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Mar
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Invest in low-carbon cities to protect climate and boost jobs, governments urged

Invest in low-carbon cities to protect climate and boost jobs, governments urged

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ANASTASIA MOLONEY  MORE COVID-19 recovery spending and public investment is needed for green transport and clean energy in cities, to create jobs, cut planet-heating emissions and limit the damage from climate change, according to U.N. officials and researchers. A report by the Coalition for Urban Transitions, a group of research organisations pushing for more sustainable cities, assessed climate-friendly measures governments and city leaders should prioritise in six emerging economies. The report found that China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa - which account for a third of global GDP and about 40% of the world's urban population - could…
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Tanzania’s new president pushes for unity, hope

Tanzania’s new president pushes for unity, hope

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TANZANIA’S new President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pleaded for unity and no finger-pointing after the death of John Magufuli, her COVID-19 sceptic predecessor. Hassan urged the east African country to look forward with hope and confidence. Wearing a red hijab, she took her oath of office on the Koran in a ceremony at State House in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. She is the first female head of state in the country of 58 million. Vice president since 2015, Hassan gave a brief and sombre address after she was sworn in, addressing a heavily male crowd that included two…
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Emperor’ Sassou seeks to extend long rule in Congo

‘Emperor’ Sassou seeks to extend long rule in Congo

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HEREWARD HOLLAND CONGO Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso looks set to prolong his decades-long rule in an election on Sunday in which he has pledged to revive the flagging economy. Sassou, a 77-year old former paratrooper, rose to power in the oil-producing country on the western coast of central Africa in a military coup in 1979. He lost Congo's first multi-party elections in 1992 but regained power in 1997 after a civil war and has now ruled for a combined total of almost 37 years. Sassou will face six opposition candidates in an election whose run-up has been tightly controlled…
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
Libya to investigate discovery of bodies in Benghazi

Libya to investigate discovery of bodies in Benghazi

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THE prime minister of Libya's new unity government has instructed the attorney general to open an investigation into the discovery of bodies in Benghazi. Local media said more than a dozen bodies of people shot dead were found on Thursday in the eastern city that is the stronghold of Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army (LNA), whose assault on the capital Tripoli was repulsed last year. Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, who was selected through a United Nations-led process and took office this week, tweeted that such events cannot be tolerated or covered up. "I gave direct instructions to the Interior Minister…
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
UN fear radicalisation of Mozambicans

UN fear radicalisation of Mozambicans

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EMMA RUMNEY  MOZAMBICANS uprooted by a jihadist insurgency have the potential to become radicalised themselves if they lack basic essentials and root causes of the conflict are not addressed, United Nations officials has warned. Islamic State-linked militants have in the past year escalated attacks in Mozambique's northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, murdering villagers, fighting the army and seizing towns. Beheadings have been a hallmark of attacks. The number of people fleeing their homes swelled from 70,000 to about 700,000 over the last year, said Raouf Mazou, the U.N. refugee agency's assistant high commissioner for operations. Many initially made their way south…
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
SA President hosts Botswana President

SA President hosts Botswana President

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SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa hosted Botswana President Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi for a working visit to South Africa to discuss bilateral issues and to exchange views on regional developments. https://youtu.be/Q_B6AL1ZkyE Video: The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. for unity, elections in Somalia

U.S. for unity, elections in Somalia

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday urged Somalia's leaders to set aside political objectives and hold transparent elections. "We call on Somalia's federal and member state leaders to set aside narrow political objectives, uphold their responsibilities to the people of Somalia, and agree to immediately hold transparent and inclusive elections," Blinken said in a statement.
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Mar
20
2021
By The African Mirror
U.S. offers $80 million to Sahel countries

U.S. offers $80 million to Sahel countries

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THE United States will give more than $80 million in humanitarian aid to countries in the Sahel region, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter said yesterday. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale announced the aid at a meeting on the region, where 3 million people are refugees or internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, Porter said.
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Mar
19
2021
By The African Mirror
S.A’s ex-president de Klerk diagnosed with cancer

S.A’s ex-president de Klerk diagnosed with cancer

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FORMER South African president and Nobel Peace Prize winner FW de Klerk has been diagnosed with mesothelioma, cancer that affects the tissue that lines the lungs, his foundation said in a statement. "Mr De Klerk will start a course of immunotherapy next week. There is no immediate threat, and we are confident that the treatment will be successful," read the statement. De Klerk, 85, headed South Africa's white minority government until 1994, when Nelson Mandela's African National Congress party swept to power. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela, but his role in the transition to democracy is highly…
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Mar
19
2021
By The African Mirror
91 die as militant wreak havoc in Sahel region

91 die as militant wreak havoc in Sahel region

NEWS
ISLAMIC militants continue to wreak havoc in the Sahel region, where they have, in separate attacks, killed over 91 people, abducted school children, teachers and displaced thousands. In separate recent incidents, the militants, linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State, have launched attacks in Nigeria, Niger and Mali.  MALI On Tuesday, the militants ambushed an army convoy and killed 33 near the town of Tessit, in Mali’s northern Gao region, according to the Malian Defence Ministry. NIGERIA On Monday, gunmen on motorbikes stormed a primary school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Kaduna and kidnapped three teachers but no children,…
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