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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
British street artist Banksy funds refugee rescue boat

British street artist Banksy funds refugee rescue boat

NEWS
BRITISH street artist Banksy is funding a boat crewed by volunteer rescue professionals to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean attempting to reach Europe from Africa. The boat, named "Louise Michel" after a French feminist anarchist, has been operational since last week. On Thursday it rescued 89 people, including 14 women and four children, from a rubber boat in distress, the group said on its website. The 89 migrants are still onboard the boat and waiting for a safe port to disembark. A former French Navy boat daubed in pink and white, the 30-metre long Louise Michel was bought with proceeds…
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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Acting leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo

Acting leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo

NEWS
EGYPTIAN authorities have arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid on an apartment in Cairo. The arrest is the latest blow to Egypt's oldest and most organised Islamist movement, which has been crushed in a sweeping crackdown since it was forced from power seven years ago. Ezzat was an influential former deputy to Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, and was seen as a hardliner within the group. He became acting leader after Badie's arrest in August 2013. An interior ministry statement said Ezzat had been arrested from an apartment used as a hide-out in Cairo's…
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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll

Former Central African Republic interim leader to run in December poll

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FORMER Central Africa Republic's transitional leader Catherine Samba-Panza, who guided the country from 2014 to 2016, has declared she will challenge incumbent President Faustin Archange Touadera in the December 27 election. Samba-Panza, 64, who became the first woman to lead the country of 4.6 million in the wake of a political crisis in 2012-2013, said on Friday that she took the decision after many people had encouraged her to run. "In the face of increased socio-political tension and the degrading security in the country, many appealed from all sides of the political spectrum, asking me to run," Samba-Panza said in…
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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
At least two students killed during exams in eastern Congo

At least two students killed during exams in eastern Congo

NEWS
FISTON MAHAMBA  AT least two students and a teacher were killed and several other teachers kidnapped after a primary school holding exams was attacked by unidentified gunmen in eastern Congo, authorities and the United Nations have said. Exact details of the attack and the number of casualties remained unclear. Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi said two students died when fighting broke out in North Kivu province on Thursday morning. He did not give further details. Cosmas Kangakolo, an administrator for Masisi territory, said the Ngoyi Primary School was attacked. He said one teacher died and several were kidnapped. Exam centres in…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Mandela’s grandson praises his late doctor

Mandela’s grandson praises his late doctor

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER NELSON Mandela’s grandson has paid a warm tribute to a medical doctor who looked after him until his last day. Chief Mandla Mandela has described Dr Vejay Ramlakan, the retired surgeon-general who died after a heart attack, as a dedicated servant of the people. Mandela, who is a chief at Mvezo - The Great Place, his grandfather’s birthplace - said:  “Our nation has lost one of its finest sons who served our country with distinction as a member of the Military Health Services Unit. He was a dedicated servant of the people and served as Surgeon General…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali junta frees ousted president Keita ahead of regional summit

Mali junta frees ousted president Keita ahead of regional summit

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO and DAVID LEWIS  COUP leaders in Mali have released President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and he has returned home, his representative said on Thursday, a potential sign of good faith a day ahead of a regional summit on the country's political future. A group of military officers has controlled Mali since Aug. 18, when they detained Keita at gunpoint and forced him to resign in a takeover foreign powers fear could further destabilise the West African nation and undermine a fight against Islamist militants in the wider Sahel region. Keita's release, nine days after he was ousted and detained,…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Egypt detains suspect in high-profile rape case

Egypt detains suspect in high-profile rape case

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EGYPTIAN public prosecutors ordered the detention of a man suspected of being involved in an alleged gang rape at a luxury Cairo hotel in 2014 for four days pending investigation, they have announced in a statement. The man, who is also a suspect in other similar cases, was arrested by police on Wednesday as he tried to flee abroad like seven other suspects in the case, which has been the focus of an online campaign against sexual assault in Egypt, they said. The seven suspects fled the country between July 27 and July 29 after claims against them started to…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
UK police arrest man over alleged Liberian war crimes

UK police arrest man over alleged Liberian war crimes

NEWS
BRITISH police have arrested a man on suspicion of war crimes relating to conflicts in Liberia between 1989 and 2003. Police said detectives had detained the unnamed 45-year-old man in southeast London over alleged offences contrary to the International Criminal Court Act, and he was now in custody. From 1989 to 2003, up to a quarter of a million people in Liberia were killed in a civil war, while thousands more were mutilated and raped. Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is serving 50 years in a British prison after being found guilty by an international tribunal of crimes against humanity.…
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Aug
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Record floods cause deaths and widespread damage in Sudan

Record floods cause deaths and widespread damage in Sudan

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ  FLOOD waters in Sudan have reached the highest levels on record, killing dozens of people, destroying thousands of homes and encroaching on some neighbourhoods of the capital Khartoum. The flooding comes despite Ethiopia starting to fill the reservoir behind a giant new dam upstream on the Blue Nile in July. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is expected to help Sudan control future floods. Flooding regularly hits Sudan in summer, but this year's unprecedented water levels have left larger tracts of farmland submerged and residents around Khartoum are looking anxiously outside their homes for fear of the rising…
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Aug
27
2020
By The African Mirror
Two women accuse “Prophet” Bushiri of rape

Two women accuse “Prophet” Bushiri of rape

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SELF-PROCLAIMED “Prophet” Sheperd Bushiri has been accused of rape by two members of his congregation - the Enlightened Christian Gathering. The two women have separately told television station ENCA how they were invited to a five star hotel in Pretoria, raped, then given R5000 and told to go away. One woman, named *Thandi by ENCA as the South African law prohibits the identification of rape victims, said the Malawian-born Bushiri used to stare at her during church service and one day one of his lieutenants approached her and said the chuch leader wanted to meet her at…
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