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Aug
12
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali protests resume as thousands call for president to resign

Mali protests resume as thousands call for president to resign

NEWS
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Mali's rainy capital Bamako on Tuesday renewing calls for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to step down despite international mediation efforts to resolve a political crisis. Protests led by an opposition coalition called M5-RFP have raged since June, caused by contested local elections and perceived government corruption and incompetence. Tensions escalated in July when police shot dead at least 11 demonstrators. Regional powers are worried that prolonged unrest could derail the fight against Islamist extremists in the region, many of whom are centered in Mali. Their presence has rendered large areas of the…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe president decries “divisive falsehoods” over rights abuse claims

Zimbabwe president decries “divisive falsehoods” over rights abuse claims

NEWS
ZIMBABWE's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called criticism of human rights abuses by his government "divisive falsehoods" and said his administration was under renewed attack from domestic and foreign opponents. Mnangagwa, during a Heroes Day speech in Harare, said the allegations were "unjustified attacks by our perennial detractors, both inside and outside our border". "The divisive falsehoods and concoctions by renegades and supremacists who want to pounce on our natural resources will never win the day. Truth shall triumph over lies, and good over evil," said Mnangagwa, who replaced Robert Mugabe after a 2017 coup. Hopes that Mnangagwa would unite a…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Tunisia PM-designate to form technocratic govt without parties

Tunisia PM-designate to form technocratic govt without parties

NEWS
TAREK AMARA TUNISIA's prime minister-designate said on Monday he would form a purely technocratic government following wrangling among political parties over the formation of the country's next administration. The decision by Hichem Mechichi will likely put him in confrontation with the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, the largest political group in parliament, which announced it would oppose the formation of a non-political government. However, the proposal for a government of independent technocrats without political parties will win support from the powerful UGTT trade union and some other parties, including Tahya Tounes and Dustoury el Hor. Mechichi said that the government's focus…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Army says east Congo militia killed 16 villagers

Army says east Congo militia killed 16 villagers

NEWS
A militia killed 16 people during a raid on villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army has said, in more ethnic violence that the United Nations has warned may constitute crimes against humanity. Attacks by various militia and armed groups, as well as counter-operations by the Congolese army (FARDC), forced over 400,000 people to flee their homes between March and June, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Last month, the government sent several former warlords, including one just released after more than a decade in prison in the Hague and Congo for war crimes, to convince Cooperative for…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 10 dead in Ethiopia protests over autonomy – health officials

At least 10 dead in Ethiopia protests over autonomy – health officials

NEWS
DAWIT ENDESHAW AT least 10 people died in clashes between protesters and security forces in Ethiopia's southern region on Monday, health officials said, the latest violence as myriad ethnic groups clamour for more autonomy. The protests were sparked by Sunday's arrest of local officials and activists seeking a new autonomous region for their Wolaita ethnic group, said Matheos Balcha, spokesman of the opposition party Wolaita National Movement Party. One of their party members was arrested, he said. Security forces shot dead at least six people in Boditi on Monday, a town 295 km (180 miles) southwest of the capital Addis…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Russia approves world’s first COVID-19 vaccine

Russia approves world’s first COVID-19 vaccine

NEWS
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has revealed that Russia had become the first country in the world to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing, a move hailed by Moscow as evidence of its scientific prowess. The development paves the way for the mass inoculation of the Russian population, even as the final stage of clinical trials to test safety and efficacy continue. The speed at which Russia is moving to roll out its vaccine highlights its determination to win the global race for an effective product, but has stirred concerns that it may…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian musician sentenced to hanging for blasphemy

Nigerian musician sentenced to hanging for blasphemy

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER A Northern Nigerian musician from the state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.  An upper Sharia court in the area of Kano stated that musician Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, 22, was guilty of committing blasphemy through a song of his, which circulated via Whatsapp back in February. Sharif-Aminu, who resides in the Kano Municipal, was taken to court by Islamic police on a count charge of inciting religious creed contrary to section 382 (b) of Kano State Sharia Penal Code Law 2000, a law which does not apply to…
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Aug
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Mauritius must brace for ‘worst case scenario’ after oil spill, says PM

Mauritius must brace for ‘worst case scenario’ after oil spill, says PM

NEWS
 KATHARINE HOURELD and DUNCAN MIRIRI THE Japanese ship that ran aground on a reef off Mauritius two weeks ago has now stopped leaking oil into the Indian Ocean but the island nation must still prepare for "a worst case scenario", Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said late on Monday. Conservationists said they were starting to find dead fish as well as seabirds covered in oil, increasing fears of an ecological catastrophe despite a massive local cleanup operation that includes making floating booms from leaves and human hair. Jugnauth said the leak from a damaged oil tank on board the stricken vessel,…
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Aug
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Lebanon government resigns amid outrage over Beirut blast

Lebanon government resigns amid outrage over Beirut blast

NEWS
MICHAEL GEORGY LEBANON’s prime minister has announced his government's resignation, saying a huge explosion that devastated the capital and stirred public outrage was the result of endemic corruption. The August 4 detonation at a port warehouse of more than 2,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate killed at least 163 people, injured more than 6,000 and destroyed swathes of the Mediterranean capital, compounding months of political and economic meltdown. In a televised address, Prime Minister Hassan Diab said he backed calls by ordinary Lebanese for those responsible for "this crime" to be put on trial. Diab made the announcement after the cabinet,…
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Aug
10
2020
By The African Mirror
French, Nigerien soldiers hunt for gunmen who killed aid workers

French, Nigerien soldiers hunt for gunmen who killed aid workers

NEWS
FRENCH and Nigerien soldiers have combed a wildlife reserve in Niger and the surrounding area for traces of the gunmen who killed six French aid workers a day earlier, a French military source said. The unidentified gunmen, who rode on motorbikes, attacked the group who worked for the humanitarian charity ACTED in a giraffe reserve just 65 km from the capital Niamey. A Nigerien guide and a local driver employed by ACTED were also killed. ACTED said in a statement the group had been "senselessly and cowardly murdered by armed individuals". No one has claimed responsibility for the assault. But…
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