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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
EU drops Morocco from safe country travel list

EU drops Morocco from safe country travel list

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 KATE ABNETT THE European Union removed Morocco from its safe list of countries from which the bloc allows non-essential travel, after a review by EU ambassadors. The move leaves 10 countries on the new list, which takes effect August 8, after the EU also excluded Algeria last week. The safe countries deemed to have the coronavirus pandemic largely under control are Australia, Canada, Georgia, Japan, New Zealand, Rwanda, South Korea, Thailand, Tunisia, and Uruguay. China has also been approved, although travel would only open up if Chinese authorities also allowed in EU visitors. Morocco recorded a record high of 6,385…
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Aug
08
2020
By The African Mirror
Gunmen kill about 20 in attack in eastern Burkina Faso

Gunmen kill about 20 in attack in eastern Burkina Faso

NEWS
UNIDENTIFIED gunmen have killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso, the government said in a statement. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the commune of Fada N'Gourma, around which the army is carrying out a search operation. Armed jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State have killed hundreds of people in attacks over the last year in the West African country, forced more than half a million to flee, and eroded government control in most areas outside the capital. Gumen killed 25 people in an attack on…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Tributes for Mandela-era liberation stalwart

Tributes for Mandela-era liberation stalwart

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has led nationwide tributes to John Nkadimeng, the ANC liberation stalwart and veteran trade unionist who has died, aged 95. To honour Nkadimeng, Ramaphosa has declared a special official funeral for him and ordered that the national flag must be flown at half-mast until the evening of August 14.  Nkadimeng was among the 156 Congress activists who were detained during the Defiance Campaign in 1952 and charged with treason in the 1956 Treason Trial. He also went to exile, taking refuge in numerous neighboring countries. Ramaphosa said: “We have lost a remarkable…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Rape victims ‘denied justice’ in Ghana by costly medical fees

Rape victims ‘denied justice’ in Ghana by costly medical fees

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KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU REPORTING rape is traumatic for anyone, but having to pay two months' wages to complete the medical form prevents many in Ghana from seeking justice, said a leading actress whose campaign to waive fees has reached the presidential palace. British-Ghanaian actress Ama K. Abebrese - who starred with Idris Elba in the award-winning 2015 drama "Beasts of No Nation" - started a petition after hearing about the prohibitive charges in the West African nation where rape convictions are rare. The minimum doctor's fee for filling out a police medical form is 300 cedis ($52) - twice the…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
EXCLUSIVE – South Africa tries to recover over $23 million from SAP for ‘unlawful’ contracts

EXCLUSIVE – South Africa tries to recover over $23 million from SAP for ‘unlawful’ contracts

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ALEXANDER WINNING SOUTH African investigators are seeking to recover more than 400 million rand ($23 million) from German software firm SAP for two government contracts they allege were entered into unlawfully, court documents seen by Reuters show. Although the amount of money sought is small for a company with a market value of around 162 billion euros, the move by the authorities is another headache for SAP, which in 2018 admitted to misconduct over deals with South African state firms during former president Jacob Zuma's tenure. SAP, a major global business software company, had said it was reviewing all its…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
South African in a R6-billion scandal involving COVID-19 masks in the UK

South African in a R6-billion scandal involving COVID-19 masks in the UK

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A South African businessman is embroiled in a R6-billion COVID-19 masks scandal in the United Kingdom. Nathan Engelbrecht’s company Ayanda Capital provided 43 million masks to the government hospitals in the United Kingdom, but these were rejected and recalled because they don’t work.  Reports in the United Kingdom and South Africa have revealed that the 43 million masks provided by Ayanda Capital in terms of a contract signed in April, could not be used because they did not fit properly. Businessinsider.co.za reports that the masks did not fit because instead of head loops, they have ear-loop fastenings, which according to…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast President Ouattara to run for third term

Ivory Coast President Ouattara to run for third term

NEWS
LOUCOUMANE COULIBALY IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara has revealed that he would seek re-election in October, formally accepting the ruling party's nomination to be its candidate and defying opponents who say the constitution forbids a third term. Ouattara, who has governed since 2011, said in March he would not run again. But his preferred successor, then-prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, died in July, leading the party to ask Ouattara to reconsider. The election is seen as the greatest test yet of the tenuous stability achieved since a brief civil war in 2010 and 2011 killed about 3,000 people following Ouattara's…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
#Jerusalema cheer for S.A COVID-19 frontline workers

#Jerusalema cheer for S.A COVID-19 frontline workers

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH African health workers have used the global music and dance hit #Jerusalema to provide cheer as they battle to save the lives of those infected by the deadly COVID-19 virus.  Doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, audiologists, speech therapists and dieticians at the Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria joined the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge. So did their colleagues at Mount Frere Hospital in East London. Health workers at Steve Biko Academic Hospital join the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge. The Mama ululating makes me want to be at a wedding in Limpopo and the fried chicken is highly contested. ??@MasterKGsa @GautengHealth pic.twitter.com/bVFnvv0N6Q— Kwara Kekana (@KwaraKekana)…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
South African police and protesting Zimbabweans clash

South African police and protesting Zimbabweans clash

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SOUTH African police used stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse a crowd that had gathered at Zimbabwe’s Embassy in Pretoria in a protest to highlight police brutality, detentions and torture in that country. The protesters, mainly Zimbabweans in the diaspora organised under the banner of  #Notinmyname carried placards calling for an end to human rights violations. The demonstration came hours after South Africa has appointed two veteran politicians as special enjoys to Zimbabwe, in an effort to broker a political solution to a growing internal strife, marked by police brutality, detentions and torture in that country. Former cabinet minister…
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Aug
07
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa sets up body to probe COVID-19 corruption

South Africa sets up body to probe COVID-19 corruption

NEWS
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has set up a ministerial committee to investigate alleged corruption in state tenders in the fight against COVID-19, his office has said, including with businesses supplying protective gear. Reports of suspect deals between government officials and businesses providing medical equipment, as well as food aid parcels to the poor, have sparked outrage in South Africa, where more than half a million cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 to make it the fifth-largest outbreak in the world. South Africa's anti-corruption watchdog said on Monday it was investigating irregularities in these contracts, the latest in a…
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