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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC’s Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption

DRC’s Goma hit by tremors after volcanic eruption

NEWS
REPEATED tremors shook the Congolese city of Goma yesterday, unnerving families still reeling from a volcano eruption at the weekend that destroyed nearby villages, displaced thousands and killed at least 32 people. Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted on Saturday evening, sending a smouldering wall of lava half a mile wide downhill towards the city of 2 million people. The lava flow stopped a few hundred metres short of the city limits, but wrecked 17 villages on the way, cut the principal electricity supply and blocked a major road, disrupting aid deliveries. The death…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
In South Africa, a zero-waste food bus hopes to drive away hunger

In South Africa, a zero-waste food bus hopes to drive away hunger

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG WHEN Sidney Beukes got his bus driver's licence, he never imagined himself behind the wheel of a 40-year-old school bus that has been turned into a mobile grocery store serving low-income residents of Johannesburg. The bus is not an easy drive: there is no power steering and it chugs along. But Beukes said every time a customer climbs aboard to buy groceries they could not afford in the shops, he is reminded of why he would not want to drive anything else. "We're here for them, when people are stuck without food and it's been a tough month…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Mali military stages 2nd coup

Mali military stages 2nd coup

NEWS
B PAUL LORGERIE and TIEMOKO DIALLO MALI's interim vice president, Colonel Assimi Goita, has announced that he had seized power after the transitional president and prime minister failed to consult him about the formation of a new government. He said elections would be held next year as planned. President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane were arrested and taken to a military base outside the capital on Monday evening, prompting swift condemnation from international powers, some of which called it an "attempted coup". The two men were in charge of a transitional government created after a military coup in…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Darfur’s 1st war crimes case

Darfur’s 1st war crimes case

NEWS
STEPHEN VAN DEN BERG PROSECUTORS have accused a man of being a "feared and revered" militia leader behind a campaign of deadly raids in Sudan's Darfur conflict, in the build-up to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) first trial linked to the violence. The war crimes prosecutors said Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was also known as Ali Kushayb, a senior commander of thousands of pro-government "Janjaweed" fighters during the height of the conflict between 2003 and 2004. Abd-Al-Rahman, wearing a face mask and a dark suit, did not speak as a court officer read out 31 charges against him including persecution,…
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May
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia accuses US of meddling

Ethiopia accuses US of meddling

NEWS
GUILIA PARAVICINI ETHIOPIA has accused the United States of meddling in its affairs after Washington announced restrictions on economic and security assistance over alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in the northern Tigray region. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday the restrictions were meant to push the parties involved to settle the conflict that erupted in November. Thousands have died in the fighting that has pitted Tigray's former ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), against the Ethiopian federal government and allied forces from neighbouring Eritrea. Ethiopia's foreign ministry said that if the U.S. restrictions…
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May
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Over R49-billion paid to Gupta-linked companies

Over R49-billion paid to Gupta-linked companies

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SEVERAL departments and enterprises owned by the South African government paid over R49-billion to 200 companies linked to the Gupta family, accused of being at the centre of state capture. This was contained in the evidence presented to the judicial commission into state capture, corruption and theft by Paul Holden, a director at Shadow World Investigations.  Holden’s probe revealed that billions flowed from government departments and state-owned enterprises to companies linked to the Gupta family, who fled SA and are now based in Dubai. The companies that received the money include McKinsey, KPMG, PwC, Estina, Sunbay Trading…
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May
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Large corporations cash in on COVID-19 relief funds

Large corporations cash in on COVID-19 relief funds

NEWS
ED HOLT POVERTY and income inequality are being deepened as COVID-19 relief funds are handed out to large corporations instead of social protection programmes in developing countries, groups involved in a new study of COVID-19 bailouts have said. A report by the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) civil society group showed that the vast majority of COVID-19 recovery funds in nine developing countries have gone to big corporations instead of toward welfare, small firms, or those working in the informal economy. “The way COVID-19 relief has been implemented has worsened marginalisation, poverty, and inequality, including income, gender, and other inequalities, in some countries,” Matti Kohonen,…
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May
24
2021
By The African Mirror
DRC volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage

DRC volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage

NEWS
DJAFAR AL KATANTY A smoking trail of lava from a volcanic eruption covered hundreds of houses in eastern Congo yesterday, leaving residents to pick gingerly through the wreckage for belongings and loved ones, though the flow halted just short of the city of Goma. Goma was thrown into panic on Saturday evening as Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's most active and dangerous volcanoes, erupted, turning the night sky an eerie red and sending a wall of orange lava downhill towards the lakeside city of about 2 million people. Army spokesman Guillaume Njike said 13 were killed fleeing the disaster,…
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May
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Woman on Sudan’s ruling council quits

Woman on Sudan’s ruling council quits

NEWS
ONE of only two women on Sudan's ruling Sovereignty Council has resigned, accusing the military-dominated transitional government of ignoring civilian voices. The 14-member military-civilian council was set up along with a cabinet of technocrats to steer Sudan through a transition after the army toppled long-serving autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019 following months of popular protests. "The civilian component in the sovereign (council) and at all levels of government has become just a logistical executive body that does not participate in decision-making," Aisha Musa said in a video statement carried by the state news agency SUNA. "Rather it only stamps the…
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May
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, U.N. to launch Gaza aid appeal

Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, U.N. to launch Gaza aid appeal

NEWS
A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into a third day yesterday as mediators spoke to all sides about extending the period of calm after the worst outbreak of fighting in years. Egyptian mediators have been shuttling between Israel and the Gaza Strip, which is ruled by Hamas, to try to sustain the ceasefire and have also met the Islamist group's rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the occupied West Bank. Egypt's foreign minister was also set to meet with top Jordanian officials on Sunday to discuss de-escalation and ways to revive the Middle East peace process. Lynn Hastings, the…
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