magufuli condemned the shooting and ordered security forces to investigate, but…
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Jul
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigeria to allow would-be graduates back to school despite spreading COVID-19

Nigeria to allow would-be graduates back to school despite spreading COVID-19

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ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM NIGERIA will allow schools to reopen for pupils due to take graduation exams, a presidential aide has announced, reviving a plan dropped earlier this month due to rising cases of COVID-19. The West African country has reported 40,532 coronavirus infections including 858 deaths and the number of deaths has jumped from 460 since the schools plan was postponed on July 9. But in the last few weeks domestic flights have resumed and a ban on interstate travel was lifted as authorities relax restrictions to open up the economy. "The federal government orders the re-opening schools for secondary school…
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Jul
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt‌ ‌jails‌ ‌five‌ ‌women influencers‌ ‌over‌ ‌TikTok‌ ‌posts‌

Egypt‌ ‌jails‌ ‌five‌ ‌women influencers‌ ‌over‌ ‌TikTok‌ ‌posts‌

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MENNA A FAROUK AN Egyptian court has sentenced five female social media influencers to two years each in prison after finding them guilty of promoting immorality and human trafficking by encouraging women to make money building social media followings. The women, who were also fined 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($19,000), were accused of running online accounts that violated the values ​​and principles of Egypt, a conservative Muslim nation. Haneen Hossam, 20, a Cairo University student, was charged over encouraging young women to meet men through a video app and build friendships with them, receiving a fee according to the number of…
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Jul
27
2020
By The African Mirror
COVID-19 tender scandal: Presidential aide goes on special leave

COVID-19 tender scandal: Presidential aide goes on special leave

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER FOUR days after South African president Cyril Ramaphosa spoke tough on corruption in the multi-billion package to provide COVID-19 material, his spokesperson has taken a leave of absence in the face of a procurement scandal. Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko has temporarily left her job following allegations that her husband’s company got an R125-million tender to provide personal protection equipment in Gauteng. Diko and her husband Thandisizwe, have denied the allegations. A statement from the presidency said:  “The Spokesperson to the President, Khusela Diko, has requested the Presidency to allow her to take leave of absence from all…
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Jul
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Kenya bans alcohol, extends curfew as COVID-19 cases surge

Kenya bans alcohol, extends curfew as COVID-19 cases surge

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GEORGE OBULUTSA and OMAR MOHAMMED  KENYA's President Uhuru Kenyatta has extended a nightly curfew for 30 days to curb the spread of COVID-19 and banned alcohol sales in restaurants but stopped short of locking down the country again despite a surge in cases. The curfew had been due to be lifted on August 6 or 7. Kenya has so far reported 17,975 cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 285 deaths from the related disease COVID-19. The health ministry said on Sunday it had reported 960 more cases, the biggest daily jump since the first case was confirmed in…
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Jul
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Some 120 said to be killed or wounded in attack in Sudan’s Darfur region -U.N.

Some 120 said to be killed or wounded in attack in Sudan’s Darfur region -U.N.

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KHALID ABDELAZIZ MORE than 60 people were reported killed and nearly 60 others wounded during an armed attack in a village in Sudan's restive Darfur region, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The attack in Masteri village in the West Darfur state "was one of the latest of a series of security incidents reported over the last week that left several villages and houses burned, markets and shops looted, and infrastructure damaged," the U.N. body added in a statement. It did not cite the source of its information. There was no official word from…
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