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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
160 people feared after boat capsizes in Nigeria

160 people feared after boat capsizes in Nigeria

NEWS
GARBA MUHAMMAD A boat ferrying about 200 people capsized in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kebbi yesterday but the number of casualties remains unclear, a state spokesman said. The wooden boat capsized near Wara, a town on the shores of Kainji Lake, part of the Niger River, said Yahaya Sarki, a spokesman the governor of Kebbi. It had about 200 passengers on board, coming from the neighbouring country of Niger. "Bodies are still being recovered. We can't ascertain the number for now," Sarki said. One survivor, Buhari Abubakar, said about 40 people have been rescued so far, though many of…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC volcano leaves 20 000 homeless, 40 missing

DRC volcano leaves 20 000 homeless, 40 missing

NEWS
DJAFFAR AL KATANTY MORE than 20,000 people are homeless and 40 still missing in the aftermath of a volcanic eruption in eastern Congo that killed dozens and continues to cause strong earthquakes in the nearby city of Goma, the United Nations has said. Saturday's eruption sent rivers of lava streaming down the hillside from Mount Nyiragongo, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, but stopped 300 metres short of Goma airport, the main hub for aid operations in the east of Congo. The ash cloud caused by the eruption has closed down airports in Goma and Bukavu, and…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
ANC rubbishes Magashule’s claims

ANC rubbishes Magashule’s claims

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE ANC has gone toe-to-toe with its suspended secretary-general Ace Magashule, rubbishing his claims against the party and describing some of them as false and absurd. In an affidavit responding to Magashule’s claims, ANC deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte described as absurd, Magashule’s claim that he was not afforded sufficient time to state his case. She said the secretary-general had ample time to state his case.  Duarte said Magashule, who sent a letter suspending ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa had no authority to do so. She said the step aside rule did not apply to Ramaphosa because he was…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali’s president and prime minister resign

Mali’s president and prime minister resign

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO and PAUL LORGERIE MALI’S interim president and prime minister have resigned, two days after they were arrested by the military, an aide to the vice president said, deepening a political crisis and potentially setting up a standoff with international powers. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday after a cabinet reshuffle in which two officers lost their posts. The intervention led by Vice President Assimi Goita has jeopardised Mali's transition back to democracy after a coup in August overthrew former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. It has…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Two killed in grenade blasts in Burundi

Two killed in grenade blasts in Burundi

NEWS
UNKNOWN assailants set off four grenades in Burundi's capital Bujumbura yesterday, killing two people and wounding several others, police said. One victim died instantly when the grenades went off in three different places as dusk fell, while one assailant was arrested after being wounded by his own grenade. They were the first such explosions in the city since President Evariste Ndayishimiye took office last June, though eight people were killed on May 9 in Muramvya province, about 65 kilometres (40 miles) away when unknown gunmen ambushed several cars. Ndayishimiye, who took office on his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza's death, has carried…
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Jun
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Courts asked to stop the hijack of queenship

Courts asked to stop the hijack of queenship

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DR Mathole Motshekga, one of South Africa’s leading lawmakers and a cultural expert, has asked the courts to stop an attempt to hijack the country’s only queenship - the Modjadji Royal throne - and asked for those behind the plot to be dealt with decisively.  In court papers, Dr Motshekga, who is also a legal advisor to the Balobedu royal family, accused those behind attempts to remove Queen-elect Masalanabo Modjadji VII (16) as a violation of SA’s laws and centuries-old traditions. Queen-elect Masalanabo is expected to assume the throne when she turns 18 and her uncle Prince…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror

Uganda landslide survivors sue govt

NEWS
LIAM TAYLOR  FOR the people of Bushika sub-county in eastern Uganda, December 3, 2019 was the day the ground gave way. Rain had poured for days, tumbling down the steep hillsides, seeping from the earth, and turning the streams a dirty brown. Robinah Nandutu remembers looking at a crack that had opened in the path she was walking along. Then, suddenly, she was sliding, mud up to her chest, rocks pounding her back, falling with the land itself. "I tried to run, but the speed of it was too fast," she said, standing near the gash the landslide left in…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Agreement paves way for elections

Agreement paves way for elections

NEWS
ABDI SHEIKH SOMALIA’S political leaders have reached an agreement that will pave the way for elections, its foreign affairs minister has announced, ending months of deadlock that at times turned violent. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed's term expired in February, but wrangling over elections meant a new group of lawmakers was not selected in December to choose a new president. To resolve the deadlock, Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble met with the presidents of five regions to address their concerns over the election's conduct. "We have now reached an agreement that will lead Somalia to free and fair elections. Going forward…
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Jun
01
2021
By The African Mirror
Pan African Parliament’s session abandoned – again

Pan African Parliament’s session abandoned – again

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE Pan African Parliament (PAP) session called to elect a new president descended into chaos for the second day running and led to its cancellation. The session collapsed after the South and North African caucuses insisted that the elections could only take place if there was agreement that the presidency of the institution would be rotated among Africa's five regions. Delegates from the West and Central Africa, were keen for the election to go on. However, after more than an hour of chaos, the seating was adjourned and lights switched off. The African Union is expected to…
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Jun
01
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 55 killed in DRC attacks – UN

At least 55 killed in DRC attacks – UN

NEWS
AT least 55 people were killed overnight in two attacks on villages in eastern Congo, the United Nations has revealed, in potentially the worst night of violence the area has seen in at least four years. The army and a local civil rights group blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist armed group, for raiding the village of Tchabi and a camp for displaced people near Boga, another village. Both are close to the border of Uganda. Houses were burned and civilians abducted, the U.N. office for humanitarian affairs said in a statement. Albert Basegu, the head of a…
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