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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
I’d rather die than go back – Moroccan migrant

I’d rather die than go back – Moroccan migrant

NEWS
JON NAZCA and MARIANO VALLADOLID A Moroccan boy who used empty plastic bottles to swim to Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta this week said he would rather die than go back to Morocco, according to the Spanish soldier who translated for him before he was escorted away. The boy attracted international media attention as he floated in a dark T-shirt with the bottles under his clothes and attached to his arms, crying as he reached the beach only to be led away by soldiers. "He didn't want to go back, he didn't have any family in Morocco, he didn't…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
‘COVID-19 Billionaires should pay for the poor’

‘COVID-19 Billionaires should pay for the poor’

NEWS
NITA BHALLA  COVID-19 vaccine profits have created at least nine billionaires whose combined wealth would be enough to inoculate all of the world's poor, a coalition of charities and activists said yesterday, calling for a more equitable distribution of jabs. The new billionaires - who include senior executives from U.S. firm Moderna Inc and China's CanSino Biologics - have a net worth of $19.3 billion between them, according to the People's Vaccine Alliance. That sum would be more than enough to fully vaccinate all the people in low-income countries, the alliance said, urging pharmaceutical companies to end their "monopoly" over…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting

Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting

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NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and DAN WILLIAMS AN Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas took hold today after the worst violence in years, with U.S. President Joe Biden pledging to salvage the devastated Gaza Strip and the United Nations urging renewed Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Israeli aerial bombardment of the densely populated enclave killed 232 Palestinians, damaged thousands of homes and disabled critical infrastructure. Gaza rocket attacks killed 12 people in Israel and wounded hundreds. Palestinians who had spent 11 days huddled in fear of Israeli shelling poured into Gaza's streets, embracing one another in celebration in front of bombed out buildings and along…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Judges colluded with government – witness

Judges colluded with government – witness

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DAVID Mahlobo, in his then role as Minister of State Security, worked with two high court judges to interfere in a case and ensure a ruling in favour of the government, a high ranking intelligence official testifying before the state capture commission, has claimed. The bombshell allegations were made by a witness, only identified as “Steven”, the witness, a senior serving official in the State Security Agency, responsible for domestic intelligence. “Steven” told the commission, chaired by Deputy Judge President Raymond Zondo that he was invited to a meeting at Mahlobo’s Pretoria residence. After arrival, he was…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Morocco blames Spain for migrant spat

Morocco blames Spain for migrant spat

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MOROCCAN Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita has blamed Spain for the diplomatic spat between the two countries and said mass migrant crossings from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta this week were due to the weather and tired border guards. Morocco had appeared to loosen its border controls with Ceuta on Monday as thousands of migrants poured into the enclave, a move widely interpreted as retaliation for Spain's hosting of a Western Sahara independence leader. Speaking to Reuters, Spanish news agency Efe and Moroccan news agency MAP in a briefing, Bourita warned that Rabat would take a more assertive stance…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Former Ivory Coast PM Soro goes on trial

Former Ivory Coast PM Soro goes on trial

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GUILLAUME Soro, a former prime minister and rebel leader in Ivory Coast, has gone on trial in absentia on charges he plotted a coup against President Alassane Ouattara. The trial got off to a fiery start with Soro's defence insisting on more time to examine alleged evidence against Soro and the 19 others accused in the case. As a result, the second day of the trial was postponed to May 26, said Diallo Souleymane, who is on his legal team. His lawyers have condemned the case as politically motivated and say there is no evidence Soro was guilty of conspiracy.…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Explosive device kills 16 in northern Mali

Explosive device kills 16 in northern Mali

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SIXTEEN civilians were killed and others injured in northern Mali when their vehicle struck an explosive device, an army spokesman said yesterday. The incident took place late on Wednesday near the city of Gao, a part of Mali where militants with ties to al Qaeda regularly attack civilians, Malian and French soldiers and U.N. peacekeepers, army spokesman Souleymane Dembele told Reuters. He did not say who responsible for laying the device and provided no further details about the incident. Mali has been wracked by Islamist violence since 2012 when jihadist groups hijacked an uprising by Tuareg separatists in the north.…
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May
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe bans maize imports, expects big harvest

Zimbabwe bans maize imports, expects big harvest

NEWS
ZIMBABWE has banned maize imports with immediate effect, the country's agricultural marketing authority said yesterday, citing an expected big harvest of the staple crop this year. The southern African nation spent $300 million in scarce foreign currency importing maize last year after successive droughts that left more than half the population in need of food aid. Farmers in Zimbabwe have started harvesting this year's crop, which is expected to come in at 2.7 million tonnes after higher than normal rainfall. That is three times last year's output and more than annual consumption. "The Agricultural Marketing Authority will no longer be…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast jails child traffickers

Ivory Coast jails child traffickers

NEWS
TWENTY-two people accused of trafficking children to work on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast have received prison sentences of up to 20 years, prosecutors have announced. The case follows the rescue by police this month of 68 children working on cocoa farms, most of whom had been transported from neighbouring Burkina Faso, according to the Ivorian authorities. Ivory Coast is the world's top cocoa producer and is under pressure, including from the European Union, to crack down on practices that have led to nearly 1 million children working in the sector. The police operation was the first since 2014 to…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Parliament confirms Kenya 1st female chief justice

Parliament confirms Kenya 1st female chief justice

NEWS
DUNCAN MIRIRI KENYAN judge Martha Koome has defended dissidents and helped to write women's rights into the constitution - now parliament has confirmed her to be the first female chief justice in a country where the role is particularly sensitive. A child of subsistence farmers, she was chosen by a judicial panel in preference to the lawyer who argued President Uhuru Kenyatta's case in a 2017 battle with the Supreme Court that she will now head. Kenyatta will swear her into office in coming days after parliament voted to approve her nomination on Wednesday. That makes her likely to be…
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