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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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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Rocked by new sex claims, W.H.O appeals for information

Rocked by new sex claims, W.H.O appeals for information

NEWS
SONIA ELKS FACING scrutiny over new claims of sexual abuse by its workers, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged anyone with information to come forward so that action can be taken. Investigations by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian found that more than 70 Congolese women said they were coerced into trading sex for jobs by men who said they worked for aid groups during a 2018 to 2020 Ebola outbreak. More than 40 of the women in the Democratic Republic of Congo accused men who said they worked for the WHO of abuse, including one claim…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
15 killed at baptism in Burkina Faso

15 killed at baptism in Burkina Faso

NEWS
UNINDENTIFIED assailants killed 15 people who were gathered for a baptism at a village in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday night, the government has announced. The attack took place in Adjarara, about 7 km (4 miles) from the town of Tin-Akoff in Oudalan province, very close to the border with Mali, according to a statement from the governor of Burkina Faso's Sahel region. It was unclear who carried out the attack, but Islamist groups control large swathes of the area. The governor, Colonel-Major Salfo Kabore, offered his condolences to the families and urged people to report any suspect movements to…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Chadian police clash with protesters

Chadian police clash with protesters

NEWS
CHADIAN security forces used tear gas and batons to disperse protesters who took to the streets of the capital N'Djamena yesterday to denounce a military takeover following the battlefield death of President Idriss Deby. Small groups of protesters burned tyres and French flags, and some clashed violently with police, a Reuters reporter at the scene said. About 30 people were arrested, according to civil society coalition Wakit Tamma. Police spokesman Amane Issac Azina confirmed that there were arrests and "vandalism", but did not give a number. Deby's death during fighting with northern rebels last month caused chaos in Chad, a…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Test for Algerian protesters

Test for Algerian protesters

NEWS
LAMINE CHIKHI  ALGERIA's protest movement, which shook the country by ousting its veteran president in 2019, faces a critical test for its survival on Friday, with police poised to confront any who take to the streets. The movement, known as Hirak, is leaderless and unorganised, but after a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it revived in February, bringing out demonstrators every Friday since then to demand wholesale political change. Though the protests are now much smaller than at their peak, many of the thousands who still regularly march each week appear ready to brave a harsher government approach.…
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May
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Migrants clash with Spanish police

Migrants clash with Spanish police

NEWS
MARIANO VALLADOLID and AHMED ELJECHTIMI HUNDREDS of migrants tried to force their way past tightened security into Ceuta yesterday, as Spain pressed on with the expulsion of thousands who had swum or climbed into its North African enclave over the past two days. Around two-thirds of the roughly 8,000 migrants who made it to Ceuta, including unaccompanied children, have been expelled, Spanish authorities say. Many of those sent back said they were determined to try again in their determination to reach Europe. As dense afternoon fog descended, hundreds of young men made a fresh attempt to approach the roughly six-metre-high…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 57 Africans drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

At least 57 Africans drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

NEWS
AT least 57 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunis as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy and 33 were rescued, humanitarian organisation Tunisian Red Crescent said yesterday. In recent weeks, drowning incidents have occurred off the Tunisian coast, with an increase in the frequency of trips to Europe from Tunisia and Libya towards Italy as the weather has improved. "Thirty-three Bengalis were rescued (and) 57 others drowned in a boat carrying about 90 migrants that set off from Libya towards Europe," Red Crescent official Mongi Slim told Reuters. A security source confirmed that 57 migrants…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt allocates $500 million to rebuild Gaza

Egypt allocates $500 million to rebuild Gaza

NEWS
EGYPT will allocate $500 million for rebuilding efforts in the Gaza strip following Israeli air strikes, the Egyptian presidency has announced. Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull. Nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza strip have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary care health centres, the United Nations humanitarian agency said. Some 47,000 out of 52,000 displaced persons had fled to U.N. schools. Egyptian companies will participate in rebuilding operations, according to the statement that followed a meeting between President Abdel Fattah…
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