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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Congo Sassou re-elected with 88% of the vote

Congo Sassou re-elected with 88% of the vote

NEWS
CONGO Republic President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been re-elected with more than 88% of the vote, official results showed on Tuesday, extending his 36 years leading the Central African oil producer despite a prolonged economic crisis. His closest rival, Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, who died hours after the polls closed, received less than 8%. Kolelas was being evacuated to France to be treated for COVID-19 when he died. Diplomats and political analysts had expected an easy victory for Sassou, 77, who has a firm grip on state institutions. The main opposition party boycotted the vote and two of his other…
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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror
How women-only village inspires land equality

How women-only village inspires land equality

NEWS
DOMINIC KIRUI WHEN Jane Nolmongen's husband banished her from their family home in northern Kenya after discovering she had been raped by a British soldier, she went somewhere she knew she would be safe: a village entirely run by women, where men are not allowed. For the past 30 years, Nolmongen has lived in Umoja village in Samburu County, supporting her eight children and working land she could soon own, in defiance of a culture in which women are considered the property of their fathers and husbands. "The village has been a source of support for me, because we have…
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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Miss South Africa raises awareness of intellectual disability

Miss South Africa raises awareness of intellectual disability

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE most beautiful woman in South Africa is using her reign to improve the dignity of fellow South Africans living with intellectual disability.  Shudufhadzo Musida, the reigning Miss SA, has entered into a partnership with Special Olympics South Africa (SOSA) to support learners with intellectual disability.  Musida’s foundation, the Shudufhazo Foundation (SF), together with SOSA, launched their partnership Fulufhelo Special School in Thohoyandou, Vhembe. The partnership will focus on the mental health and physical well-being of children and adults living with an intellectual disability (ID) and also aims to create awareness of the challenges faced by people…
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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 137 killed in Niger massacre

At least 137 killed in Niger massacre

NEWS
ARMED men have killed at least 137 people in southwestern Niger, local government officials said, revising the toll up from a previous estimate of about 60. The attackers raided three villages in the Tahoua region, which borders Mali. A security source blamed Islamic State, whose local affiliate is active in the zone. Alfouzazi Issintag, mayor of Tillia, the rural commune to which the villages belong, told Reuters there were about 60 deaths but that he did not yet have a final toll. A village leader in the region who requested anonymity put the number of people killed at around 70.…
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Mar
24
2021
By The African Mirror
Feminists worldwide mourn Egyptian pioneer

Feminists worldwide mourn Egyptian pioneer

NEWS
MENNA A FAROUK WRITERS, politicians and feminists united on Monday to pay tribute to pioneering Egyptian activist Nawal El Saadawi following her death aged 89, vowing her work would live on through the generations she inspired in the Middle East and beyond. In Egypt, supporters said they would commemorate her with an institute and a prize named after her, while popular actress Boshra Ahmed said she was looking for a production company to make a movie about the trailblazer's colourful life. Born in 1931, El Saadawi trained as a doctor after rejecting a child marriage. The author of more than…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
’I subject myself to decisions of the ANC’

’I subject myself to decisions of the ANC’

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER DRESSED in a short-sleeve golf shirt in ANC colours, Ace Magashule, the ANC secretary-general took a swig of Aloe water, flashed a smile and declared himself stress-free. On a mission to plant trees in Naledi, Soweto, Magashule said he was not stressed about the fact he has 28 days to step down, in line with the decision of the ANC national executive committee (NEC) that those facing criminal charges must step aside. “Are you stressed,” asked a reporter.  “What stress,” retorted Magashule.”What’s the stress about...Can you see me (being) stressed.” The ANC secretary-general revealed that he will…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Queen of South African TV celebrated

Queen of South African TV celebrated

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THIRTY seven years ago she arrived at the South African Broadcasting Corporation as a typist, yesterday Noxolo Grootboom left as a legendary broadcaster, who even forced the president of the country to change his schedule to fit in with hers. When it became clear that Grootboom's last news bulletin would clash with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation, it was not the broadcaster who yielded but the head of state. Ramamposa said:  “We decided to delay the start of this address to the nation by half an hour because a legend of South African broadcasting, Ms…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
‘French air strike killed 19 at Mali wedding party’

‘French air strike killed 19 at Mali wedding party’

NEWS
PAUL LORGERIE A French air strike in January killed 19 civilians and three armed men at a wedding in the remote desert of central Mali, United Nations investigators said on Tuesday, contradicting France's account that only Islamist militants were hit. The human rights division of the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) said it had visited the village of Bounti where the attack took place on January 3, analysed satellite images and interviewed more than 400 people, including at least 115 in face-to-face, individual sessions. "MINUSMA is able to confirm that a wedding celebration was held that brought together about…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Thousands displaced by violence in Mozambique gas town

Thousands displaced by violence in Mozambique gas town

NEWS
MANUEL MUCARI PORTUGAL will send soldiers to Mozambique to help train the armed forces in its former colony, where authorities battling an Islamist insurgency searched for tens of thousands of civilians who fled an onslaught on the northern coastal gas town of Palma. Many of those fleeing are believed to have scattered into dense surrounding forest or to have attempted to escape by boat when Palma came under attack on Wednesday, aid workers told Reuters. Some waded out to sea to hide, one survivor told Reuters. Mozambique's government has confirmed dozens of deaths, including at least seven who died when…
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Mar
31
2021
By The African Mirror
Militia’s war crimes conviction upheld

Militia’s war crimes conviction upheld

NEWS
APPEALS judges at the International Criminal Court upheld on Tuesday the conviction of former Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and confirmed his 30-year jail sentence. "Having rejected mister Ntaganda's grounds of appeal in their entirety, the appeals chamber hereby confirms the trial chamber's sentencing judgment," presiding judge Howard Morrison said. Ntaganda's lawyers had sought to overturn his conviction, saying the original trial was riddled with legal errors. But the appeals judges dismissed all of the almost 30 grounds of appeal raised against his conviction and sentence, the longest the court has handed down.…
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