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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Elephant poacher jailed for 30 years; landmark case hailed

Elephant poacher jailed for 30 years; landmark case hailed

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CONGO Republic jailed a notorious poacher for 30 years for ivory trafficking and the attempted murder of park rangers, a conservation group said, hailing the case as a milestone in the fight to hold wildlife criminals to account. Mobanza Mobembo Gerard, known as Guyvanho, led poaching expeditions in the central African country that may have killed over 500 elephants since around 2008, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society. His trial and sentencing last week marked the first criminal conviction of a wildlife trafficker in Congo Republic. Previously, environmental crimes were tried in civil courts and incurred a maximum sentence of…
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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Congo says world’s largest measles epidemic is over

Congo says world’s largest measles epidemic is over

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THE Democratic Republic of Congo has announced that it has ended the world's largest measles outbreak that has killed more than 7,000 children since it was declared 14 months ago. Congo's response to the epidemic was hobbled by a health service suffering from decades of underfunding, mismanagement and war, but was also overshadowed by an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country. Health experts say the actual measles death toll could be far higher because many cases go unreported in a country with such poor health infrastructure. "After several strategies mounted at the ministry level, we have just put…
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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
Sudan and Ethiopia pledge to push for deal on Blue Nile dam

Sudan and Ethiopia pledge to push for deal on Blue Nile dam

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ETHIOPIA’S prime minister and Sudan's leadership have said they would make every effort to reach a deal on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter dispute between Addis Ababa and Cairo over water supplies. Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan failed to strike an agreement on the operation of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) before the reservoir behind the dam began being filled in July. But the three countries have returned to talks under African Union mediation. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Khartoum on Tuesday with a high-level delegation to meet Sudanese officials, who…
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Aug
26
2020
By The African Mirror
S.African court allows sheep exports to Middle East, rejects cruelty concerns

S.African court allows sheep exports to Middle East, rejects cruelty concerns

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 A South African court ruled on Tuesday that a Kuwaiti firm could ship thousands of sheep to the Middle East, dealing a blow to animal welfare activists seeking to ban such exports on concerns that extreme heat could kill the animals en route. In the high court case, South Africa's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) sought an interim injunction to prevent Kuwaiti livestock exporter Al Mawashi from sailing a vessel loaded with sheep out of South Africa's East London port. In papers filed with the court, the NSPCA said cramped spaces and extreme heat had…
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Aug
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Africa declared free of wild polio

Africa declared free of wild polio

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ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM and ANGELA UKOMADI  NIGERIAN Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe's right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a wheelchair basketball player and also enjoys swimming and kayaking. "Polio is not a death sentence," she told Reuters, smiling. Thousands of people across Africa still live with the effects of the disease, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has declare the region free of endemic wild polio, four years after the last case was recorded in Nigeria. Health officials are set to announce that all 47 countries in the WHO's…
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Aug
25
2020
By The African Mirror
At least 15 dead as rebels attack southern Burundi

At least 15 dead as rebels attack southern Burundi

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AT least 15 people were killed when gunmen attacked an area in southern Burundi, three local witnesses have told Reuters. It was unclear whether the dead were members of the security forces, civilians or the attackers. The witnesses asked not to be named for fear of repercussions. The fighting in Bugarama district in Rumonge province began on Sunday and continued into Monday and people were hiding in the bush, a resident who escaped the attack told Reuters. "The gunmen kidnapped everyone they met and killed them before engaging in fighting with the army on Sunday morning," the man said. He…
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Aug
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Algeria to hold referendum on constitution on November 1

Algeria to hold referendum on constitution on November 1

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ALGERIA has set November 1 as a date for a referendum on a new constitution aimed at boosting democracy and giving parliament a greater role, the presidency has announced, after months-long protests demanding reforms. Elected last December, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has repeatedly pledged to introduce political and economic reforms and to meet demands raised in demonstrations that toppled veteran president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April 2019. The new constitution would give the prime minister and parliament more powers to govern the North African country of 45 million people, a draft released earlier this year showed. The government has said the draft,…
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Aug
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Mali talks end with no decision on transitional government

Mali talks end with no decision on transitional government

NEWS
TIEMOKO DIALLO and CHEICK DOUARA  TALKS between West African mediators and Mali's military coup leaders have ended after three days of discussions without any decision on the make-up of a transitional government, a junta spokesman said. West Africa's regional bloc dispatched negotiators to Mali at the weekend in a bid to reverse President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's removal from power last week. But talks had focused on who would lead Mali and for how long, rather than the possibility of reinstating the president, diplomats said. The coup has raised the prospects of further political turmoil in Mali which, like other countries…
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Aug
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Ivory Coast’s Ouattara applies to run for third term amid protests

Ivory Coast’s Ouattara applies to run for third term amid protests

NEWS
ANGE ABOA IVORY Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Monday submitted his application to run for a third term after more protests by opponents who say the constitution forbids him to contest the October election. Over the weekend several shops and a timber truck were torched during ethnic violence between Ouattara supporters and opposition in the southern city of Divo, a cocoa-growing hub, according to images shared on social media. It is not yet clear what casualties the latest unrest may have caused. Five people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in clashes between protesters and police since Ouattara,…
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Aug
25
2020
By The African Mirror
Morocco rejects normalising ties with Israel – PM

Morocco rejects normalising ties with Israel – PM

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MOROCCAN Prime Minister Saad Dine El Otmani has rejected any normalisation of relations with Israel. "We refuse any normalisation with the Zionist entity because this emboldens it to go further in breaching the rights of the Palestinian people," El Otmani told his Islamist PJD party. The remarks came ahead of a visit to the region by Jared Kushner, a senior adviser and son-in-law to U.S. President Donald Trump, and after the UAE and Israel struck a deal to normalise ties. Morocco's official position has been in support of the two-state solution, with East Jerusalem as capital of a Palestinian state.…
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